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Thomas, Ed.D.  \nStrategic Professional Development & Enrollment Management Director, Meharry Medical College  \nNicole Weber, Ph.D.  \nAssistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater  \nRecommended citation:  \nBartosek, M., Ford, C., Gay, K., McGuire, A., Swindell, A., Thomas, M., Weber, N.(2023) . Examining the workforce skills communication gap: Research overview and key findings. The Online Learning Consortium.  \nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Creative Commons—AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International—CC BY-NC-ND 4.0  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nContributing Authors 2  \nAbout Our Organizations 4  \nIntroduction 5  \nResearch Highlights & Key Findings 6  \n1. Workforce Skills Communication Gaps 6  \n2. Institution-Employer Collaboration 7  \n3. Measurement of Soft and Hard Skill Learning Outcomes 8  \n4. Understanding Student Needs 9  \n5. Student Professional Narrative 10  \nConclusion 10  \nReferences 12  \n3  \nABOUT OUR ORGANIZATIONS  \nThe Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is a collaborative community of education leaders and innovators dedicated to advancing quality digital teaching and learning experiences designed to reach and engage the modern learner—anyone, anywhere, anytime. OLC inspires innovation and quality through an extensive set of resources, including best-practice publications, quality benchmarking, leading-edge instruction, communitydriven conferences, practitioner-based and empirical research, and expert guidance. The growing OLC community includes faculty members, administrators, trainers, instructional designers, and other learning professionals, as well as educational institutions, professional societies, and corporate enterprises. Learn more at [onlinelearningconsortium.org](onlinelearningconsortium.org).  \nHP Inc. creates technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere—every person, every organization, and every community around the globe. For higher education, HP combines instructional innovation, applied research, data science, extended realities, 3D additive manufacturing, esports, and advanced cybersecurity to empower the Campus of the Future. Learn more at [http://www](http://www). [hp.com/education](hp.com/education).  \n4  \nINTRODUCTION  \nRecent research describes a gap between the workforce skills employers need and the skills college graduates bring to the workforce (Coen & Killian, 2019; Weise et al., 2019; Wolff & Booth, 2017) . Making strides toward closing the workforce skills gap means that institutions, employers, and students must work together to cultivate a shared understanding of how strategic collaboration and communication are mutually beneficial. Weise et al. (2019) similarly argued that “with a better understanding of jobs, talent readiness, and educational pathways, we can begin to connect our workforce with our postsecondary education and training system and build promising pathways for the future of work”(p. 31) . The alignment of workforce trends with learning outcomes used to measure and communicate students’ workforce skill levels has the potential to help close this gap.  \nAs such, the purpose of this study was to examine whether, or to what extent, institutions are using workforce trends to align and measure learning outcomes and help students communicate their levels of workplace skill proficiencies to potential employers. 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