The Center for Work Ethic Development both conducts our own research projects, and is also an international clearinghouse for research around work ethic and work readiness. Our organization began with a landmark study interviewing more than 1,500 employers across the country. The discoveries of this study drove the core of our ‘Bring Your A Game to Work’ curriculum.

If your organization is interested in partnering with The Center for Work Ethic Development to conduct a study of the effectiveness of your work ethic or work readiness program, please send an email to info@workethic.org.

Work Ethic Program and Certification

Youth Summer Program

Whose Job is it Anyway? Strategies for Increasing Job Retention

• Center for American Progress – There are Significant Business Costs to Replacing Employees
• Sateja Joshi – Impact of Work Ethic on School Performance
  
• Inside Higher Ed – Work Ethic Skills Gap
• Four County Labour Market Planning Board – Too many job seekers lack ‘motivation’: report
• Lois M. Collins – The Skills Your Future Employer is Looking For
• Are They Really Ready to Work? Employers’ Perspective on the Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New Entrants to the 21st Century U.S. Workforce
• Providing True Opportunity for Opportunity Youth – Promising Practices and Principles for Helping Youth Facing Barriers to Employment
• Workforce Connections – Key “Soft Skills” that Foster Youth Workforce Success: Toward a Consensus Across Fields
• McKinsey & Company – The Dynamic Economy and Labor Market: What does it mean for the future of the Workforce System?