Creating Work Experience Opportunities for Youth in Washington State Presented To Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board Brian Humphrey, Northwest Workforce Council Dawn Karber, Spokane WDC July.
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Slide 1
Creating Work Experience
Opportunities for Youth in
Washington State
Presented To
Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board
Brian Humphrey, Northwest Workforce Council
Dawn Karber, Spokane WDC
July 27, 2011
Olympia, Washington
Slide 2
Thank you,
WTECB staff
and board
members.
Slide 3
Overview
Creating Work
Experience
Opportunities
for Youth in
Washington
State
Low-income teens and young adults have
been hardest hit by Great Recession.
Teen lacking work history are competing
with experienced adults for jobs –
credentials are critical.
Messaging importance of “work ready” to
K-12 system.
Certain State regulations make it difficult
for our largest industries to support youth
work experience.
Apply lessons learned at local level.
Consensus: A statewide marketing
campaign needed.
Slide 4
Feedback was collected from around the state
Employers. Educators. Youth. Workforce and economic developers.
Community-based organizations.
Employers
YouthBuild
Manufacturing Skill Panel
Jobs for America’s Graduates
Economic development
Workforce Development
WIA Youth programs
Career and Technical
Education
Community colleges
Volunteers of America
Councils
Juvenile justice
Tech Prep
Homeless/teen shelters
GED classrooms
Slide 5
Think back…
What was your first job?
What type of jobs were you allowed to do? Does it differ
from what is available to teens today?
Did you keep the same job throughout your teen years or
have multiple summer jobs? Was experiencing a variety
of bosses critical in your development?
Slide 6
Young adults most affected by Great Recession (WA)
Age Group
2007
2008
2009
2010
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
16 to 19 years
20.0
15.1
27.0
24.3
36.5
25.6 46.1
24.2
20 to 24 years
10.2
7.7
11.0
4.4
15.2
12.1 20.5
14.0
25 to 34 years
3.5
3.9
5.2
3.4
10.7
5.8 10.1
9.8
35 to 44 years
3.7
3.0
4.8
3.9
9.7
7.0
9.7
7.4
45 to 54 years
2.8
3.1
3.3
3.6
6.2
5.6
7.3
6.7
55 to 64 years
65 years and over
4.1
4.2
3.9
2.3
4.0
2.0
4.2
NA
8.9
8.4
5.3 9.0
2.9 12.4
6.3
5.7
Source: Washington State Employment Security Department, Labor Market and Economic Analysis (from US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS))
Slide 7
Employment growth by cohort (national)
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Slide 8
55+ employees in labor force increasing (national)
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Slide 9
Youth employment is decreasing nationally
US Employment to Population Ratio in Percent by Age Groups
90
45 to 54
80
70
35 to 44
60
25 to 34
50
20 to 24
40
30
18 to 19
20
16 to 19
10
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
16 to 17
Slide 10
Low-income teens and young adults have been hit the
hardest by the Great Recession
Moved from a time where greater than 50% of youth
worked in the summer, now just 29% have a summer job.
Higher-income Caucasian families - 40% of teens had a
job last summer.
Low-income African-American family - just 9% had a job
last summer.
Source: Bill Symonds, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Pathways to Prosperity
Slide 11
Low-income minority youth most likely to be unemployed
Employment Rates
of Teens (16-19) in
Selected Household
Income/Race-Ethnic
Groups
in the U.S. during
the Summer of 2010
Source: Vanishing Act: Watching the Teen Summer Job Market Disappear, Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, July 5, 2011
Slide 12
What are our youth doing if they are not working?
Of the 63,386 high school graduates in 2008-09, 64%
enrolled in postsecondary. The remaining 36% were
presumed to be working or decided not to attend
college for other reasons.
In Washington State, approximately 12 of 100 high
school students will graduate from a university.
Source: Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board
Slide 13
Teenage pregnancy rates decreasing (WA)
120.0
100.0
80.0
age 15-17
60.0
age 18-19
40.0
20.0
0.0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 09/2010.
2007
2008
2009
Slide 14
Probation filings decreasing in Skagit County
Source: Skagit County
Slide 15
Comparing one high school’s planned versus actual
post graduation activities
NO DATA
NO PLAN
REPORTED
MILITARY
DEFINITELY
COLLEGE
APPRENTICESHIP
UNSURE
DEFINITELY NOT
COLLEGE
CHANGED TO
COLLEGE
Planned post-high school activity
2010-2011
Source: Anonymous high school in Washington State
COMM/TECH
COLLEGE
TRANSFER
DEGREE
DIRECT TO
UNIVERSITY
Actual post-high school activity
2010-2011
Slide 16
We have a youth employment problem, so what do
we do about it?
1. Reevaluate Washington State employment, program,
and education policies and regulations.
2. Learn from local successes.
3. Increase ability for youth to compete in labor market.
4. Increase awareness - launch a marketing campaign.
Slide 17
1. Reevaluate Washington State regulations
Employment regulations
Program regulations
Explore incentives for providing work
opportunities.
