Resources and References

  Introduction

  Resources

• Stepping up Skills
• Study of Promising Skills Training Models

  Understanding Labor Market Information

  Resources

• ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Surveys are quarterly report on sectoral hiring trends in various countries, based on surveys of employers,
  available at no cost on ManpowerGroup’s website.
• Manpower Group Talent Shortage Surveys are annual reports that explore skill gaps in various countries since 2007, available at no cost on ManpowerGroup’s website.
• Case studies from EMSI website offer a number of examples of how TVET colleges and universities are using LMI.
• Understanding Labor Market Information Resources: Descriptions, Benefits, and Limitations, and Making Use of Labor Market information:
  Where to Find Data for Common Community College Decisions, by Kathy Booth et al., for VERATAC. Although geared towards the California community colleges, this document provide a great source of examples where to look for labor market information.

• “Tackling Youth Unemployment through TVET,” Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC online conference, 25 June to 9 July 2013, (p. 13-14).
• “A Roadmap for the Development of Labor Market Information Systems,” by Kjartan Sorensen and Jena-Michel Mas, FHI360 for USAID, August 2016.
• “Defining Labor Market Information (LMI) and LMI Customers,” LMI Institute.
• “Using Real-Time Labor Market Information to Achieve Better Labor Market Outcomes,” by John Dorrer.
• “Research Brief: Effective Use of Labor Market information,” theRPgroup, Fall 2013.
• “Using Labor Market Data to Improve Student Success,” The Aspen Institute.
• “Improving Labor Market Outcomes at Community Colleges,” by EMSI.
• “Anticipating and Matching Skills and Jobs,” ILO Guidance Note.
• “Using Labor Market information: Guide to Anticipating and Matching Skills and Jobs,” Volume 1, by Hana Řihová, Cedefop.

  Partnering with Employers and Others

  Resources

• Employer Engagement Assessment Instrument, by Coffey Consulting, September 2013.
• Eight tools from the “Partnering Toolbook,” by Partnering Initiative, 2013.
• The TAACCT Learning Network, at ; the U.S. Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training
  (TAACCCT) grant program was a major investment to increase the ability of community colleges to address the challenges of today’s workforce.
  Grants totaling $1.9 billion were awarded to 256 grantees over four years.

  References

• “Private Sector Engagement: A toolkit for effectively building and sustaining program partnerships with the private sector,” by MercyCorps.
• “Public-Private Partnerships for Development: A Handbook for Business,” by USAID and CED.
• “Effective Employer Engagement: The Year Up Model,” by Workforce Strategy Center, 2009.
• “Partnering with Employers to Promote Job Advancement for Low-Skill Individuals,” by Karin Matinson, National Institute for Literacy, September 2010.
• “Partnering for Success: Business Perspectives on Multistakeholder Partnerships,” World Economic Forum, 2005.
• “Engaging Employers: Building Long-Term Employer Relationships,” by Coffey Consulting, LLC for the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and
  Training Administration, September 2013.
• “The Private Sector and Youth Skills and Employment Programs,” by Peter Glick, Crystal Huang, Nelly Mejia, RAND Corporation for S4YE, 2016.
• “Strategic Employer Engagement: Building Dynamic Relationships with Employers in Teen and Young Adults Employment Program – A Workforce
  Development Practitioner’s Guide,” by Commonwealth Corporation, 2013.
• “Lessons for Workforce Training Partnerships in Emerging Markets,” by Robert Holm, Workforce Development Strategies Group, National Center on
  Education and the Economy for USAID, April 2008.
• “Employer Engagement: A Business Plan for Further Education and Training Colleges,” by Robert Holm and Jim Vollman, Jobs for the Future under agreement with USAID/South Africa for the Partnerships for Skills Development, June 2012.
• “Good Practice in Technical and Vocational Education and Training,” by Asian Development Bank, 2009.
• “Collaboration between TVET Institutions and Industries in Bangladesh to Enhance Employability Skills,” by Md. Abu Raihan.
• “Partnerships for Education: Building the Foundations of a Green, Prosperous and Equitable Global Economy,” by The Partnering Initiative.
• “Community colleges team up with employers on skills development,” by Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed, June 11, 2015.
• “Building Effective Employer Engagement in Vocational Education: International Conference Report and Recommendations,” 22-23 February, 2012, by British Council.
• “Bridging the Gap: The Private Sector’s Role in Skills Development and Employment,” by OECD Southeast Asia Regional Policy Network on Education
  and Skills (SEARPN), October 2016.
• “TAACCCT Fact Sheet Employer Engagement,” By USDOL, 2016.
• “Employer Engagement in Education: A Bibliography,” by Rachael McKeown and Anthony Mann, Education and Employers, November 2015.

