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Jankowski & Gianina R. Baker  \nContents  \nAbstract   3  \nWorking with Employers: Tips for Success . . . . .4  \nContext Matters   4  \nGet Faculty and Employers Talking Together . . . . .5 Ask Different Questions . . . . .6  \nFinal Comments   6  \nReference & Additional Resources   8  \nAbout NILOA   9  \nNILOA Mission  \nThe National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA), established in 2008, is a research and resourcedevelopment organization dedicated to documenting, advocating, and facilitating the systematic use of learning outcomes assessment to improve student learning.  \nNational Institute for  \nLearning Outcomes Assessment  \nPlease Cite As:  \nJankowski, N. A., & Baker, G. R. (2020, June) . Working with employers: Tips for success.(Occasional Paper No. 44) . Urbana, IL: University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment.  \nNational Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment | 2  \nAbstract  \nStronger connections are needed between employers and higher education, however, questions abound about how best to work in partnership. Stemming from various conversations with members of the higher education and employer communities, this Occasional Paper provides tips for fostering successful partnerships and collaboration. Three lessons learned from successful employer and higher education partnerships are introduced: the importance of context, tips for sparking conversation between faculty and employers, and which questions to ask one another to find common values and deeper understanding. We hope you consider some of the tips and possible conversation foci presented in this guide as you engage in relationship building and find them useful in your employer partnerships.  \nNational Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment | 3  \nWorking with Employers: Tips for Success  \nNatasha A. Jankowski & Gianina R. Baker  \nSince the release of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) paper by Jason Tyszko and Robert Sheets (2019) on Co-designing Assessment and Learning: Rethinking Employer Engagement in a Changing World, various questions have been raised on how best to work in partnership with employers. This short guide provides tips for success, pulling three lessons learned from successful employer and higher education partnerships and dialogues together.  \nContext Matters  \nWhen employers indicate to their partner institutions that skills or needs are not being met, the response of higher education has generally been to claim that in fact it is addressed by pointing to the curriculum map where the learning outcome of interest lives. This has the effect of shutting down a conversation and perpetuating the status quo without getting to the bottom of the disconnect or addressing an issue that was clearly raised by the employer partner. Instead, faculty who engaged in further conversation about what exactly employers thought was missing found three different elements at play:  \n1. The language between the program and the employer did not align such that the learning outcomes and skills did not appear to be similar. This can be remedied by each side clearly stating what they each mean and does not require adopting the same language but understanding how to translate between the two.  \n2. While faculty addressed the learning outcome in the curriculum, students were not aware of the connection between the course and the job and were not making the connection or transferring their knowledge, leading to an issue of lack of transparency. This can be remedied by alerting students to instances of assessments of value or interest to employers.  \n3. The context for the assessment or the demonstration of learning did not align from higher education to employment. 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