Workforce Readiness Publications

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Are They Really Ready To Work?
May 2006 | Key Findings

This report defines workforce readiness by examining survey results and interviews with Human Resource and other senior executives.
Are They Really Ready to Work?
October 2006 | Research Report

This report defines workforce readiness by examining survey results and interviews with Human Resource and other senior executives.

Clearing Paths for Critical Foreign Talent to Work in the United States
December 2009 | Executive Action Report

The future growth of many smaller businesses may depend upon recruiting highly skilled foreign workers for key jobs. That means becoming better acquainted with the complexities of the immigration code.
Case for Businesses to Invest in Post-Secondary Credentials
February 2010 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

by Chris Woock, February 2010 . - EPWP #10 – 01

Employers and U.S. Public Education – Facilitating an Open Discussion about the Role of Business in U.S. Public Schools
February 2011 | Council Perspectives

A guide to be used by employers to discuss with employees why they invest in education and how employees can engage in those programs as well as become better consumers of education.
Program Inventory

Increasing U.S. Business Investment in Postsecondary Credentialing for New Workforce Entrants
March 2010 | Executive Action Report

Can businesses be persuaded to invest in tomorrow's workforce through increased postsecondary credentials?
Investing in the Future—the Importance of Cross-Sector Partnerships in Improving Workforce Readiness
February 2008 | Executive Action Report

With talent gaps looming, businesses have a strong incentive to focus on workforce readiness.

New Graduates' Workforce Readiness: The Mid-Market Perspective
February 2008 | Research Report

This report presents a mid-market perspective on the workforce readiness of newly hired high school and college graduates.

Ready to Innovate: Are Educators and Executives Aligned on the Creative Readiness of the U.S. Workforce?
October 2008 | Research Report

This report presents the results of a survey of executives and school superintendents, and offers an overview of the current efforts both communities are making to encourage creativity in schools and workplaces.
Ready to Innovate: Are Educators and Executives Aligned on the Creative Readiness of the U.S. Workforce?
March 2008 | Key Findings

This report provides the results of surveyed public school superintendents and American business executives (employers) asked to identify and compare their views surrounding creativity.
Riding the Reform Innovation Wave: Implications for Health Care Organizations and Their CHROs
March 2013 | Executive Action Report

As the health care sector undergoes enormous transformational change in all aspects of operations, chief human resources officers must embrace the change and communicate it to their workforce, as they make up more than half the sector's expenditures.

Sleepless in Delhi: What Keeps Indian HR Executives Awake at Night?
June 2011 | Executive Action Report

India presents unique business challenges, challenges that a number of human resource executives in India were happy to discuss with The Conference Board.
Speaking with Authority—the Case for Teaching English Language Proficiency on the Job
May 2008 | Executive Action Report

As foreign-born workers become a larger share of the overall U.S. workforce and companies rely more and more on immigrant communities to supply their labor, employers are going to have to deal with language limitations in one way or another.
State of Human Capital 2012: False Summit
October 2012 | Research Report

This report is the result of a joint research effort by The Conference Board and McKinsey & Company to highlight the most significant challenges facing human capital executives.

Talent Management Value Imperatives: Strategies for Execution
April 2005 | Research Report

This interview based report takes a look at the three P’s (Prerequisites, Processes and Performance) of talent management.

Who Needs Long Division?
October 2012 | The Conference Board Review

How to adapt today’s education system to tomorrow’s digital workplace. An excerpt from Marc Prensky's book "Brain Gain."
Will You Want to Hire Your Own Kids? (Will Anybody Else?)
August 2009 | Executive Action Report

Workforce entrants are caught between an educational system that teaches and measures one set of skills and a rapidly evolving workplace that demands another. But who will close the gap?
Will Your People Be Ready? Top executives reveal how they are addressing today's meteoric pace of change.
January 2013 | The Conference Board Review

Two dozen top executives discuss how they're managing their people to deal with the increasing rate of change.
Workforce Readiness Initiative
October 2007 | Research Report

This report is a summary of the key issues and action points that emerged from the Workforce Readiness Initiative Stakeholders Strategy Meeting held June 26–27, 2007 in Washington, D.C.