A statewide survey was conducted by Georgia Assessment Project, Georgia State University during 1992 to determine if Georgia employers and educators agreed with Georgia policymakers that each of the 28 desired student outcomes (DSOs) was important to success in the workplace. Of 4,041 surveys mailed to a representative sample of educators and employers, 1,103 surveys were returned and analyzed. On the whole, both employers and educators rated all DSOs to be of moderate to great importance in obtaining and advancing in employment. Both groups also indicated that some DSOs of moderate importance in obtaining employment might be of great importance in advancing in employment. In all cases, educators consistently rated DSOs at the same level of importance or of slightly higher importance than did the employers. The DSOs of personal hygiene and appearance, punctuality, dependability, a positive attitude, successful on-the-job task completion, and respect for authority were deemed most important in obtaining employment by both employers and educators. Both rated dependability, a positive attitude, punctuality, and successful on-the-job task completion to be the most important for advancing in employment. In fact, these survey items were rated even higher for advancing in employment than they were for obtaining employment. On the whole, employers and educators rated current job applicants as satisfactory on all DSOs but two. There seemed to be some differences in the way respondents rated the DSOs based on their group membership: region of state, race/ethnicity, and gender. (Appendixes include desired system characteristics, action commitments, instruments, and sampling techniques.) (YLB)