Download This report offers a set of activities that technician educators can integrate into their programs to support women students' readiness for the workplace.
Download This report describes factors that lead women to stay in the trades or leave them.
Download This pamphlet provides resume guidance to women seeking jobs in the trades.
Download Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) offers a range of materials to support women in technician fields.
View This website offers links to programs supporting women and girls in technician fields.
View Texas has created skill standards for various fields, and employability skill standards are part of each. You can search this website by field and find the relevant employability skills within the standards for each field. From Texas Workforce Investment Council.
Download A lesson planning template that helps instructors call out specific activities to build employability skills. From Groves, J. B. (2020). Employability skills and their application to project management: Developing the IT workforce. Convocation presentation. Richmond, TX: Wharton County Junior College.
Download An infographic with checklist that employers can use to encourage self-assessment of soft skills From Dude Solutions. (2020). The 5 soft skills operations professionals need to succeed. Cary, NC: Dude Solutions.
Download An excerpt from a research article describes the benefits on building future problem solving skills of offering lessons that involve learners in innovating solutions, not just learning procedures. From "Schwartz, D. L., Bransford, J. D., & Sears, D. (2005). Efficiency and innovation in transfer. Transfer
Download A survey of 66 graduates of a midwestern IT program indicated that "desire to learn" was a critical skill on the job. From Davis, D. C. (2003). Job titles, tasks, and experiences of information systems and technologies graduates from a Midwestern university. Journal of Information