Businesses and the government are clamoring for a better-prepared workforce. The successful practice of workforce education requires practitioners to have prerequisite knowledge. This common body of knowledge is applicable to practice in all settings: industry, community colleges, high schools, etc. The purpose of this book is to provide this background. This book provides a comprehensive look at workforce education, an aspect of education which prepares individuals to be competitive in seeking employment or to improve on-the-job performance. Written with the practitioner in mind, this is the only foundations book designed for both human resource development and secondary/postsecondary technical education professionals. Employment &amp; training services, human resources.

Workforce Education: The Basics

Business & Money

Herr, Edwin L.

Gray, Kenneth C.

Job Hunting & Careers

Pearson

Getting Real: Helping Teens Find Their Future

Getting Real offers realistic advice and career directions to negotiate the disparity between teenage beliefs and aspirations and the real economic and labor market.

Corwin

Other Ways to Win: Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates

Updated Edition of Best Seller! Learn what steps your school needs to take to modify school programs to create viable options for your students.

The focus of this book is the plight of many students in United States high schools who face an unpromising future on graduation. Written for students, teachers and parents, Other Ways to Win stresses that alternatives to college do exist for entering the labour market, many of which offer a higher probability of success. It argues that the key to future economic security is not education per se but obtaining the occupational skills that lead to high skills//high-wage work. The authors conclude with suggested strategies for high schools to adopt in order to improve students′ preparation to meet an uncertain future.

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

Promote "career maturity" by integrating youthful aspirations with economic realities and guide teenagers toward thoughtful goals by explaining labor markets, exposing misconceptions, and exploring postsecondary options.

"Gray provides a systematic method for working with students to look at opportunities after high school in a realistic way." -Mary Reeve, Director Services for Exceptional Students Help teens achieve success after high scho

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Books by Gray, Kenneth C.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Gray, Kenneth C.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Workforce Education: The Basics

Getting Real: Helping Teens Find Their Future

Getting Real: Helping Teens Find Their Future

Other Ways to Win: Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates

Other Ways to Win: Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates

Other Ways to Win: Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates

Getting Real: Helping Teens Find Their Future

Getting Real: Helping Teens Find Their Future