1. Make Our Students Workforce Ready 1

2. Presenters 2 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

3. Presenters 3 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

4. Society For Human Resource Management Workforce Ready National Initiative LI Workforce Ready Committee 4

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6. About the 431 Respondents that represented over 2 million employees. Respondents by Industry and Title 6

7. Page:7 Applied Skills Top the “Very Important” List for New Entrants with High School Diplomas “Very Important” Skills for New Entrants with High School Diploma * Applied Skill

8. “Very Important” Skills for New Entrants with Four-Year College Diploma * Applied Skill … and for College-Educated Entrants Too 8

9. 9 On these very important skills, where are new entrants succeeding and where are the gaps?

10. 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 Communications80.9% Professionalism/Work Ethic70.3% No skills are on the Excellence List for new entrants with a high school diploma. Critical Thinking/Problem Solving69.6% Oral Communications52.7% Ethics/Social Responsibility44.1% Reading Comprehension38.4% Teamwork/Collaboration34.6% Diversity27.9% Information Technology Application21.5% English Language21.0% 10

11. Workforce Readiness Report Card of New Entrants- Two-year College/Technical School Diploma Deficiency % Excellence % Written Communications47.3% Information Technology Application 25.7% Writing in English46.4% Professionalism/Work Ethic31.3% Lifelong Learning/Self Direction27.9% Creativity/Innovation27.6% Critical Thinking/Problem Solving 22.8% Oral Communications21.3% Ethics/Social Responsibility21.0% Info Technology on Excellence List for 2-yr College Entrants ( > 20% of Employers Report Excellent Preparation) 11

12. Workforce Readiness Report Card of New Entrants- Four-year College Diploma Deficiency % Excellence % Written Communications27.8% Information Technology Application 46.3% Writing in English26.2% Diversity28.3% Leadership23.8% Critical Thinking/Problem Solving27.6% English Language26.2% Lifelong Learning/Self Direction25.9% Reading Comprehension25.9% Oral Communications24.8% Teamwork/Collaboration24.6% Creativity/Innovation21.5% Excellence List Longer for 4-yr College Educated Entrants ( > 20% of Employers Report Excellent Preparation) 12

13. Over Next Five Years Importance Will Increase: Importance of Applied Skills Only Increasing * Applied Skill 13

14. 21st Century Skills = Workforce Ready SHRM - EDUCATION Partnership

15. Workforce Ready Defined 15 Workforce Ready = 21st Century Skills Academicsand Career and Technical Education

16. 16 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

17. 17 TRANSFERABLE SKILLS Life and Career Skills 21st Century Skills for Job Success Learning and Innovation Skills Information, Media and Technology Skills

18. Transferable Skills Boot Camp 18 Communications Critical Thinking Problem or Solution Solving Use of Resources Use of Technology Working in Teams Global Awareness Time Management Multi-tasking In the 21st Century the TRANSFERABLE skills are more important than the job specific skills.

19. Work Force Ready Resumes 19 Validate Knowledge, Skills, Experience Earl S. Flat Brand: What skills I have to offer your company.

20. Computer Literacy 20 Software Applications: Word documents, forms Spreadsheets Media presentations Desktop publishing -flyers and brochures Database Email communications Research

21. Financial Literacy 21 Checkbooks Online banking Charge Cards Debt Savings Investments

22. Make the Connections 22 LI Works Coalition www.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 Achievement www.jany.org Short term learning activities Resources www.careersmarts.com PowerPoint's Publications Real World Scenarios

23. SHRM- 2- EDUCATORS “One Zip Code at a Time” 1100 LI SHRM Members 23 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)

24. ACTION STEPS 24 · Begin to make changes in your delivery of instruction and assessment. Make the connections to enhance your efforts.

25. 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? 25 Thank You for … Listening… Caring…. Making a difference in the training of our future workforce! Questions

26. Materials provided by Christopher J. Mercer Branch Manager Randstad USA 1767-42 Veterans Memorial Highway Islandia, NY 11722 http://www.us.randstad.com/ 26