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NewsWIB October 2017

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SPOTLIGHT ON LABOR MARKET

Cincinnati is one of the best cities in the nation for jobs. A new survey from national jobswebsite Glassdoor.com ranked the Queen City No. 8 of the largest metros in the U.S. forfinding a job. That's up from No. 23 on the same list in 2016.

SPOTLIGHT ON MUSC

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Two Per Scholas Quality Assurance graduates

MIDWEST URBAN CITIES VISIT CINCINNATI

Representatives from Midwestern urban citiesenjoyed an area tour guided by Dan Hurley, localfamous historian and current interim President ofthe National Underground Railroad FreedomCenter and some gathered around the JamesBradley statue on the Covington riverfront.

Several key Midwestern urban cities in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin have joined together to collectively pursue federal,foundation and private funding to improve employment results for more residents of theMidwestern urban cities through increased focus on training, apprenticeships,and coordinated employer engagement among the many companies and healthcareoperations that cover the Midwestern states. Sherry Kelley Marshall was approached asthe first urban city in Ohio by Employ Milwaukee Executive, Earl Buford, who had heardfrom various workforce directors and sector organizations about the SWORWIB's longspan of career pathway successes since 2001 in partnership with career technicalschools and higher education with various employers in construction, manufacturing,information technology and healthcare.

Marshall subsequently recruited Cleveland and Columbus with Ohio now being the threemetro members of the Midwest Urban Strategies Consortium known as "MUSC".Cincinnati hosted the October quarterly meeting for MUSC the full week of October 9-13,2017. The first two days of the weeklong meeting focused on Cincinnati's TechHiredistinctions featuring the CIO Roundtable, tech training with Per Scholas and theSWORWIB support for On-the-Job training accounts from the OMJ Center for Thrive andIngage Partners who shared their social enterprise hiring model as well as MaxTechnical's code camps and the INTERalliance of Greater Cincinnati highlighting theleadership of with Geoff Smith of Partners for A Competitive Workforce.

The SWORWIB thanks Gregg Toebbe (SWORWIB Board Member) and Greg Witzgall ofGreat American Insurance Technology Team for hosting us at the Dixie Terminal Building.Larry Johnson, PhD, Dean & Professor University of Cincinnati College of Education,Criminal Justice, and Human Services as well as UC Assistant Professor Jim Scott who isalso Board Chairman of the INTERalliance. We also thank Principal Kathy Wright for herschool tour and showcasing of the IT coursework for 9th graders at Hughes STEM HighSchool. Additionally, we thank United Way for hosting us in their conference center onWednesday and the OMJ Center team for their tour of our one-stop center and use of thesecond-floor conference room for Thursday's meeting.

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share their stories of learning this key ITskillset and obtaining employment at Thriveand Ingage Partners. Two representativesfrom Thrive and Ingage Partners alsopresented and are standing along the wall andwindows during the presentations. Geoff Smithand Gregg Toebbe are seated and engaged inthe presentations.

Thanks to Kathleen MacQueeney of KR Hospitality Group and Anthony Berin of Findlay Kitchen, the MidwestUrban Strategies Consortium guests from large urban cities in the midwest were treated to a pleasant walkaround Findlay Market and tour of the Findlay Kitchen facility after enjoying a wonderful luncheon prepared byChef Kymberly Wilbon of The Passion Plate.

SPOTLIGHT ON OMJ & EMPLOYERSWAFFLE HOUSE

The OhioMeansJobs Center worked with the Waffle House Human ResourcesDepartment to use the OMJ Center for on-boarding and training sessions for new hires. Their schedule was intense, initially two days a week from mid-July through mid-September. Click to view Employer Satisfaction at Waffle House!

Success Story: OhioMeansJobs Center/Cincinnati-Hamilton County

When a company announces layoffs it is a challenging time for everyone. Our RapidResponse (RR)Team, working through the OhioMeansJobs Center/Cincinnati-HamiltonCounty, worked with employers to develop customized, timely, and effective plans whichfocus on all aspects of reemployment for the soon to be dislocated workforce. Deron

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McQuire (pictured) faced layoff from his job with McSwain Manufacturing. The RapidResponse team was able to match Deron with an excellent job opportunity enhanced byutilizing RR's On the Job Training (OJT) funding. With the help of employer StandardAero's HR Manager Katrina Draper (pictured) Deron avoided layoff and even added to hiscurrent skill set through a full time job and on the job training with Standard Aero.

Supply Chain Management Job Fair

The OMJ Center hosted the Supply Chain/Logistics Job fair on October 17th inconjunction with Jesse Simmons of partners for a competitive workforce.Companies inattendance were UPS, Kroger, Amazon, DHL, Jurgensen Companies and AeroFulfillment.

