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
What’s our response?What’s our response?EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
I. Education Today: Career Pathways
I. Workforce Development
I. Economic Development
Designs by
What’s our response?What’s our response?EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
I. Education Career Pathways
I. Workforce Development
I. Economic Development ?
Designs by
What’s our response?What’s our response?EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
I. Education Career Pathways
I. Workforce Development
I. Economic Development Historically: Business Attraction
Designs by
What’s our response?What’s our response?EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
I. Education Career Pathways
I. Workforce Development
I. Economic Development Today: Industry Clusters
Designs by
Industry Clusters
What’s our response?What’s our response?EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
I. Education Career Pathways
I. Workforce Development ?
I. Economic Development
Designs by
Industry Clusters
What’s our response?What’s our response?EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
I. Education Career Pathways
I. Workforce Development Historically: Customized Business Training + Job Matching
III. Economic Development
What’s our response?What’s our response?EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
I. Education Career Pathways
I. Workforce Development Today: Sector/Industry Partnerships
III. Economic Development
Designs by
Industry Clusters
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
I. Education Career Pathways
I. Workforce Development
III. Economic Development
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