An Analysis of Employee Skills Required by Employers in Wyoming.

Autor/inn/en	Baird, Mary; und weitere
Titel	An Analysis of Employee Skills Required by Employers in Wyoming.
Quelle	(1991), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Basic Skills; Educational Research; Employee Attitudes; Employer Attitudes; Employment Potential; Employment Practices; Employment Qualifications; Entry Workers; High School Graduates; Job Skills; Needs Assessment; Occupational Information; Postsecondary Education; State Surveys; Vocational Education; Work Attitudes; Wyoming + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Berufspraxis; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Produktive Fertigkeit; Bedarfsermittlung; Berufsinformation; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung
Abstract	A survey of 177 employers of Wyoming vocational education graduates sought to identify skills and competencies the graduates needed. A random sample of 525 businesses both Wyoming-based and foreign (home-based outside of Wyoming) were mailed surveys; 267 survey forms were returned, but only 177 provided data for analysis. Findings indicated that the skills and abilities needed by beginning employees was very much dependent on the industry or business for which they were preparing. All respondents rated basic academic skills as important, but the data indicated that they alone were not sufficient. Employers indicated that over 57 percent of their beginning employees had a high school diploma or the equivalent. Higher order math, science, reading, and writing skills were all perceived to be of lesser importance. Average scores for higher order skills placed them at the bottom of the list. All work attitudes and job-holding abilities received an average rating of importance that was equal to or higher than any on the employee skill list, with the exception of dress and/or appearance and the ability to advance on the job. A recommendation was for vocational education programs to teach and reinforce work attitudes and habits. (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC