The ACCC’s Work Keys® System (Canada): Assessing Generic Employability Skills Within Specific Workplace Settings

How does the Association of Canadian Community Colleges’ Work Keys® System link the generic employability skills contained in the Employability Skills Profile and Science Literacy for the World of Work Profile to specific workplace settings?

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The objective of Work Keys® is to enable employers, educators and individuals to work together to develop an innovative, productive and competitive workforce. As well as to help individuals identify and acquire skills they need to get and keep their jobs by providing a common language for communication between individuals, employers and educators. This case study looks at:

• the activities;
• resources required;
• achievements/outcomes;
• benefits;
• innovation;
• keys to success; and
• greatest challenges.