Workplace Literacy

Important Links

• CareerConnect: Virginia's One Stop Workforce System
• NIFLWorkforce Education Special Collection
• NIFL Workplace Literacy Discussion List
• Office of Vocational and Adult Education
• Virginia Employment Commission
• Virginia Workforce Investment Act
• Workforce Education Lab
• Workforce Improvement Network
  • Workforce Development Center
  • ESOL Main Street
• Workplace Essential Skills on LiteracyLink

Articles, Journals, and Research

• Are We Facing a Literacy "Surplus" in the Workforces of the United States and Canada? Thomas G. Sticht
• Assessing Employability Skills
• Building a Literate Workforce
• Can Employers Benefit From Literacy Programs?
• Clashing Dress Styles: Workplace Dressing
• The Customer is Right Newsletter
• Developing Employability Skills
• Economic Benefits of Improving Literacy Skills in the Workplace
• Employability Skills: An Update
• Ethnography and Adult Workplace Literacy Program Design
• Evaluating Workplace ESL Instructional Programs
• Functional Literacy and Labor Market Outcomes
• Getting There: A Curriculum for People Moving Into Employment
• Guide to Workplace Literacy: Knowledge Under Construction
• Integrating Adult Basic Education with Workforce Development and Workplace Change
• Introducing Technology Into the Workplace
• The Impact of Workplace Literacy Programs: A New Model for Evaluating the Impact of Workplace Literacy Programs
• Job-Related Basic Skills
• Learn to Earn: Issues Raised by Welfare Reform for Adult Education, Training and Work
• Literacy in the Workplace
• Planning a Workplace Literacy Program
• Resource Guide: National Workplace Literacy Program
• Skills for the New Economy
• State-Level Policy for Workplace Education: What Advocates are Saying
• Technology and Learning in the Workplace
• Technology and the Workplace
• Technology Transforms the Workplace
• The Economic Payoffs to Workplace Literacy
• Turning Skills Into Profit: The Economic Benefits of Workplace Literacy Programs
• Workplace ESL Instruction: Varieties and Constraints
• Workplace Literacy and Basic Skills
• Workplace Literacy: Full Text Documents
• Workplace Literacy: Is There a Role for Vocational Institutions?
• Workplace Literacy: Lessons from Practice
• Workplace Literacy: Literature Review, Trends and Models
• Workplace Literacy Programs for Nonnative Speakers

Facts and Statistics

• Literacy Fact Sheet: Workforce Literacy (Oklahoma)
• NIFL Fact Sheet: Workforce Statistics
• Survey On Workplace Testing

Grants

• Basic Skills Grant Funding: Private and Government Sources
• United Parcel Service (UPS) Foundation

Organizations

• Capital Area Training Workforce Investment Board
• Career Connect: Region 2000, Central Virginia
• Community Technology Centers
• Employer/Employee.com: Your Workplace Portal
• Employment Policies Institute
• Literacy.org: Ask Us About Workplace Education
• National Association of Workforce Boards
• National Leadership Institute for Workforce Excellence
• National Skills Standards Board
• Seattle-King County Workforce Development Council
• US Department of Labor
• Virginia Workforce Investment Boards

Teacher/Learner Resources

• Applying for a Job: Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Ask Us About Workplace Literacy
• Career and Workplace: Do Manners Really Matter?
• Career Browser Site
• Career Builder Site
• Career Gateway
• Career Guide: Preparing for Employment(.pdf)
• Career Planning Site
• Career Zone
• Effective Writing for the Workplace
• Employability Skills: An Update
• Employability Skills Profile
• Employability Skills Toolkit
• Employment Opportunities: Ten Tips About Applications
• Fresh-Baked Fractions Site
• Internet and Other Resources for Adult Numeracy
• Interview Tips Outside of the Workplace
• Jobprofiles.com
• Job Fair: Cover Letter or No?
• Job Fair Tips
• Job Networking
• Learning Activities Bank
• Learning at Work: Assessment and Evaluation
• Lessons for Applicants and Prospective Workers: Basic Workplace Literacy
• Lessons for Teaching From the World of Work
• Lesson Plans: Social Tasks, Employment Tasks, Learning Tasks
• Memo Writing
• Mind Tools: Helping You To Think
• My Workplace Skills/Traits Online Quiz
• National Job Search Sites
• Occupational Safety
• On-the-Job Lessons
• Reflections on Workplace Education: Teachers Talking to Teachers
• Respect in the Workplace: An Outdated Virtue?
• Resume and Cover Letter Tips
• Salary.Com
• Sample of an Online Job Application
• The Skills You Have and The Skills They Want
• Team Building Tips
• Test Your Job Savvy
• Tips for Employment Interviewing
• Tips on Filling Out Application Forms
• Tips on Work Search, Interviews and Resumes
• Understanding Numbers: Reading a Bill
• Work and Career ESL Resources from the Pioneer Living Series
• Working Mother.com: Finding After School Care
• Workplace Basic Skills
• The Workplace Doctors: Advice for the Workplace
• Workplace Dressing
• Workplace Education Links
• Workplace Education Training
• Workplace Literacy and Basic Skills
• Workplace Literacy Employment and Training
• Workplace Literacy Discussion Forum: Learning at Work
• Workplace Math Skills
• The Writing Process
• Writing Tips

Technology

• Assistive Technology in the Workplace
• A Virtual Visit to a Computer Store
• Introducing Technology Into the Workplace
• Teaching and Learning With Internet-Based Resources
• Workplace and Technology Index