Workforce Ready

The Society for Human Resource Management, along with several other major corporate organizations such as The Conference Board, has embraced the initiative of workforce readiness of all high school and college students.

In 2006 the 64 page report, "Are Our Students Workforce Ready?", compared the skill gaps of industry's needs with the current skill level of our students.

"The K-20 system is out of alignment with the needs of the workforce. There are big deficiencies and the educational system is not producing the skill sets that HR professionals want."
Ken Kay, President 21st Century Skills Partnership

"Schools don't believe they are in the workforce readiness business."
C. Michael Ferraro

Workforce Readiness Executive Summary of the SHRM 2007 Symposium on the Workforce Readiness o f the Future U.S. Labor Pool.

Contact a SHRM Workforce Ready to begin making your students workforce ready!

Workforce Ready Chapter Coordinators

01 Albany	Marjorie A. Adams	madams@cdwerc.org
02 Binghamton	John Sassani	john.sassani@raymondcorp.com
03 Buffalo Niagara	Kirsti Hunt	kirsti.hunt@uwbec.org
04 Elmira	Nancy Blake	nblake@gstboces.org
05 Long Island	Jamie Elfenbein	Elfenbeinja@aol.com
06 Ithaca	Harvey Ashworth	ashworth@twcny.rr.com
07 Jamestown	Lori Jafarjian	ljafarjian@chautauquaworks.com
08 Jefferson/Lewis	Gil Pearsall	gpearsall@wdt.net
09 Middleton	Chris Westbrook	cwestbrook@regional-ems.org
09 Middleton	Andrea Pfleger	pfleger1@frontiernet.net
10 NYC	Kathie Malinowski	kmalinowski@mypublisher.com
11 Potsdam	Jill Hamilton	Jill.Hamilton@sls.dot.gov
12 Potsdam	Bob Penski	bob@penski.com
13 Poughkeepsie	Ann Hagerty	HR@waldenbank.com
14 Rochester	Howard Cotton	howard.cotton@viahealth.org
15 Syracuse	Gregg Lawson	glawson@lorettosystem.org
16 Utica	Carol M. Martin	CarolNY@adelphia.net
17 Westchester	Alan Pearlman	alan.pearlman@mbia.com

SHRM NYS State Workforce Ready Coordinator, Sue Gubing, sue@careersmarts.com