Remove additional performance
measures – focus on core competencies.
Reevaluate Washington State regulations
for providing experience opportunities in
the following industries:
• Manufacturing/Aerospace
• Healthcare
• Construction
Align youth performance measures and
timelines - you are not able to learn it
until you are ready to learn it.
Align funding cycles and program
planning.
We need services to reach more than the
“eligible” populations.
Slide 18
1. Reevaluate Washington State regulations (cont.)
Education regulations
Reengaging in education too difficult - GED,
college, etc.
Require certifications for all youth graduating
high school, even those planning on college.
Award high school credits for credentials
including drivers license.
Increase career counseling and Worksite
Learning Coordinators in the high schools.
Require all high school students to complete
the FASFA before graduation.
Preparation of CTE teachers and courses tied
to industry.
Develop multiple diverse pathways leading
from high school to postsecondary and career.
Too difficult to get caught up if fall behind.
Slide 19
Feedback from students and teachers
There is not enough individual help in high school
Education
regulations
so students get lost and don’t get caught back
up.
There needs to be smaller class sizes in high
schools.
There is the threat of loosing summer school and
credit retrieval programs in high school due to
budget cuts, so once you are behind you can’t get
caught up.
It is hard to find GED programs that are available.
I was homeschooled and then my mom got
arrested.
GED testing should be more accessible. There
should be more community sites.
Have GED practice tests available at public
libraries.
More volunteers in high schools so kids don’t get
behind in the first place.
Slide 20
2. Local successes
Spokane
Northwest
Spokane
Northwest
Hire a Youth Month
Work Ready Spokane
Next Generation Zone
Energy, construction,
healthcare cohorts
Project ALERT
FOC
OIG/OIP
Slide 21
3. Increase
ability for
youth to
compete in
labor
market.
If we cannot create a job for a young person,
we have to help them understand how to be
more competitive in the labor market.
Credentials
Volunteer experiences
Youth entrepreneurship
Slide 22
4. Increase awareness - launch a marketing campaign
Schools/School Administration
All Work is Important (Mike Rowe)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h_pp8CHEQ0
General/Statewide
Shop Local, Train Local/High
School is Not Enough
Everyone Works – Career
and College Readiness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wNJHdmk0vY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoG0c8ajd9I&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d59cb-gQx_4&feature=related
Slide 23
Creating Work
Experience
Opportunities
for Youth in
Washington
State
Brian Humphrey
WorkSource Administrator
Skagit & Island Counties
Northwest Workforce Council
360.416.3510
Dawn Karber
Assistant Director – Workforce Operations
Spokane Area Workforce Development Council
509.625.6213
Creating Work Experience
Opportunities for Youth in
Washington State
Presented To
Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board
Brian Humphrey, Northwest Workforce Council
Dawn Karber, Spokane WDC
July 27, 2011
Olympia, Washington
Slide 2
Thank you,
WTECB staff
and board
members.
Slide 3
Overview
Creating Work
Experience
Opportunities
for Youth in
Washington
State
Low-income teens and young adults have
been hardest hit by Great Recession.
Teen lacking work history are competing
with experienced adults for jobs –
credentials are critical.
Messaging importance of “work ready” to
K-12 system.
Certain State regulations make it difficult
for our largest industries to support youth
work experience.
Apply lessons learned at local level.
Consensus: A statewide marketing
campaign needed.
Slide 4
Feedback was collected from around the state
Employers. Educators. Youth. Workforce and economic developers.
Community-based organizations.
Employers
YouthBuild
Manufacturing Skill Panel
Jobs for America’s Graduates
Economic development
Workforce Development
WIA Youth programs
Career and Technical
Education
Community colleges
Volunteers of America
Councils
Juvenile justice
Tech Prep
Homeless/teen shelters
GED classrooms
Slide 5
Think back…
What was your first job?
What type of jobs were you allowed to do? Does it differ
from what is available to teens today?
Did you keep the same job throughout your teen years or
have multiple summer jobs? Was experiencing a variety
of bosses critical in your development?
Slide 6
Young adults most affected by Great Recession (WA)
Age Group
2007
2008
2009
2010
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
16 to 19 years
20.0
15.1
27.0
24.3
36.5
25.6 46.1
24.2
20 to 24 years
10.2
7.7
11.0
4.4
15.2
12.1 20.5
14.0
25 to 34 years
3.5
3.9
5.2
3.4
10.7
5.8 10.1
9.8
35 to 44 years
3.7
3.0
4.8
3.9
9.7
7.0
9.7
7.4
45 to 54 years
2.8
3.1
3.3
3.6
6.2
5.6
7.3
6.7
55 to 64 years
65 years and over
4.1
4.2
3.9
2.3
4.0
2.0
4.2
NA
8.9
8.4
5.3 9.0
2.9 12.4
6.3
5.7
Source: Washington State Employment Security Department, Labor Market and Economic Analysis (from US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS))
Slide 7
Employment growth by cohort (national)
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Slide 8
55+ employees in labor force increasing (national)
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Slide 9
Youth employment is decreasing nationally
US Employment to Population Ratio in Percent by Age Groups
90
45 to 54
80
70
35 to 44
60
25 to 34
50
20 to 24
40
30
18 to 19
20
16 to 19
10
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
16 to 17
Slide 10
Low-income teens and young adults have been hit the
hardest by the Great Recession
Moved from a time where greater than 50% of youth
worked in the summer, now just 29% have a summer job.
