Main description:

Workforce readiness is an issue that is of great national and societal importance. For the United States and other countries to thrive in a globally interconnected environment of wide-ranging opportunities and threats, the need to develop and maintain a skilled and adaptable workforce is critical. National investments in job training and schools remain essential in stimulating businesses and employment agencies to collaborate productively with educators who provide both training and vocational guidance.

Workforce Readiness and the Future of Work argues that the large-scale multifaceted efforts required to ensure a reliable and strong supply of talent and skill in the U.S. workforce should be addressed systematically, simultaneously, and systemically across disciplines of thought and levels of analysis. In a four-part framework, the authors cover the major areas of:

education in the K-12, vocational, postsecondary, and STEM arenas;

economic and labor market considerations;

employment, organizations, and the world of work;

laws, policies, and budgets at the federal, state, local, and military levels.

With contributions from leading scholars, this volume informs high-priority workforce effectiveness issues of current and future concern and concrete research, practice, and policy directions to generate novel insights of a multilevel and system-wide nature.

Contents:

Series Editor's Foreword

Richard Klimoski

Preface

Frederick L. Oswald, Tara S. Behrend, Lori L. Foster

Chapter 1: The Psychology of Working and Workforce Readiness: How to Pursue Decent Work

Richard P. Douglas, Ryan D. Duffy, Jessica W. England, and Nicholas P. Gensmer

Part I - Education

Chapter 2: Supporting the Development of Interest in the Workplace

K. Ann and Suzanne E. Hidi

Chapter 3: Preparing Students for the Future of Work: A Formative Assessment Approach

Alex Casillas, Patrick C. Kyllonen, and Jason Way

Chapter 4: Advancing Workforce Readiness Among Low-Income and Minority High School Students

Barbara Schneider, Lindsey Young

Part II - Employment

Chapter 5: Workforce Readiness in Times of Change: Employer Perspectives

Richard A. Guzzo

Chapter 6: The Military as a Source for Civilian Workforce Development

Nathan D. Ainspan, Karin A. Orvis, and Lynne M. Kelley

Chapter 7: O*NET and The Nature of Work

Erich Dierdorff and Kemp Ellington

Part III - Technology

Chapter 8: Technology and Workforce Readiness: Implications for Skills Training and the Economy

Harry J. Holzer

Chapter 9: Data and Technology for Impact Hiring: Two Early Experiments

Darko Lovric, Shanti Nayak, Abigail Carlton, and Mark McCoy

Chapter 10: Identifying and Managing Talent in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Reece Akhtar, Dave Winsborough, Darko Lovric, and Tomas Chmorro-Premuzic

Part IV - Policy

Chapter 11: Education for Workforce Readiness: Findings from Reports of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Margaret Hilton

Chapter 12: Apprenticeships

John S. Gaal

Chapter 13

Credentialing in the 21st Century: Looking Beyond the Event Horizon

James Keevy, Volker Rein, Borhene Chakroun, Lori L. Foster

Prospects and Pitfalls in Building the Future Workforce

Ruth Kanfer and Jamai Blivin

Index