Session II Workforce and Career Readiness Noncognitive Workforce

Session II Workforce and Career Readiness: Noncognitive

Workforce and Career Readiness: Noncognitive • Noncognitive skills matter • Workforce: 21 st century skills • Across diverse research streams/disciplines Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. 12/10/2010 2

Paul Sackett: "What We Know about Non. Cognitive Constructs and Workplace Outcomes" • Beverly and Richard Fink Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota • Editor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice and Personnel Psychology • Co-chair of the committee producing the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing • Member of the National Research Council's Board on Testing and Assessment • His research interests revolve around various aspects of testing and assessment in workplace, educational and military settings. Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. 6/8/2021 3

David Kravitz: "Preparing Students for Workplace Diversity: Some Research Implications" • Professor of Management in the School of Management at George mason University • Fellow of the APA and the Society of Experimental Psychology • 2010 -2011 Chair of the Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division of the Academy of Management • Current research focus is on diversity management, with special interest in learning what works in bridging the gap between research and practice. • This interest motivated him to initiate an annual conference "Workplace Diversity: Practice & Research" that brings together executives, managers, trainers, teachers and scholars. Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. 6/8/2021 4

Steven Robbins: "Creating an Aligned Assessment System to Promote Work Training Readiness and Career Success" • Steven Robbins is Vice President of Research at ACT • Former professor and Chair of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. • He has published more than 90 research studies, and was cited as 12 th in contributions to counseling and career literature in the late 1990 s. • Robbins is interested in the interplay of career, personality and cognitive factors as they affect education and work success. Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. 6/8/2021 5

Jill Casner-Lotto: "Supporting Immigrant Students: Community College Pathways to Career Success" • Director of the Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education (CCCIE), a national organization based at Westchester Community College that increases awareness of the important role community colleges play in delivering educational opportunities for immigrant students. • Served as a research consultant for The Conference Board, a national, not-for-profit business research and membership organization. • Was Senior Vice President for Policy Studies at Work in America Institute. • Authored or co-authored numerous policy studies on such topics as work-life effectiveness, job-linked literacy, training for new technology, flexible work schedules, highperformance workplaces and labor-management relations. Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. 6/8/2021 6