Higher-income Caucasian families - 40% of teens had a
job last summer.
Low-income African-American family - just 9% had a job
last summer.
Source: Bill Symonds, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Pathways to Prosperity
Slide 11
Low-income minority youth most likely to be unemployed
Employment Rates
of Teens (16-19) in
Selected Household
Income/Race-Ethnic
Groups
in the U.S. during
the Summer of 2010
Source: Vanishing Act: Watching the Teen Summer Job Market Disappear, Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, July 5, 2011
Slide 12
What are our youth doing if they are not working?
Of the 63,386 high school graduates in 2008-09, 64%
enrolled in postsecondary. The remaining 36% were
presumed to be working or decided not to attend
college for other reasons.
In Washington State, approximately 12 of 100 high
school students will graduate from a university.
Source: Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board
Slide 13
Teenage pregnancy rates decreasing (WA)
120.0
100.0
80.0
age 15-17
60.0
age 18-19
40.0
20.0
0.0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 09/2010.
2007
2008
2009
Slide 14
Probation filings decreasing in Skagit County
Source: Skagit County
Slide 15
Comparing one high school’s planned versus actual
post graduation activities
NO DATA
NO PLAN
REPORTED
MILITARY
DEFINITELY
COLLEGE
APPRENTICESHIP
UNSURE
DEFINITELY NOT
COLLEGE
CHANGED TO
COLLEGE
Planned post-high school activity
2010-2011
Source: Anonymous high school in Washington State
COMM/TECH
COLLEGE
TRANSFER
DEGREE
DIRECT TO
UNIVERSITY
Actual post-high school activity
2010-2011
Slide 16
We have a youth employment problem, so what do
we do about it?
1. Reevaluate Washington State employment, program,
and education policies and regulations.
2. Learn from local successes.
3. Increase ability for youth to compete in labor market.
4. Increase awareness - launch a marketing campaign.
Slide 17
1. Reevaluate Washington State regulations
Employment regulations
Program regulations
Explore incentives for providing work
opportunities.
Remove additional performance
measures – focus on core competencies.
Reevaluate Washington State regulations
for providing experience opportunities in
the following industries:
• Manufacturing/Aerospace
• Healthcare
• Construction
Align youth performance measures and
timelines - you are not able to learn it
until you are ready to learn it.
Align funding cycles and program
planning.
We need services to reach more than the
“eligible” populations.
Slide 18
1. Reevaluate Washington State regulations (cont.)
Education regulations
Reengaging in education too difficult - GED,
college, etc.
Require certifications for all youth graduating
high school, even those planning on college.
Award high school credits for credentials
including drivers license.
Increase career counseling and Worksite
Learning Coordinators in the high schools.
Require all high school students to complete
the FASFA before graduation.
Preparation of CTE teachers and courses tied
to industry.
Develop multiple diverse pathways leading
from high school to postsecondary and career.
Too difficult to get caught up if fall behind.
Slide 19
Feedback from students and teachers
There is not enough individual help in high school
Education
regulations
so students get lost and don’t get caught back
up.
There needs to be smaller class sizes in high
schools.
There is the threat of loosing summer school and
credit retrieval programs in high school due to
budget cuts, so once you are behind you can’t get
caught up.
It is hard to find GED programs that are available.
I was homeschooled and then my mom got
arrested.
GED testing should be more accessible. There
should be more community sites.
Have GED practice tests available at public
libraries.
More volunteers in high schools so kids don’t get
behind in the first place.
Slide 20
2. Local successes
Spokane
Northwest
Spokane
Northwest
Hire a Youth Month
Work Ready Spokane
Next Generation Zone
Energy, construction,
healthcare cohorts
Project ALERT
FOC
OIG/OIP
Slide 21
3. Increase
ability for
youth to
compete in
labor
market.
If we cannot create a job for a young person,
we have to help them understand how to be
more competitive in the labor market.
Credentials
Volunteer experiences
Youth entrepreneurship
Slide 22
4. Increase awareness - launch a marketing campaign
Schools/School Administration
All Work is Important (Mike Rowe)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h_pp8CHEQ0
General/Statewide
Shop Local, Train Local/High
School is Not Enough
Everyone Works – Career
and College Readiness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wNJHdmk0vY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoG0c8ajd9I&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d59cb-gQx_4&feature=related
Slide 23
Creating Work
Experience
Opportunities
for Youth in
Washington
State
Brian Humphrey
WorkSource Administrator
Skagit & Island Counties
Northwest Workforce Council
360.416.3510
Dawn Karber
Assistant Director – Workforce Operations
Spokane Area Workforce Development Council
509.625.6213