Questions for Employees and Potential Employees

1. What reading, writing, math and computer skills do you use on the job?
2. Has literacy been a barrier for you in school or in looking for a job? On the job? Can you describe the barrier(s)?
3. Have you taken any literacy or basic education training in your community, your learning centre or the college?
   • If so, what did you like about the training? Was there anything that didn’t work for you?
   • How could the training have been improved?
   • What makes technical, safety or other training hard for people?
4. What kind of literacy training would be most helpful to you in your work life? Does this training exist? Do you think training in the workplace would be better or outside the workplace?
5. What would you like your employers to do to help you improve your literacy level?
6. If you are employed, does your employer encourage reading on the job? Are there things to read as part of your work or when you are on break?
7. Have you used any literacy training materials that you found particularly helpful? Have any materials NOT been helpful? Do you have any ideas for materials that would make learning easier for you?
8. If you could tell your employer or possible employer one thing about how to help you improve your literacy, what would it be?