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Building the Next Generation Workforce
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Transcript of Building the Next Generation Workforce
Building the Next Generation Workforce
Lisa Nisenfeld, Executive DirectorSouthwest Washington Workforce Development Council
Patrick Baldoz, Executive DirectorSouth Central Washington Workforce Development Council
IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO BUILD A WORKFORCE
Workforce Councils in Washington State
Purpose of Councils
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT - SEC. 106. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subtitle is to provide workforce investment activities, through
statewide and local workforce investment systems, that increase the employment, retention, and earnings of participants, and increase occupational skill attainment
by participants, and, as a result, improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the
Nation.
In plain words… increase local worker’s skills assist workers in gaining and retaining employment help workers become self sufficient and reduce dependency on the public system; and improve the local workforce to address business
employment needs to assist businesses to stay competitive.
Council Make up
Local Councils are required to be a business-led community board (“a majority must come from private business”)
Public Partners• Labor• Education: K-12 and post secondary• The public employment system• Community-based organizations• Rehabilitation• Economic development • The public welfare system
Council Responsibilities
•Develop strategic and operations plans for local areas
•Set workforce policy for the local area
•Oversee training programs for youth, adult and dislocated workers
•Oversee the local WorkSource system
WorkSource
WorkSource is a franchise, not a single organization.
Partners include State Employment Security Department, WDCs and their contractors, DVR, community college(s), DSHS and others.
Partner roles differ by area, but all are overseen by the WDC.
Services provided to both job seekers and employers.
Employer Services
Worker recruitment, screening and assessment
Referral of qualified candidates
On-the-job training subsidies
Training resources
Grant funded special projects
Labor market data and analysis
CAVEAT: No training services allowed for 120 days after a business relocation from outside the area
Importance of a Workforce Economic Development Partnership
Workforce system can provide a wide range of tools for economic development staff.
Workforce Development is the third leg of the economic development stool.
More bang for the public buck…
Why is it important to your local community…
How to Develop an Effective Relationship
Common ground: What will help your business grow?
Economic and workforce development (staff or board members) serve on each others’ boards
Participate in common initiatives
Coordinated planning
Joint projects
Joint staffing
Examples of Partnerships
•Lean Manufacturing for incumbent workers
•Cluster assessment (Angelou Economics)
•SWWDC joint staffing with CREDC and CEDC
•Intertwined strategic planning, industry targeting
•Pub Talk
More Examples
•Industry engagement team
•Business outreach partnership (business expansion)
•Opportunity fund
•Resource development
•State LMEA augmented by local intelligence
Future opportunities
Joint advocacy Incumbent worker training/strategic
planning Ability to influence how local workforce
programs and services are carried out Ability to affect local and state policy on
programs and resources Change or create training programs to meet
industry needs