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Empowering K-16 Students for Workforce Readiness: Strategies for Success

Join industry experts as they discuss the urgent need for collaboration in preparing K-16 students for the workforce. This session features insights from Jamie Elfenbein of GreyStone Staffing, Hassan Abdulhaqq from Bethpage Federal Credit Union, and Susan Gubing, an Education Consultant, along with other professionals. Learn about defining workforce readiness, the importance of computer and financial literacy, and essential 21st-century skills such as communication, critical thinking, and time management. Discover actionable steps to enhance instruction and assessment to better equip our future workforce.

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Empowering K-16 Students for Workforce Readiness: Strategies for Success

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  1. Make Our Students Workforce Ready

  2. Presenters • 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.

  3. Presenters • 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

  4. Society For Human Resource Management SHRM Workforce Ready Initiative Workforce Ready Committee

  5. SHRM/EDUCATION Partnership • Reality! • Urgency! • Rewards! • Knowledge • Skills • Attitudes It takes It takes an Island to Prepare a Workforce!

  6. Workforce ReadyDefined Academics and Career and Technical Education Workforce Ready = 21st Century Skills

  7. Transition Skills: • Pre-employment skills • How to package and sell “your brand.” • 5 – 10 jobs/careers • in a lifetime

  8. Work Force Ready 21st Century Skills for Job Success • TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

  9. Transferable Skills Boot Camp • Communications • Critical Thinking • Problem or Solution Solving • Use of Resources • Use of Technology • Working in Teams • Global Awareness • Time Management • Multi-tasking

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

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

  12. Financial Literacy • Checkbooks • Online banking • Charge Cards • Debt • Savings • Investments

  13. Make the Connections • LI Works Coalition • www.liworks.org • Speakers • Advisory Boards • (SHRM members will register with LI Works) Junior Achievement www.jany.org Short term learning activities • Work Experience Coordinators Association • www.nysweca.org/li.htm • Internships • Shadowing • Work Experience • Resources • www.careersmarts.com • PowerPoint's • Publications • Real World Scenarios

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

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

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