There were 51 people that attended this Job Fair. Surveys were taken from employers inattendance and the responses were overwhelmingly positive:

"The OMJ Team is super, very friendly and knowledgeable" Chris Simpson, Jurgensen Companies

"Very responsive and professional. Friendly to work with. Great turnout today"

Andrea Norman, Aero Fulfilment Services

SPOTLIGHT ON NATIONAL MANUFACTURING MONTH

Workforce Development Focus of the 2017 SharonvilleManufacturing Forum

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The Sharonville Manufacturing Forum was held on October 17, 2017 by the SharonvilleChamber of Commerce. The workshop sessions featuring SWORWIB were delivered bySherry Kelley Marshall, President & CEO of the Southwest Ohio Region WorkforceInvestment Board. Marshall presented on the topic of "Using Public Resources to Meetyour Workforce Needs." This Manufacturing Forum focused on Workforce Developmentand was hosted at the new CSZ/A GenTherm Company offices also included a tour oftheir manufacturing and office facilities in Sharonville.

General Electric Women Leaders In Manufacturing

GE conducted a half day site visit devoted to connecting young women to high performingprofessionals in a casual environment to foster leadership, mentoring and a greaterunderstanding of roles in manufacturing industry.

These young women attended Aiken New Tech, North College Hill, R.A. Taft InformationTechnology, Shroder Paideia H.S., Western Hills University, Withrow University andWoodward Career Tech. They all came together to network with female professionals andlearn about their roles in the manufacturing industry, hear from senior leaders of theindustry at GE Aviation as well as have an opportunity for hands on exercises in additivemanufacturing and robotics. Students participated in round table discussions with GEprofessionals from engineering, sales, finance, accounting, human resources, operationsand information technology.

Fearless Front line Leader Awards

October is National Manufacturing Month and on the evening of October 26, 2017 acrowd of hundreds gathered at Great American Ballpark to celebrate at the 2017 FearlessFrontline Leader Awards. SWORWIB President Sherry Kelley Marshall and Chellie McClellan (former leader of theLiteracy Center West program of Santa Maria in East Price Hill and now CEO of Healthy

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Homes Block by Block) were guests of Ray Attiyah, Founder and Chief Innovation Officerof Definity Partners.

Attiyah is also author of Run Improve Grow, a book that shares winning strategies,methodologies, and tools for transforming business culture to achieve bold businessgrowth, all based on millions of hours spent delivering breakthrough results withhundreds of clients. Definity Partners sponsored the Fearless Frontline Leader Award, featuring nominationsfrom across North America including many manufacturers from the tri-state area.Companies represented include The Cincinnati Association for the Blind & VisuallyImpaired, VEGA Americas, Honeymoon Paper Products,The Gorilla Glue Company,Perfetti Van Melle, OMI Industries, General Electric, Allegion, thyssenkrupp Bilstein ofAmerica, and others. More than thirty leaders were selected as this year's FearlessFrontline Leaders. Each of them were individually recognized and celebrated by the entireaudience. Four Fearless Frontline Leaders were recognized as 2017 winners. This year's nomineesincluded a far higher percentage of women and, for the first time, three of the winnerswere women. This year's winners came from as close as Hamilton County, OH and as far as EnsenadaMexico:

Nancy Abris, a leader from Allegion, travelled from Ensenada, Mexico to accept heraward.Donella Armstrong, a leader from General Electric, travelled from Louisville, KY,USA to accept her award.Denise Ruffin, a leader from The Gorilla Glue Company, stunned the audience withher boldly transparent stories of her journey toward leadership and the way shecares for her team.Joe Taylor, a leader from thyssenkrupp Bilstein of America, was also accompaniedby a large group of other honorees and colleagues representing their Hamilton, OHlocation.

The SWORWIB in particular recognizes Denise Ruffin, Team Lead at The Gorilla GlueCompany. Her acceptance speech was so awe inspiring that the audience wastransported from tears to laughter by the humility and honesty of a frontline leader who lefther job "doing taxes" to "try manufacturing" where she found her calling as a servantleader. Denise is a Hyde Park resident and we are proud to have her as a FearlessFrontline Leader in our community.

Best wishes to all the honorees - keep being Fearless in your leadership.

SPOTLIGHT ON YOUTH

OMJ Cincinnati-Hamilton County Career Fair at Colerain High School

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In an ongoing effort to reach out to young adults seeking job and career information andguidance, OMJ Cincinnati-Hamilton County has started work with Colerain High School.The goal of the college and career fair is to educate young adults on the many optionsopen to them. Because so many mature workers are retiring along with the skills they'veobtained over many years, it's vital that we work to fill that gap.

Job Corps Center: Panther Students Community Service Project

On October 2nd, seven Cincinnati Job Corps students and Sharon Thompson as the workexperience coordinator did a community service at the local Ohio Means Jobs Center. The project included cleaning - up the parking lots and pulling weeds. The studentsworked hard and received credit for doing community service.

