College And Community Collaboration For Graduate Workforce Readiness

Abstract

This research continues to examine appropriate learning activities and environments to support student development and workforce readiness. In the current study college graduates were interviewed to gain the graduates’ perspective of what transitional activities were needed to support readiness for the workforce. In the current study college graduates were interviewed to gain the graduates’ perspective of what transitional activities were needed to support readiness for the workforce. The findings and recommendations include appropriate coaching, as well as implementation of specific strategies to support student readiness for the workforce by designing a plan for collaboration with companies to bridge student transition into the workforce.