Transcript Health Car - California EDGE Campaign

Sector Panels at the Local Level
Kris Stadelman, CEO
Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King
County
10/29/08
The How’s of Skill Panels
 Recruitment- who sits at the table is very important
 Staffing AND facilitation
 Engaging members
 Timing of meetings
 Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
 “Working groups”
 Determining and setting outcomes-how these change over time
 Translate information back to supply side
Possible Skill Panel Work
 Assist businesses turnover and job retention
 Develop and disseminate labor market data to job seekers and/or youth
 Increase skills for current employees to meet new and improved technological
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Develop outreach campaign to encourage more youth and/or job seekers to consider
education/training specific to a high demand industry
Document and determine future workforce skills and education required within the
next 2 to 5 years
Expand apprenticeship opportunities
Define career pathways for specific high growth jobs within an industry
Develop customized training and/or curricula for a specific high growth area within
the industry (e.g. welding technician to welding engineer)
Develop/improve articulation agreements between educational institutions – speed
the process for students to graduate from programs for high demand jobs in industry
How to Benefit Supply Side
 Not just training job seekers & incumbents
 Industry knowledge and employer contacts
 Industry specific events like Sector Forums
 Employer specific hiring events
 Career Path counseling
 Customized screening and/or training for your job seekers
 Forecasting future training/hiring needs
Meeting Local Industry Needs:
 Enhance and/or create new curriculum
 Work on pipeline
 Create Skill Standards
 Communication Strategies/Outreach
 Pilot Projects before going big
 Learn from what is already being done in similar areas across
the state
Health Care Skills Panel Report
Barrier
Solution
 Lack of clinical training sites
 Online Clinical Scheduler
 Faculty and lab shortage
 Hospital to College Loan
 Lack of State FTE for College
 New targeted funding
 Lack of Career Progression
 Career Specialists in Hosp.
 Inefficient credit transfer
 Improve Articulation
 Competing Priorities
 Coalition of Supporters
 Health Workforce Institute