Employers Beseech Us to “Teach Them What We Need Them to Know”
Concurrent Session 7
Brief Abstract
Employers know the skills they need recent college graduates to possess, and they’re not necessarily seeing those skills demonstrated by the job candidates they interview. To ensure that our graduates are prepared for the workforce, first we need to understand how employers define workforce readiness.
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Extended Abstract
Employers know the skills they need recent college graduates to possess, and they’re not necessarily seeing those skills demonstrated by the job candidates they interview. To ensure that our graduates are prepared for the workforce, first we need to understand how employers define workforce readiness. We must then develop learning outcomes that reflect the knowledge and skills employers are seeking, and we must build course assignments and activities around those objectives. But wait…there’s more. Then we must accurately assess whether our students have learned what we were trying to teach them. This session will explore how we can actively help our students develop the skills they will need in the workplace and ensure that they can demonstrate those skills in the hiring and selection process.