Are they really ready to work?
Subtitle: employers' perspectives on the basic knowledge and applied skills of new entrants to the 21st century U.S. workforce
By: [Jill Casner-Lotto, lead author].
Contributors: Conference Board.; Partnership for 21st Century Skills.; Corporate Voices for Working Families.; Society for Human Resource Management (U.S.)
Publisher: Conference Board; Partnership for 21st Century Skills; Corporate Voices for Working Families; Society for Human Resource Management
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
ISBN-13: 9780823708888
Subjects: School-to-work transition -- United States.; Educational tests and measurements -- United States.
Notes: Title from cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Determining the current basic knowledge and applied skill requirements for workforce readiness; title: pt. 2. Assessing the recent entrants' preparation in terms of basic knowledge and applied skills; title: pt. 3. Report card on workforce readiness; title: pt. 4. Considering remedial basic skills training; title: pt. 5. Defining future workforce readiness : increasingly important skills and emerging content areas; title: pt. 6. Assuming responsibility for workforce readiness.