Are Students Prepared for the Workplace of the 21st Century

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Are Students Prepared for the Workplace of the
21st Century?

• Roanne Angiello, Ed.D.
• Bergen Community College
• Paramus, NJ

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Why is this relevant for us?

• Evidence in popular media
• Responsibility of education to provide a skilled
  workforce
• not just career education, all education
• The reality of lifelong learning
• Our work must change too!

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Todays Goals

• What are the changes in the workplace?
• What skills do future workers need?
• What does this mean for educators?
• What are some strategies we can use? Lets share!

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Lets put this in perspective

• History
• Technology
• Labor economics
• Demography
• Organization theory
• Sociology

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History

• Agrarian
• Industrial
• Production
• Marketing
• Global
• Information

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Technology

• PCs
• LANS
• Internet
• Cell phones
• Faxes
• Combinations

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Labor Economics

• Employment/
• Unemployment
• Productivity
• Work week
• More work, more stress
• Marginal and underemployment
• Contingent work force
• Less secure futures

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Demography

• More women
• More minorities
• More immigrants
• More disabled
• More elderly

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Management and Organization Theory

• Managing the diverse workforce
• Team structure
• Self-managing work groups
• Evaluation and rewards based on team performance
• Diversity of the team

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Sociology/Psychology

• Adapting to change
• Impact on families and relationships
• Changes in communities
• Location of work

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Telecommuting

• Advantages
• time
• ease
• savings
• Concerns
• accountability
• setting boundaries
• isolation

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What are the skills that are needed in the 21st
Century?

• Communications
• Information technology
• Knowing how to learn in both formal and informal
  ways
• Openness to change
• Global perspective
• Understanding diversity
• Be a team player

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Implications for Educators

• Need to be proficient with appropriate technology
• Double/triple workloads
• Resources
• Evaluation of quality and outcomes
• Protecting our turf?

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Strategies we can use

• Integrate technologies into all courses
• Rely more on alternate resources
• Work with librarians
• Emphasize writing, speaking, listening
• Self-directed work
• Group work

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Getting in touch

• Copies of the presentation
• www.bergen.cc.nj.us/faculty/rangiello/
• Contact information
• rangiello_at_bergen.cc.nj.us