  Screening, Assessing and Profiling

  Resources

• Manpower Interview Guide provides practical advice to job seekers.
• Practice Aptitude Tests (free) by Mercer.
• Free Psychometric Tests Practices.
• How Job Candidates can Prepare for Employment Tests.
• “Shadowmatch: The Full Story,” by Peter de Villiers, downloadable at no cost.
• “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,” TED Talk by Dr. Angela Duckworth.
• The Glossary of Education Reform by Great Schools Partnership.
• Assessments, CEB (now Gartner), formerly SHL.
• AspiringMinds Research.

  References

• “The Strategic Value of Assessment: Building Business Advantage with Accurate Information about People,” by Douglas Reynolds, Ph.D. and
  Charles Cosentino, Ph.D., Development Dimensions International, Inc.
• “What is a Workplace Skill Assessment and How Does it Work?,” DeakinCo., 2015.
• “Building the 21st Century Workforce by Assessing Skills and Improving Curricula: ACT WorkKeys,” ACT.
• “Assessment Best Practices & Guidelines,” CEB SHL Talent Measurement.
• “Assessment,” The Glossary of Education Reform by Great Schools Partnership.
• “The Value of Assessment in Talent Selection and Development,” Mercer, 2012.
• “Top Recruitment Trends for 2016,” HFM Talentindex South Africa.
• “Mobile Assessments: Opportunity, Challenges, and Best Practices,” CEB SHL Talent Measurement.
• “6 Tips to Conduct a Successful Skills Assessment for Your Corporate Audience,” by Chrostopher Pappas, eLearning Industry, 2016.
• “Competency Standards for Technical and Vocational Education and Training TVET,” by Eng. Moustafa Wahba.
• “Challenges and Concerns with International Personality Assessments,” by Varun Aggarwal, AspiringMinds, 2009.

  Developing soft skills

  Resources

• Description of “Passport to Success” life skills program (from the International Youth Foundation) in the MENA region.
• Fact sheet, modules and topics covered by the “Work Ready Now!” work readiness curriculum and approach (from Education Development Center).
• Sample course outlines for various employability skills from realitywork.com.
• Detailed guidelines for developing and implementing a soft skills program, “Strengthening Life Skills for Youth: A Practical Guide to Quality
  Programming,” IYF for The World Bank, 2014.
• Two case studies on South African youth initiatives (implemented by EOH and the Mentec Foundation), that integrate soft skills training in
  preparing young people for jobs, by FSG for the Rockefeller Foundation, September 2016.
• Six country case studies (Australia, Chile, India, Jamaica, Malawi and the Philippines) related to “Integrating core work skills into TVET systems,”
  by Laura Brewer and Paul Comyn, ILO 2015.
• Discussion of skill gaps in three Latina America and Caribbean countries (Colombia, El Salvador and Dominican Republic) with examples of
  innovative solutions, “Bridging the Skills Gap: Insights from Employers, Educators, and Youth in Latin America and the Caribbean,” by Ana Florez
  and Shubha Jayaram, FHI350 and R4D, October 2016.
• Discussion of employability skills in three countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Senegal. Benin and Burkina Faso), by Prof. Bernanrd Mumpasi Lututala,
  R4D, August 2012.

  References

• “Key “soft skills” that foster youth workforce success: toward consensus across fields,” by Laura H. Lippman, Renee Ryberg, Rachel Carney,
  Kristin A. Moore, Child trends for FHI360 and USAID, June 2015.
• “Skills at scale: Transferable skills in secondary and vocational education in Africa,” the Mastercard Foundation, March 2017.
• “Skills for Employability in Africa and Asia,” by Nicholas Burnett and Shubha Jayaram, R4D for The Rockefeller Foundation, 2013.
• “Skills for Employability: The Need for 21st Century Skills,” by Shubha Jayaram, R4D 2012.
• “Enhancing youth employability: What? Why? and How? Guide to core work skills,” by Laura Brewer, ILO 2013.
• “Getting Youth in the Door: Defining Soft Skills Requirements for Entry-level Service Sector Jobs,” IYF, April 2013.
• “Consultation on Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Middle East and North Africa: Workshop Report,” Unicef, 2016.
• “Transferability of Skills across Economic Sectors: Role and Importance for Employment at European Level,” European Commission, 2011.
• “Analysis of Skills Demand in Indonesia,” FHI360 for USAID, March 2015.
• “Bridging South Africa’s scarce skills gaps,” by Traci Burrows for Mail and Gardian, July 2017.
• “A Correlation of Realityworks RealCareer Employability Skills Curriculum to the Common Career Technical Core Standards,”.
• “Can Non-cognitive Skills be Taught?,” by Dr. Brian Davidson, The Creativity Post, August 18, 2015.
• “Best Practices for Soft Skills Development at the Undergraduate Level: A European Project,” by Fondazione Rui/Euca (Italy / Belgium).
• “Strategies to Build Non-Cognitive Skills: A Pocket Guide,” 2014 National College Access Network National Conference, Public Profit 2014.
• “Building Student Persistence by Changing Student Mindsets: Lessons from the 2013–14 New York City Academic and Personal
  Behaviors Pilot,” by Michael Rothman, for New York City Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Readiness, October 2014.
• “Positive psychological capital: Beyond human and social capital,” by Fred Luthans and Kyle W. Luthans, Business Horizons 47,
  January-February 2004.

