EFF Work Readiness Profile

What New Workers in Entry Level Jobs Need to Be Able to Do

The EFF Work Readiness profile defines a cross-industry foundation of knowledge, skills and abilities that new workers need to succeed in entry-level jobs across industries. Front line supervisors from businesses across the country helped develop this profile.

  • The EFF Work Readiness profile identifies four categories of essential skills: communication, interpersonal, decision-making and lifelong learning skills.


  • The profile also identifies the critical entry-level tasks that require use of those skills.


  • The EFF Work Readiness assessment tool will test whether a jobseeker can in fact use those skills to perform the tasks identified.

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