Make Our Students Make Our Students Workforce ReadyWorkforce Ready

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Presenters

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Chris Mercer, Branch Manager, Randstad Work Solutions

•“Are They Ready to Work” report

Barbara Cohen Farber, Executive Director, Lloyd Staffing•Workforce Ready Definition, Foundation and Transitional Skills

Presenters

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Stacey Bailey, Human Resources Administrator, Alcott Group•Transferable Skills, computer and financial literacy

Susan Gubing, Industry/Education Consultant, Career Smarts

•Making the connections, SHRM-2-EDUCATORS

Society For Human Resource Society For Human Resource ManagementManagement

Workforce Ready National Initiative

LI Workforce Ready Committee

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About the 431 Respondents that represented over 2 million employees.

Energy, Construction,

Transport7%

Entertainment and Trade

10%

Healthcare12%

Gov't., Non-Profit, Educ

21%

Financial, Business Services

27%

Manufacturing23%

12.2%

53.4%

21.1%

7.1%

6.3%

0% 20% 40% 60%

Other HR

Mangr, HR Specialist

Director

VP

Sr. VP and above

Respondents by Industry and Title

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Applied Skills Top the “Very Important” List for New Entrants with High School Diplomas

52.7%

53.0%

57.5%

62.5%

63.4%

70.3%

74.7%

80.3%

61.8%

52.1%

0% 10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Diversity *

Written Communications *

Information Technology Application *

Critical Thinking/ Problem Solving *

English Language

Reading Comprehension

Ethics/ Social Responsibility *

Oral Communications *

Teamwork *

Professionalism/ Work Ethic *

“Very Important” Skills for New Entrants with High School Diploma

* Applied Skill

85.6%

87.0%

88.0%

92.1%

93.1%

93.8%

94.4%

95.4%

89.7%

81.8%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Leadership *

Ethics/Social Responsibility *

Reading Comprehension

English Language

Writing in English

Critical Thinking/ Problem Solving *

Written Communications *

Professionalism/ Work Ethic *

Teamwork *

Oral Communications *

“Very Important” Skills for New Entrants with Four-Year College Diploma

* Applied Skill

… and for College-Educated Entrants Too

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On these very important skills, where are new entrants

succeeding and

where are the gaps?

No Skill on Excellence List for Entrants with HS-Diploma

(On No Skill Did > 20% of Employers Report Excellent Preparation)

Workforce Readiness Report Card of New Entrants- High School Diploma

Deficiency %   Excellence %

Written Communications 80.9%      

Professionalism/Work Ethic 70.3%   No skills are on the Excellence List for new entrants with a high school

diploma.Critical Thinking/Problem Solving 69.6%  

Oral Communications 52.7%  

Ethics/Social Responsibility 44.1%      

Reading Comprehension 38.4%      

Teamwork/Collaboration 34.6%      

Diversity 27.9%      

Information Technology Application

21.5%      

English Language 21.0%      

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Workforce Readiness Report Card of New Entrants- Two-year College/Technical School Diploma

Deficiency %   Excellence %

Written Communications 47.3%  Information Technology Application

25.7%

Writing in English 46.4%

Professionalism/Work Ethic 31.3%      

Lifelong Learning/Self Direction

27.9%      

Creativity/Innovation 27.6%      

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

22.8%      

Oral Communications 21.3%      

Ethics/Social Responsibility 21.0%      

Info Technology on Excellence List for 2-yr College Entrants

( > 20% of Employers Report Excellent Preparation)

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Workforce Readiness Report Card of New Entrants- Four-year College Diploma

Deficiency %   Excellence %

Written Communications 27.8%  Information Technology Application

46.3%

Writing in English 26.2%   Diversity 28.3%

Leadership 23.8%   Critical Thinking/Problem Solving 27.6%

      English Language 26.2%

    Lifelong Learning/Self Direction 25.9%

    Reading Comprehension 25.9%

    Oral Communications 24.8%

    Teamwork/Collaboration 24.6%

      Creativity/Innovation 21.5%

Excellence List Longer for 4-yr College Educated Entrants

( > 20% of Employers Report Excellent Preparation)

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63.3%

64.0%

64.0%

64.4%

65.9%

66.9%

67.1%

73.6%

74.2%

77.4%

77.8%

64.3%

48.8%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Mathematics

Foreign Languages

Life Long Learning/ Self Direction *

Written Communications *

Ethics/Social Responsibility *

Professionalism/ Work Ethic *

Oral Communications *

Leadership *

Diversity *

Creativity/ Innovation *

Teamwork *

Information Technology *

Crticial Thinking/ Problem Solving *Over Next Five Years Importance Will Increase:

Importance of Applied Skills Only Increasing

* Applied Skill

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21st Century Skills=

Workforce Ready

SHRM - SHRM - EDUCATION EDUCATION PartnershipPartnership

Workforce ReadyWorkforce ReadyDefined Defined

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Workforce Ready = 21st Century Skills

Academics Academics and and

Career and Technical Career and Technical EducationEducation

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Transition Skills:Transition Skills:

•Pre-employment skills•How to package and sell “your brand.”

5 – 10 jobs/careers in a lifetime

Decision Makers

Vendors

Temp/Project Workers

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TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

Life and Career Skills

21st Century Skills for Job Success

Learning and Innovation Skills

Information, Media and

Technology Skills

Transferable Transferable Skills Skills

Boot CampBoot Camp 18

CommunicationsCritical ThinkingProblem or Solution SolvingUse of ResourcesUse of TechnologyWorking in TeamsGlobal AwarenessTime ManagementMulti-tasking

In the 21st Century the TRANSFERABLE skills are

more important than the job specific skills.

Work Force Work Force Ready Ready

Resumes Resumes

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Validate Knowledge,

Skills, Experience

Earl S. Flat

Brand:What skills I have to offer

your company.

Computer LiteracyComputer Literacy

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Software Applications:

Word documents, formsSpreadsheetsMedia presentationsDesktop publishing -flyers and brochuresDatabaseEmail communicationsResearch

Financial LiteracyFinancial Literacy

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CheckbooksOnline bankingCharge CardsDebtSavingsInvestments

Make the ConnectionsMake the Connections

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LI Works Coalitionwww.liworks.org

•Speakers•Advisory Boards(SHRM members will register with LI Works)

Work Experience Coordinators Association•www.nysweca.org/li.htm

•Internships•Shadowing•Work Experience

Junior Achievementwww.jany.org

Short term learning activities

Resourceswww.careersmarts.com

•PowerPoint's•Publications•Real World Scenarios

SHRM-2-EDUCATORS“One Zip Code at a Time”

1100 LI SHRM Members

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Identify WBL Coordinator who would reach out to a SHRM member within their zip code via email with the following invitations: 

Join the school district’s advisory board.Become classroom guest speaker, mentor, judge for student competition.Host a student who could be involved in a one-day shadowing, non-paid internship or paid employment.  

11787...11801…11590...11777...11734...11744…11702…11901…11785…11782

11590 (44) 11747 (182) 11788 (94) 11740 (11) 11791 (20)

ACTION STEPSACTION STEPS

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·Begin to make changes in your

delivery of instruction and assessment.

Make the connections to enhance your

efforts.

How do we ensure your students are workforce ready?Will you use the new resume format?Should the school/educator issue a certificate of workforce readiness?Should there be a workforce ready test?

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Thank You for …Listening…Caring….Making a difference in the training of our future workforce!

Questions

Materials provided by

Christopher J. MercerBranch Manager

Randstad USA1767-42 Veterans Memorial

HighwayIslandia, NY 11722

http://www.us.randstad.com/

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