National Adult Literacy Database

Authors: Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) - Ontario Division

Collection: Research Materials

This guidebook is aimed at employers who are looking at the skills of their workforce and considering investing in improving those skills.

The authors explain what literacy and essential skills mean; how deficiencies in those areas can affect productivity; and how Canadian workplace currently rate.

The authors provide guidelines to help organizations identify current skill levels and decide what improvements are needed. They also offer advice for developing action plans that encourage employees to improve their essential skill levels in ways that also improve business results.

There are appendices explaining the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) and offering links to a variety of guides, toolkits and other sources of help.

Added: 2010-02-03

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