  Mentoring Youth

  Resources

• These books are excellent resources of both theoretical and practical information on mentoring.
• Designing Workplace Programs, An Evidence-Based Approach, by Tammy D. Allen, Lisa M. Finkelstein, and Mark L. Poteet. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
• Teach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America, by Patty Alper, Bibliomotion, 2017.
• The Willey-Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Coaching and Mentoring”, by Jonathan Passmore.
• The Blackwell Handbook on Mentoring: A Multiple Perspective Approach by Tammy D. Allen.
• Handbook of Youth Mentoring by David DuBois.
• Creating a Mentoring Culture by Lois J. Zachary.
• The Mentee’s Guide: Making Mentoring Work for You by Lois J. Zachary.
• The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships by Lois J. Zachary.

Other resources that provide good discussions on mentoring:

• Workplace Mentoring: Benefits and Strategies for Success, November 2011 – Tammy D. Allen at Portland State University.
• Mentoring in the Workplace.
• Foundation for Inspired Learning – offers an innovative approach to teaching and mentoring.
• Mentor – Founded in 1990, Mentor supports mentorship programs in United States, and provides a wealth of resources for developing
  and implementing youth mentoring programs.
• The Chronicle of Evidence Based Mentoring – great source of research documents related to youth mentoring.
• International Center on Coaching and Leadership Development – another resource on research findings in support of mentoring.

  Implementing Work-Based Learning

  Resources

• Example of the Academic Internship Resource Manual from the College of Arts and Sciences at Gonzaga University.

  References

• “What Works in Job Training: A Synthesis of the Evidence,” U.S. Departments of Labor, Commerce, Education and Health and Human
  Services, July 2014.
• “In-Firm Training, Innovation and Productivity: The Case of Caribbean Island Developing States,” by Preeya Mohan, Eric Strobi and
  Patrick Watson for IDB, March 2017.
• “Starting and Maintaining a Quality Internship Program,” Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania.
• “Work-based Learning: Benefits and Obstacles,” ETF, July 2012.
• “Taking Advantage of Workplace Training,” Chapter 4 of “Learning for Jobs: OECD Policy Review of Vocational Education and Training,” 2009.
• “The Promise of Workplace Training for Non-College Bound Youth: Theory and Evidence from German Apprenticeship,” by Damon Clark and René Fahr, February 2002.
• “A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Apprenticeships and Other Vocational Qualifications,” by Steven McIntosh, Department of Economics University
  of Sheffield, 2007.
• “Highlights of the Portuguese Traineeship Programme at CERN, ISA and ESO,” by FCT.

  Monitoring And Evaluating DDT Programs

  Resources

• Guideline on College Self-Evaluation at FET colleges, by VVOB South Africa, September 2013. – BROKEN LINK
• The Program Manager’s Guide to Evaluation, Second Edition, by the Administration for Children and Families.
• Positive Youth Development Measurement Toolkit: A Practical Guide for Implementers of Youth Programs, USAID, December 2016.
• TAACCCT National Evaluation.
• “Fighting for Reliable Evidence,” by Judith M. Gueron and Howard Rolston, 2013, available for purchase.

  References

• “Tackling Youth Unemployment through TVET,” Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC online conference, 25 June to 9 July 2013 and (p. 13-14).
• “W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook: Philosophy and Expectations,” updated January 2004.
• “Measuring Success of Youth Livelihoods Interventions: A Practical Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation,” by Kevin Hempel and Nathan Fiala for the Global Partnership for Youth Employment, the World Bank 2012.
• “A Framework for Higher Education Labor Market Alignment: Lessons and Future Directions in the Development of Jobs-Driven Strategies,” by Jennifer Cleary and Michelle Van Noy, for the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, October 2014.
• “Theory of Change Basics: A Primer on Theory of Change,” by Dana H. Taplin and Heléne Clark, March 2012.