CYC and Citi Foundation Grant Award

The Citi Foundation recently announced that Cincinnati Youth Collaborative has been

awarded a grant from the 2017 Youth Workforce Fund, as part of its Pathways toProgress initiative to provide youth both in the U.S. and around the world with training andaccess to jobs, including paid apprenticeships and internships. Cincinnati YouthCollaborative (CYC) will receive a grant of $250,000 to support its mission of empoweringvulnerable students to overcome obstacles and succeed in education, career and life. CYC's Work Readiness program, Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates, provides high-schoolstudents core employment skills, enrichment experiences, community service activitiesand access to eight-weeks of paid internship.

Young Not Silent: Breaking down Barriers

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The 5th Annual Young Not Silent (YNS) will be happening Saturday, November 18

from 10 am-6:30 pm at the Tangeman University Center on UC's campus. YNSprovides workshops, community conversations, resources, food, and a talentshowcase - all for FREE.

Bringing over 400 youth in grades 7-12 from throughout Greater Cincinnati together,Young, Not Silent challenges the old adage that "children should be seen and notheard" and demands that young people be seen as the theme is "Breaking DownBarriers" and all workshops and presentations will identify internal and externalbarriers young people face on their path to adulthood and equip them with the skillsto address and break through those barriers.

This event is planned by young people, for young people and focused on creating aday for young people to learn, dialogue and engage in authentic conversation aboutthe issues that shape their lives in their homes, schools, and communities.

Visit www.youngnotsilent.org to register, submit a workshop (workshop proposal openuntil Oct 27), or sign up for a table and promote your organization.

Contact Shawn Jeffers: shawn@youthatthecenter.org or 513.404.8191 for any additional questions.

SHORT TAKES

National Apprenticeship WeekNational Apprenticeship Week is during the week of November 13-19, 2017. This will bea short celebration that offers leaders in business, labor, education and other partners anopportunity to showcase their programs.

Association of Career & Technical Administrators

Several dozen Pennsylvania Career Technical School leaders and other members of the

Pennsylvania Study Group of PAC&TA, Pennsylvania Association of Career & TechnicalAdministrators visited Great Oaks Career Campus leaders Tuesday, October 24-

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Thursday, October 26, touring Great Oaks campus, meeting with President/CEO HarrySnyder and several Great Oaks directors.

Rebecca Beckstedt of Great Oaks also organized an expanded panel moderated by MattVan Sant, President of the Clermont Chamber of Commerce, with Sherry Kelley Marshall,SWORWIB President/CEO; Dan Cox, Great Oaks Director; Mike Burck, Great Oaks AdultWorkforce Development and Dr. Nicole Roades, Southern State Community College.

Visitors learned how these partners have worked together to improve work readiness andadoption of life-long learning values by students, employers and other customers of thecareer technical centers, community college, workforce development boards andbusinesses served by local chambers of commerce.

SPOTLIGHT ON WORKSHOPS

Looking for a Job? Free Help as You Prepare OhioMeansJobs Cincinnati-Hamilton County is continuing its Work Readiness WorkshopSeries this fall and will offer three different workshops at the library's Mount Healthybranch, 7608 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45231. The workshops are designed tohelp job candidates prepare for their job search and develop skills that will help themsucceed when they do find employment.

How to Leverage Social Media in a Tight Labor Market

Having trouble engaging and retaining talent in a tight labor market? OhioMeans/JobsCincinnati-Hamilton County & Russell Tobin are partnering for a workshop to help elevateyour brand and attract top talent in the digital age! Please join us to maximize your socialmedia acumen.

Spots are limited so please RVSP:Kathleen Busemeyer: busemk@jfs.hamilton-co.org OR 513-946-7256

Click to View more details about the Social Media Recruiting Workshop!

It's A Great Time To Be Dad

Hear from our all-star panel, moderated by James Evans Jr., Health Care Access NowAdvisory Board member, about why it's a great time to be a dad. Learn about the threeS's: safe sleep, smoking cessation & spacing, and more ways to keep your kids healthy.

Sunday, November 19 2 - 5 pm Carl H. Lindner YMCA 1425 Linn St Cincinnati, OH 45214

OMJ November 2017 Workshop Calendar

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The OhioMeansJobs Center of Cincinnati-Hamilton County hasposted the November 2017 Events Calendar. You can view thecalendar here: November 2017 Hiring Events

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!The SWORWIB has a Facebook page where we post news, pictures, events andup-to-date information at https://www.facebook.com/sworwib.

Also, follow us on Twitter @CincyWorkforce and we'll keep you informedthroughout the month. The SWORWIB now has over 200 followers.

Donations AppreciatedThe SWORWIB is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Would youor your organization like to support the continued success ofthe workforce board? To make a donation (tax deductible) tothe SWORWIB in support of Cincinnati-Hamilton Countyworkforce initiatives, email Sherry Kelley Marshall at smarshall@sworwib.org.

Contact:

Sherry Kelley MarshallPresident & CEOsmarshall@sworwib.org

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