Transcript High-Growth Job Training Initiative

Right Person – Skills – Job: O*NET® and
ETA’s Business Relations Group
Presentation by
Gay M. Gilbert, Acting Director, Business Relations Group,
DOL/ETA
Dr. Marilyn B. Silver, Vice President, Workforce Development
Group, Aguirre International ~ Director, Aguirre O*NET
Project
Jim Woods, Director, Division of Evaluation and Skills
Assessment
Office of Policy Development, Evaluation and Research,
DOL/ETA
Washington DC ~ March 4, 2003
Introduction to the
Business Relations
Group
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Creating a demand-driven
system to ensure
No Worker is Left Behind
Goals for a
Demand Driven System
Business and industry find the
public workforce system to be
relevant in meeting their workforce
needs
The public workforce system is
effectively investing $12 Billion
Workers have access to good jobs
with good pay and career pathways
Businesses successfully grow and
build a strong economy that fosters
more good jobs.
STRATEGIES
Outreach to business and
industry
Improved knowledge of skill
needs for high growth
industries
Building the capacity of the
workforce system to be
demand driven
Key Principles
ETA as a Broker
Collaboration between the
workforce system and
business/industry
Two Customers:
Workers
Business
Partnerships for JOBS
Serving America’s workers by effectively
meeting the needs of business.
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Partnerships for JOBS
Serving America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Fourteen Current and Continuing
National Business Partners
Partnerships for JOBS
Serving America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Brokering the
connection
of large, national-inscope businesses
to public workforce
system.
Partnerships for JOBS
Serving America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Benefits to Business
Reduced recruitment/hiring costs
The right people with the right skills at
the right time
Increased retention
Improved diversity
Support during downsizing/rightsizing
Good corporate citizenship
Partnerships for JOBS
Serving America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Partnership Strategies
National roll-out events
Targeted local markets
Web site
Educating HR staff on workforce
system
Local models for replication
The list is growing
Partnerships for JOBS
Serving America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Organizing to Support the Partnerships
State Business Coordinators
Regional Business Liaisons
ETA National Office Liaisons
Finalizing operations protocol
Partnerships for JOBS
Serving America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Measuring Success
Businesses value the partnership
The right people with the right skills
Tracking the hiring process & retention
Overcoming system performance
measures
Continuous improvement
Partnerships for JOBS
Serving America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Challenges
Connecting Businesses to
Training Resources
Getting the right people with
the right skills
Tracking success
High-Growth
Job Training Initiative
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
High-Growth Definition
ETA defines
“high-growth industries and sectors”
as industries and sectors predicted to
encounter either:
high-growth in new jobs or
high rate of change in their workforces
The High-Growth Job
Training Initiative Seeks to:
To identify skill needs and skill gaps
for high growth industries– now and
into the future.
Develop model training initiatives
and strategies to address industry
needs
The High-Growth Job
Training Initiative Seeks to:
Foster strategic alliances between
the community and technical
college system, employers, and the
public workforce system
Respond to the needs of the labor
market for skilled workers by
becoming a demand-driven system
Targeted Industries
Services Industry
Automotive Services
Health Services Sector
IT & IT Business-related Services Sector
GeoSpatial
BioTech
Retail Industry
Financial Industry
Transportation Industry
Manufacturing Industry
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