Work Force Education: Beyond Technical Skills. Trends and Issues Alert No. 1.

Autor/in	Imel, Susan
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Columbus, OH.
Titel	Work Force Education: Beyond Technical Skills. Trends and Issues Alert No. 1.
Quelle	(1999), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bibliografie; Adult Education; Annotated Bibliographies; Basic Skills; Communication Skills; Competence; Creative Thinking; Employment Potential; Interpersonal Competence; Job Skills; Leadership; Learning Strategies; Lifelong Learning; Listening Skills; Occupational Information; Problem Solving; Staff Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Bibliography; Bibliographies; Bibliografie; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Kommunikationsstil; Kompetenz; Kreatives Denken; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Produktive Fertigkeit; Führung; Führungsposition; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Berufsinformation; Problemlösen; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung
Abstract	This brief suggests that during the past 2 decades, the skills needed to succeed in the workplace have changed significantly. Technical skills remain important, but, increasingly, employers recognize another category of skills crucial to a worker's ability to work "smarter, not harder." These "soft,""core,""nontechnical,""essential,""generic," and "new basic" skills are required for organizations to adopt new forms of organization and management in which workers operate in teams with greater autonomy and accountability. A number of factors have converged to bring about the development of this set of employability competencies, including workplaces that place an emphasis on high performance jobs that require high skills and employer dissatisfaction with job applicants because of their competencies in areas other than technical skills. Current and future employers mention these skills most frequently as being essential: knowing how to learn; competence in reading, writing, and computation; effective listening and oral communication skills; adaptability through creative thinking and problem solving; personal management with strong self-esteem and initiative; interpersonal skills; ability to work in teams or groups; leadership effectiveness; and basic technology skills. (Contains 16 annotations of resources that can help practitioners provide a new focus to their education and training efforts.) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01