Table 1. Percent of Adolescent Employees Who Use SCANS Skills Some or All of the Time


How often do you use these skills in your work? Restaurant 1 Restaurant 2
Allocate time, prepare and follow schedules 44.5 60.8
Use or prepare budgets, keep records, make forecasts 13.2 20.8
Store or use material or space efficiently 65.3 60.8
Evaluate someone else's performance and provide feedback 39.4 30.4
Participate as a member of a team 93.3 87.5
Teach others new skills 80.3 95.8*
Persuade and convince others 54.8 62.5
Negotiate with others toward agreement 55.3 66.7
Work well with other employees from diverse backgrounds 75.0 83.3
Get new information and make judgments about it 55.3 70.8*
Keep records related to your work 26.6 13.6
Talk about job-related information with others 42.1 54.1
Use computers to process information 42.7 41.7
Know how your firm is organized as a business 56.5* 18.1
Know about technology systems used to produce firm's products 47.7* 21.7
Choose the tools to get the work done 68.9 58.3
Set up equipment you need for your job 67.8 75.0
Use different kinds of technology to solve problems 36.8 41.6


* indicates a statistically different response pattern