WHAT EMPLOYERS CAN DO

In The Workplace

• Train employees and their children in nontraditional skills.
  
• Develop training programs and flexible schedules that encourage
  employees to be good mentors and good parents.
  
• Offer students workplace tours and job-shadowing programs.
  
• Hire students as summer employees and as interns and appreentices.
  

In The Schools

• Encourage employees to visit schools and tell students about the world of work.
  
• Work with school officials to design curricula and create practical examples.
  
• Bring educators into the workplace to work with employees and gain their own
  perspective on the working world.
  

• Create programs with guidance counselors to inform them about what employers
  and colleges require.

In The Community

• Talk with school boards and consider seeking election.
  
• Hold leadership academies in which executives lend their experience to educators.
  
• Create career days and job fairs.
  
• Lobby government officials to support school-to-work programs and to demand
  strong academic standards.
  

TO LEARN MORE

• The American Society for Training and Development (703) 683-8100
• The Center for Workforce Preparation (202) 463-5525
• Junior Achievement (719) 540-8000
• The National Employer Leadership Council (202) 822-8027
• The Welfare to Work Patrnership (202) 955-3005
• WorldClass Schools, Inc. (407) 418-4441