What Do Employers Expect

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What Do Employers Expect?
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What Do Employers Expect?
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What Skills Are Needed?
Applied Mathematics
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Those Skills in Life
Taxes, Mortgage, Insurance, and Credit Card
decisions
Brickmason Apprenticeship
25 of living wage jobs require 4 year
degree 65 require 2 year or training
Postsecondary Ready
Maintain Checkbook Register
Make Change
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Those Skills at Work
Engineers, Scientists
Auditors, Technicians
Managers, Loan Officers
Judges, Social Workers
School Counselors, Drivers
Actors, Clerks
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Those Skills at School
Grades 11
While ACT does NOT assign grade level equivalency
to WorkKeys scores, USDOL does assign rough
estimates in TEGL 17-05
Grades 9 -10.9
Grades 6 - 8.9
Grades 2 - 5.9
Grade lt2
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Who Has Those Skills?
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Who Has Those Skills?
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Tools Behind WorkKeys
Ascertain skills prerequisite for success
Certify readiness levels
Teach and Train to fill gaps
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Tools Behind WorkKeys
Ascertain skills prerequisite for success
Certify readiness levels
Personal Skills Performance Talent Fit
Interpersonal Skills Teamwork
Teach and Train to fill gaps
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Tools Behind WorkKeys
Ascertain skills prerequisite for success
Certify readiness levels
Teach and Train to fill gaps
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Tools Behind WorkKeys
Ascertain skills prerequisite for success
Certify readiness levels
National Career Readiness Certificate
Proof of preparedness -- proof that a candidate
is ready to learn quickly, solve problems, and
come up to speed on a new challenge.
Teach and Train to fill gaps
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Tools Behind WorkKeys
Ascertain skills prerequisite for success
Certify readiness levels
National Career Readiness Certificate
The NCRC is best known for translating a vague
statement like you need math skills into a
precise set of teachable skills really used in
the workplace.
Teach and Train to fill gaps
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Tools Behind WorkKeys
Ascertain skills prerequisite for success
Certify readiness levels
National Career Readiness Certificate
Level of Jobs Min Levels Gold 90 5
- 5 - 5 Silver 65 4 - 4 - 4
Bronze 35 3 - 3 - 3
Pay Ranges 23,000 - 141,000 14,000 -
74,000 14,000 - 37,000
Median Pay 49,000 34,000 26,000
Teach and Train to fill gaps
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Tools Behind WorkKeys
Ascertain skills prerequisite for success
Certify readiness levels
Healthcare Examples AM LI RFI Median Pay
Registered Nurses 5 4 5 53,640 Licensed
Practical Nurses 5 4 5 34,650 Nursing
Aides 3 4 4 21,220 Radiologic Technologists 3 4 5
44,730 Emergency Medical Techs 4 5 5 25,630 Phar
macy Technicians 4 4 5 24,160
Teach and Train to fill gaps
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Tools Behind WorkKeys
Ascertain skills prerequisite for success
Certify readiness levels
Teach and Train to fill gaps
Goal WorkKeys Tools Curriculum
Reform -- Targets for Instruction booklets
Test Practice -- Practice Tests
Remediation -- KeyTrain and WIN
software www.keytrain.com www.w-win.com
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Tools Behind WorkKeys
Ascertain skills prerequisite for success
Specificity Desired WorkKeys Tools
Actual for Job Job Profile Estimate of
Job Estimator Average of Occupation Occupational
Opportunities Baseline of Skills National Career
Readiness Certificate
Certify readiness levels
Teach and Train to fill gaps
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Action Plan
Explain Real World Meaning of Scores with
Occupation Opportunities brochure
Prove Readiness with Career Readiness
Certificate
Reform Curriculum with Targets for Instruction
Involve Work Study, Biz Partnerships with
Estimator
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Contact

• Barbara.Halsey_at_act.org
• 319.321.9712 cell
• www.workkeys.com

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Contact

• John.Nelson_at_act.org
• 319.321.9705 cell
• www.workkeys.com