Book chapter
Establishing an International Standards Framework and Action Research Agenda for Workplace Readiness and Success
Building Better Students
Oxford University Press
07/05/2017
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199373222.003.0013
Abstract
Employers both in the United States and internationally are facing difficulties hiring workers who meet the skill requirements of 21st century jobs. This chapter focuses on the skill requirements of middle-skill jobs and argues for building a talent supply chain with standards that workforce entrants need to meet. The chapter provides a framework summarizing these skill requirements. By establishing a framework of critical skills for workplace readiness, identifying valid assessments of these skills, and defining expected skill levels for a targeted subset of jobs, expectations of what it means to be ready for the workplace can be articulated and education and business systems can communicate using a common set of standards. These activities will help link a “broken” talent supply chain by bridging education and work systems and by encouraging individuals to seek out transferable skills as they seek livable wage jobs and meaningful employment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Establishing an International Standards Framework and Action Research Agenda for Workplace Readiness and Success
- Creators
- Rong SuSteven B RobbinsJuliya Golubovich
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Building Better Students
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; New York
- DOI
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199373222.003.0013
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/05/2017
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984380474702771
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