Make Our Students Make Our Students Workforce ReadyWorkforce Ready

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Presenters

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Jamie Elfenbein, Regional Manager, GreyStone Staffing•SHRM – who, what, when

Hassan Abdulhaqq, Human Resource Manager, Bethpage Federal Credit Union

•The urgency of working together as partners to make our students, K – 16, workforce ready.

Presenters

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Susan Gubing, Industry/Education Consultant, Career Smarts

•Defining Workforce Readiness

Barbara Schwartz, Instructor Adelphi and Human Resources Consultant

•Defining computer and financial literacy and making the connections

Society For Human Resource Society For Human Resource ManagementManagement

SHRM

Workforce Ready Initiative

Workforce Ready Committee

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SHRM/EDUCATION PartnershipSHRM/EDUCATION Partnership

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KnowledgeSkillsAttitudes 

It takes

It takes an Island to Prepare a Workforce! 

Reality!Urgency!Rewards!

Workforce ReadyWorkforce ReadyDefined Defined

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Workforce Ready = 21st Century Skills

Academics and

Career and Technical Education

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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

Work Force

Ready

8TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

21st Century

Skills for Job Success

Transferable Skills Transferable Skills

Boot CampBoot Camp

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

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

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.

QuestionsQuestions

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Thank You for …Listening…Caring….Making a difference in the training

of our future workforce!