Young adults with chronic health conditions can experience barriers to work performance, ability, and their present and future worker roles.
OBJECTIVE:
Work readiness resources can expand individuals’ work skills, abilities, and interests.
METHODS:
Five work readiness tools are presented (1) building an occupational profile, (2) generating environmental strategies, (3) on-the-job strategy use, and exploration of online tools (4) O*NET® and (5) O*NET® Interest Profiler, along with two theories (Knowles’s Andragogy and Lawton’s Ecological Model) to guide tool use.
RESULTS:
Use of these tools can assist young adults to better manage their health and expand their vocational identities for success at work.
CONCLUSIONS:
These approaches and tools support health professionals, community partners, and vocational organizations in their efforts to help young adults with chronic conditions.
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