How can you tell that someone is ready for competitive employment? They are motivated, a self-starter. They arrange for transportation and reliably arrive to work on time, dressed appropriately for the job.  They get along with their co-workers, managers and customers. They are “Work Ready”. Work readiness skills and vocational skills are not the same and both are needed for successful competitive integrated employment. Often individuals enter the workforce only to discover that their technical skills meet industry needs but their work readiness skills do not. Identification of barriers in work readiness skills and developing these critical skills is in the OT Wheelhouse. This presentation will discuss how OT can begin to make this a priority, how to set goals where persons with disabilities are fully work ready, and how to collaborate with the stakeholders in this issue.