Advancing Successful Industry Partnerships and Career Pathways to the Next Level November 20, 2014...

Advancing Successful Industry Partnerships and Career Pathways

to the Next Level

November 20, 2014Waukesha, WI

Presented by Lindsey Woolsey

Why Industry Partnerships?Why Industry Partnerships?I. There is increasing debate about a skills mismatchskills mismatch in our economy: by

2020, nearly two out of every three U.S. jobs will require some postsecondary education and training, but 42% of adults in the U.S. (25-64) have no PSE credential.

• 64% of companies say they cannot find qualified applicants for management, scientific, engineering or technical positions.

-McKinsey Survey• 67% of small and midsize manufacturers report moderate to severe workforce

shortages, and they predict this will get worse not better. -National Manufacturing Institute Survey

II.We are witnessing deep and long-term impacts from stagnant job growthstagnant job growth: Jobseeker to job ratio in 2013 was still 3-to-1.

III. We must address these challenges with fewer resourcesfewer resources: : steady declines steady declines in investment since the eighties.in investment since the eighties.

• Federal employment and training expenditures (non-veteran) down.Federal employment and training expenditures (non-veteran) down.• Higher education enrollments/tuitions up; appropriations down.Higher education enrollments/tuitions up; appropriations down.

What’s our response?What’s our response?EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

I. Education Historically: Train & Pray

I. Workforce Development

I. Economic Development


I. Education Today: Career Pathways



Designs by


I. Education Career Pathways


I. Economic Development ?

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I. Economic Development Historically: Business Attraction

Designs by




I. Economic Development Today: Industry Clusters

Designs by

Industry Clusters



I. Workforce Development ?


Designs by

Industry Clusters



I. Workforce Development Historically: Customized Business Training + Job Matching

III. Economic Development



I. Workforce Development Today: Sector/Industry Partnerships


Designs by

Industry Clusters

Designs by

THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM:

• Your local workforce investment board• Your regional or city economic development

board• Your chamber of commerce• An industry association• Your community college advisory boards• Your career pathway employer group

Greater Metro Denver Healthcare Partnership, COChallenges: •Surging demand for HC services•Rapid facility expansion•Difficulty filling positions•Employers being asked by too many programs, councils, program staff to partner/helpSolution: •One Greater Metro HC Partnership•7 Major Hospital Systems•8 Educational Institutions•4 Economic Development Orgs•3 Workforce Investment Boards

• Activities: – Narrowed highest priority need down from

145 different occupations to 4: • Nursing (ADN, RN, BSN)• Laboratory Technologists• Medical Laboratory Technicians• Surgical Technicians

– 5 New Education and training pathways to direct employment in middle-skilled, higher wage jobs

• Impact: – Exceeded all training and placement goals– Single point of contact for industry– Pooled resources and expertise– Surprise by employers that they shared

problems and that solutions better implemented as a group

– Regular discussions about HC policy in region and state

Cochise Utilities Partnership, AZ• Problem: Sulphur Springs Valley Electric

Cooperative (SSVEC) realized no local pool of skilled line workers

• Cost: Recruiting from outside the area expensive, and relocating workers risky

• College could not create a program for just one company – no economy of scale

• Convener: SSVEC• Corporate partners: SSVEC, Sierra

Southwest Cooperative, Apache Nitrogen Products, Southwest Gas, Valley Telecom, Cox Communications

• Public partners: Southeast Arizona Workforce Connection, Cochise Community College

• Outcomes: – New 1-year Utility Industry Certificate– Industry guest speakers and instructors– Company sponsored, for-credit internships– Shared job fairs across corporate partners– Company-to-company networking formerly non-

existent

“Getting approached by a peer company was a breath of fresh air, someone who is actually a competitor. The resulting utility program and certificate would not have happened without that outreach. And there’s so much more to do.” – Elaine Babcock, HR Manager, Southwest Gas

Designs by

Industry Clusters

Where Sector Strategies are Coming of Age: Where Sector Strategies are Coming of Age: EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT




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