Young workers should know what employers' standards are for hiring and job performance and behave accordingly in order to obtain and keep a job. This finding is based on a study that examined the perceptions of high school graduates and their employers' reports of hiring and job performance standards and employment outcomes. High school students…

This report, the fifth in a series of studies of South Carolina's vocational education system, summarizes the results of a recent mail survey of more than 1,200 employers throughout the state regarding their perceptions of and experiences with vocational education, its graduates, and entry-level workers. Some of the results of the survey were as…

In an effort to decrease the dropout rate, the Phoenix Union High School District investigated the dropout problem to identify background factors, school/training and job opportunities, and student experiences and opinions. Other local school districts were surveyed by telephone to determine their dropout rates and programs. Representatives of…

Relates the experiences of individuals who have gone from the field of outdoor experiential education to the corporate world. Points out skills that are transferable from experiential education to business and lists eight guidelines for anyone concerned about personal career growth. (JHZ)

Interviewed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals in 1993, the president of McDonald's USA addressed the overlapping of skills acquired in the McDonald's work place with those acquired in school. He noted an adequate balance between work and school is necessary for success and viewed employment as a complement to a high school…

The second part of a study of educational outcomes for high school students in Pennsylvania collected data from a statewide randomly selected sample of 3,364 members of the business and industrial community; a mailed survey yielded 749 usable returns (22 percent). Data analysis included an inspection of survey demographics, a review of descriptive…

Two surveys were directed to Florida employers that employed former vocational education students in 1988. The surveys obtained information describing employer opinions regarding general and specific vocational preparation of workers for employment. The 1989-90 employer general opinion survey examined hiring needs, general preparation, and…

The final report of the 3-year Valley Transitional School Project, serving Augusta, Staunton, and Waynesboro schools, all located in Augusta County, Virginia, contains information on the project accomplishments, population characteristics, evaluation activities, dissemination activities, replication, products developed, and conclusions and…

A study identified non-technical skills cited by employers as being either necessary or desirable for obtaining employment in the entry-level professional job market. Also collected was preliminary information concerning the extent to which the identified employability skills are outcomes of the postsecondary general studies curriculum. For the…

This document reports a survey of employers in the Stamford Labor Market Area (Connecticut) that was undertaken during the fall of 1978. Chapter 1 outlines the survey, its findings, and these four objectives: (1) identify nature and extent of jobs and skills mismatch problems, (2) identify nature and extent of career-stagnation problems among…

Great performance on the basic tasks of the job will earn only an average performance rating. Outstanding new employees have good attitudes, get along with people well, can learn the organization quickly, and fit in. Describes 10 steps to gaining an outstanding rating as a new employee. (JBJ)

This paper gives a succinct account of current debates in the literature on graduate attributes as they are related to employment and lifelong learning, and argues the limitations of a "key skills" agenda as a guide to curriculum practice. Development of a curricular innovation that addresses key skills, "integrative studies"…

Work-integrated learning (WIL) programmes that combine on-campus classroom-based study with off-campus authentic work experience are a growing area of interest internationally. Despite widespread practice of WIL, there are few reports that shed light on appropriate pedagogies for the work experience in particular. As with any form of education,…

A statewide survey was conducted by Georgia Assessment Project, Georgia State University during 1992 to determine if Georgia employers and educators agreed with Georgia policymakers that each of the 28 desired student outcomes (DSOs) was important to success in the workplace. Of 4,041 surveys mailed to a representative sample of educators and…

This book proposes restructuring the education system using the principles and practices used by successful businesses during the past 15 years of rapid change. It suggests that the skills taught by schools today, even if test scores measure them as improving, are not sufficient for high school graduates in an increasingly-changing, challenging…