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Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways: Lessons from Towards Employment’s WorkAdvance Initiative Webinar 2014 NNSP Virtual Conference December 11, 2014
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Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways:
Lessons from Towards Employment’s
WorkAdvance Initiative
Webinar
2014 NNSP Virtual Conference
December 11, 2014
Jim Torrens Program Manager
National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP)
Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Jack Mills Director
National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP)
Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Rebecca Kusner Director of Policy and Special Initiatives
Towards Employment
Mike Hoag Vice President of Workforce Development
WIRE-Net
Tim Duffy President
Cleveland Industrial Training Center
John Baker Production Manager
Hose Master
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Participate in online discussion and networking about apprenticeships
and sector initiatives after this webinar.
Sector & career pathways initiatives:
Better together
• All career pathways should incorporate sector strategy
principles; in states/communities with a specific sector
strategy initiative and a specific career pathway initiative,
the two should be connected
• Not all sector initiatives will include a career pathway;
however, more comprehensive and advanced sector
initiatives should include this approach
• Sector initiatives and career pathways share some
common core elements, but differ on others (see table)
Sector & career pathways initiatives: Better together
Sector Initiatives
Career Pathways
Sector-focused based on good LMI X X Engage employers – by industry sectors/”clusters” rather than individually or by occupation X
Level of engagement
varies
Supported by a strong cross-agency/organizational partnership
X X
Managed by a “workforce intermediary” X Some CPs
Responds to a variety of employer needs (i.e., marketing, customized training, analyzing business processes)
Most SIs
Provide education/
skill services within
context of CP
Provide a clear path to stacked credentials and career advancement (including for lower-skilled individuals)
Some SIs X
Provide career navigation and support services Some SIs X Promote system change X
(ideally)
X (ideally)
NNSP Virtual Conference Thursday December 11, 2014
AGENDA
Welcome and thank you
Overview of Towards Employment, WorkAdvance, and why we highlighted partners
Introduction of partners
Partnership Perspectives
The Work The Impact Next Steps
TOWARDS EMPLOYMENT
Since 1976, TE has assisted over 120,000 disadvantaged adults (535 in 2013) transition off of welfare, out of prison, or off of the streets and into employment.
Since 2004, we placed more than 2,000 individuals with a criminal record into full-time employment (372 in 2013) with above industry-standards job retention performance and less than 5% recidivism of our grads
In addition we have helped more than 12,000 working poor gain skills for a better job.
OUR APPROACH
Prepare for a job: Job readiness training, supportive services, literacy, technical training, credentials
Get a job: Job search and placement services
Keep the job: Retention support
Move into a career: Coaching and advancement supports
Increase opportunities: through policy advocacy and system change efforts
WORKADVANCE
Background:
National initiative being implemented at 4 sites
Funded by the Social Innovation Fund and led by the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City and the NYC Center for Economic Opportunity with MDRC
Brought to Ohio by Fund for Our Economic Future
Towards Employment was selected to implement in Cleveland and Youngstown
WORKADVANCE
Model:
Sector specific, career pathway program
Ongoing post-employment services
Builds upon prior research
Connect sector strategies to low-income populations
Working in manufacturing and healthcare in NEO
Target population is over 18, under 200% of poverty, earning <$15/hour if working
WORKADVANCE
Implementation:
Focus on core strengths of community partners
Integrate approach into the broader workforce system to assure sustainability
Braid funding for components of the model
Measure long term outcomes
CURRENT PARTNERS
GOALS
Deliver quality programming
Demand driven training resulting in credentials
Employment starting at >$10/hour
Ongoing coaching for wage increases >5%
Build data
Random Assignment research design
Evaluation—implementation, impact, and cost
Over 2,500 people in national sample
GOALS
Inform policy conversations
Demonstrate improved outcomes to guide development of workforce programs
Share outcomes widely at multiple levels of government
Improve workforce system
Build partnerships for sustainability
Increase focus on career pathways and sector specific approaches across service delivery (i.e. beyond just targeted technical training)
PARTNERSHIP: OUR STRATEGY
THE CASE STUDIES
THE NEED
The Great Recession hit Northeast Ohio Hard…but we are rebounding!
Manufacturing employment in the region has grown by more than 7% (8,400 jobs) since 2010
Many Northeast Ohioans are not adequately prepared to meet this need:
47% of Northeast Ohio adults have no education past high school and lack relevant job skills
Companies continue to report challenges with hiring
THE WORK
Description of partner
Description of engagement with WorkAdvance
Partnership evolution and lessons learned
THE IMPACT
Results of the work
System changes
Impact upon WorkAdvance/Towards Employment
“TE does a good job to
ensure the quality of
their candidates, which
provides value for
our members. ”
John Colm
Executive Director,
WIRE-Net
“The advantage of this
partnership is TE
students are ready to
succeed.”
Tim Duffy
President,
Cleveland Industrial Training
Center
“We’re filling hard-to-fill skilled
positions. And the backfill
candidates from
Towards Employment are
strong. It’s a major
win for us.”
John Baker
Production Manager,
Hose Master
THE NEXT STEPS
Immediate next steps
Ongoing partnership
Expanded opportunities
APPLYING THESE LESSONS
How can you apply what we discussed today to your work and what will it take to make that happen?
More info:
Rebecca Kusner
Director of Policy and Special Initiatives
216-297-4425
Join us immediately after the webinar for online discussion and
networking about apprenticeship and sector initiatives.
To participate, search for the NNSP group in LinkedIn or visit
http://www.nnsp.org/nnsp-vconf-networking.html for more information.
After the
webinar….
Jim Torrens Program Manager
National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP)
Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Jack Mills Director
National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP)
Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Thank you!
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