When employers bring academic records into the hiring decision, they motivate students by sending the message that performance in school in directly related to employment prospects. Schools will also get the message of such an employment policy, and will express to students that future employers will assess such items as grades, attendance, and tardiness, and whether a potential employee has graduated high school or received the equivalent of a diploma. Students use principles of effective oral, written and listening communication skills to make decisions and solve workplace problems. Students apply computation skills and data analysis techniques to make decisions and solve workplace problems. Students apply critical and creative thinking skills to make decisions and solve workplace problems.
Students work individually and collaboratively within team settings to accomplish objectives.
Students demonstrate a set of marketable skills, which enhance career options. Students illustrate how social, organizational and technological systems function. Students demonstrate technological literacy for productivity in the workplace. Students apply principles of resource management and develop skills that promote personal and professional well-being. Making the commitment to demonstrate the link between education and employment is something that all employers can support.