Sector Academy

Presenter: Bridget Dazey, Executive Director

Clackamas Workforce Partnership

October 27, 2017

Thirteen Functions

of a WIOA Board

• Develop a Local Plan

• Regional Research & Labor Market Analysis

• Convening, Brokering, Leveraging

• Promote Employer Engagement

• Career & Pathways Development

• Proven & Promising Practices

• Technology

• Program Oversight

• Negotiation of Local Performance Accountability

• Selection of Operators & Providers

• Coordination with Education Providers

• Budget & Administration

• Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities

Food Security

Childcare Assistance

Transportation Affordable

housing

Training & Education

Jobs

Health Care Safety

WorkSource Clackamas

• Skill Building Workshops

• Technical Training Programs

• On-Line Learning Options

• On-The-Job Training {Earn While you Learn}

• Other Short Term Trainings

• Basic Needs Resources & Information

• Career Coaching

How it works

• Skills

• Experience

• Drive

Job Seekers

• Knowledge

• Validations

• Pre-Screen Interviews

Regional Business Services

& Local WorkSource Staff • Available Work

• Values

• Culture

Employer

Two-Way Street: Working

Together

Clackamas Coordinated Business

Services

Portland-Metro’s Current Labor

Market Conditions } August 2017 Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate of

4.1 % (preliminary)

Sector Strategy

Employer Input

In-Demand Career Pathways

Public Workforce Investment

Links to Workforce Supply with training, education programs, meeting industry demands

Columbia-Willamette Workforce

Collaborative

CWWC

Clackamas Workforce Partnership

WorkSystems

Southwest Washington Workforce

Target Sectors - Clackamas

Healthcare Manufacturing

Technology Construction

Coordinated Approach to Engage

the Business Community

Enhance and align the workforce

system to better serve businesses

Project Components

• Develop project overview, goals & timeline

• Inventory list of support needed from State partners

• Create a comprehensive list of workforce system partners, business services provided

• Discuss strategies for coordinating the collective services in Clackamas County

• Identify gaps, alignment opportunities for coordination of business services, including identified target sector information

Prior to launch

Identified Partners

Clackamas Coordinated

Business Services

Clackamas Community

College

Oregon Employment Department (Worksource Clackamas)

Department of Human Services

Community Solutions of Clackamas

County

Easter Seals Economic

Development

Chamber of Commerce

Bureau of Labor & Industry

Clackamas Workforce Partnership

Identified Business Services Access to Talent

• Recruitment

• Hiring & Training

Business Operations

• Business Counseling

• Entrepreneurship

• Site Selection Assistance

• Incentives

• Lean Improvement

• HR Assistance

• Outplacement Services

Labor Market Information

• Labor Market & Data Analysis

Retain & Advance

Employees

• Customized Training

• Training for Current Employees

• Layoff Prevention

• Work site accessibility

• Professional Development

Project Components

• Determined Name, Mission & Vision

• “Lifecycle of a Business”

• Gained consensus on business facing language

• Defined and bundled business services

• Developed process, procedures & metrics

• Workgroups to develop both an internal and extern communication plan

Since the Launch

Lifecycle of a Business

Your Workforce System

What next? Ways to make it better.

Partnerships & Relationship Building

State & Federal Representatives

Businesses

Jobseekers

Youth K-12 Systems Representatives

Higher Education

Economic Development

Elected Officials

Social Services

Business Partners

Thank you for your time.