Understanding the need to transition high school students from school to work

<p>The purpose of this study was to determine what employers were looking for in recent high school graduates. The study also tried to determine if high schools were currently meeting the needs of employers. A survey was sent to one hundred employers in the Southern New Jersey area asking about the importance of skills taught in high schools. Southern New Jersey is comprised of rural and suburban communities. The most widespread industries in Southern New Jersey are construction and hospitality/gaming. The survey asked questions about the importance of academic skills, social skills, work readiness skills, and higher level thinking skills. Of these surveys, forty-one surveys were returned before the cut off date of March 1, 2002. The major conclusions found from this research were that most employers felt that social skills, such as settling differences with coworkers, and basic skills such as attendance are very important skills for high school students to acquire before graduation. Employers could not agree on the importance of academic skills.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in Educational Leadership

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Services and Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2002

Author dc:creator

• Armstrong, Christopher

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sernak, Kathy

• High school graduates--Employment; Teenagers--Employment--United States
• Educational Leadership

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/1390

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-2390