MSESP Grantee Webinar
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MSESP Grantee Webinar March 5, 2013
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MSESP Grantee Webinar. March 5, 2013. Agenda. Record Webinar Welcome Administrative Updates Job Placement/Retention Follow-ups Getting to Know You: SW MN PIC – Get Into Energy Participant/Outcome Projection Updates Green Job Search Update: BlueGreen Alliance Foundation RAD Update - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MSESP Grantee WebinarMarch 5, 2013
Agenda
Record WebinarWelcomeAdministrative UpdatesJob Placement/Retention Follow-upsGetting to Know You: SW MN PIC – Get Into EnergyParticipant/Outcome Projection UpdatesGreen Job Search Update: BlueGreen Alliance FoundationRAD UpdateGrantee UpdatesNext Meeting
Administrative Updates
• Video project Update• Regional meetings and statewide capstone
event• SAVE THE DATE! May 1st at the State
Capitol for our culminating event!• Incumbent Worker Survey• Project Summary/Booklet Update
Job Placement/Retention Follow-ups
• Update from WDI• Remember to send details of those you
would like help with
Getting to Know You…
SW MN Private Industry Council – Get Into Energy Career Pathways
Eriann Faris
MSESP Get Into Energy Career Pathways (GIECP) Program
Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council
Background
• Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD)
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation• MN Energy Consortium (MEC)
Overview• Utility Industry driven project• Assist low-income students in energy hire degree programs.• Provide job search, connections to employers/industry
leaders.• Help participants through a series of stackable credentials.• Offer supports:
• Training• Test Taking• Transportation• Child Care
Career Coaches• Help with Job Search
• Blue Green Alliance Green Job Search Workshop• Introduce participants to people in the industry.• Assist them through a series of stackable credentials.
• The National Career Readiness Certificate• Energy Industry Employability Skills Certificate• MN GIECP Certificate• Boilers License• OSHA 10/30
Success Story
• Altec, Duluth, MN• Electrical Technician• $18.83 with full benefits
Systems Change
• Industry Recognition• Student Recognition/Understanding• Post Secondary Education Institutions
Sustainability
Easily integrated
Challenges
Getting startedGeographic distance between partnersSystems Change
Questions
Participant UpdatePlan Total Actual 3/4/13 Plan Outcomes by
PercentageActual Outcomes by Percentage 3/4/13
Participants Enrolled 1495 2061 100% 100%
Participants Completed 1196 1588 80% (of those served)
77%
# Receiving Credentials 1076 1417 90%(of those completingeducation/training
89%
Participants Placed/Incumbent Workers Retained Jobs
897 749/494
75%(of those completingeducation/training)
47% / 82%(2nd figure includes
incumbents)
# Retaining Employment 2 qtrs 718 501 80%(of those placed in
unsubsidized employment)
67%
Grantee Expenditures $4,792,524 (awarded)
$3,895,325(January expenditures)
March 4, 2013
Green Job Search Strategies Workshop
2013 Spring ScheduleMon, March 4th Rochester Workforce Center
Fri, March 8th Fond Du Lac Tribal & Comm. College
Wed, March 13th Faribault Workforce Center
Fri, March 15th Grand Rapids Workforce Center
Mon, March 18th Anoka County Workforce Center
Fri, March 22nd America’s Woodshop, Burnsville
Green Job Search Strategies WorkshopFACT: An Average of 250 Resumes Are Submitted For Every Job Opening!
The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation’s Green Job Search Strategies Workshop teaches job seekers how they can use their ‘green skills training’ to stand out from other job applicants, allowing them to get themselves out of the resume pile and into their perfect job.
This FREEFREE one-day, six-hour workshop covers:• Green Jobs- What Are They?• Best Green Job Prospects and Career Alternatives• What Do Solid Waste, Energy Use and Water Reductions Mean to Employers?• The Importance of Branding• How to answer the question, “Tell me about yourself?”• Job Search Strategies• Interview Techniques
For more information, or to schedule a class, contact:Jerome Balsimo at 612-466-4515 or [email protected].
NOTE: Trainer will travel, please call to coordinate and schedule a class.
RAD Updates
o Job Placements – make sure to report these
o Job Retention Follow-ups
Grantee Updates
Let us know what is happening with your MSESP project
Next Grantee WebinarTuesday, April 2, 2013
10:00 AM
Presenter: Workforce Development, Inc.
