Preparing an IT Workforce for the Future
Bev Motich, NAVSISAKelly Lewis, TechQuest Pennsylvania
June 16, 2008
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Session Outline
+ Panel Introductions
+ Today’s Employment Landscape
+ Recruiting Strategy
+ NAVSUP Programs
+ Technology Council Initiatives- Workforce Training
- e-Learning
- TechQuest Internship Program
+ Testimonial
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Today’s Employment Landscape
+ Unemployment rate is still low
+ Demand for employees is high
+ Challenges facing employers
- Shrinking supply of talent
- “Brain drain”
- Retirement
+ Solutions
- Student Career Experience Program
- Workforce Training
- e-Learning
- TechQuest Internship Program
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Recruiting Strategy
+ Establish Enterprise Approach- Maximize skills, experience, and culture of an integrated workforce- Recruit Locally…Place Globally - Create a “Recruiting Culture”…everyone is a recruiter
+ Workforce Planning…- Mission … “ Combat Capability Through Logistics”- Competency Alignment with the Mission- Gap Analysis
+ Implementing the Plan- Build enterprise-focused cadre of recruiters- Provide training and tools- Strategic Communications Plan…creating a brand and a message- Annual Recruiters Conference and monthly forums
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NAVSUP Student Career Experience Program
+ Starts as college student (GS-3 or 4)
+ Non-competitive conversion to permanent position upon graduation (GS- 5 or 7 target GS-11)
+ Excepted appointment
- Very easy to recruit and hire (no formal applications or certificate of candidates from HRSC)
+ Potentially high retention of locally hired college graduates
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SCEP Specifics
+ Recruit directly from local colleges & universities
+ Students must complete a minimum of 640 work hours in program – part time, flexible schedules
+ May convert to career-conditional appointment within 120 days after completion of degree requirements
+ No obligation to convert (due to performance, funding, ceiling, etc.)
+ Infusing Navy with rich new source of talent
+ Building skillsets for the post-ERP era
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SCEP Strengths
+ Introduce new skills and innovative approaches
+ Accommodate varying ages, schedules, lifestyles
- Traditional students
- Continuing education
- Changing careers
+ Retention of trained young people
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SCEP Challenges
+ Security restrictions- NMCI workstation deployment/CAC cards
+ Difficult to provide meaningful internship on a part time basis
+ Loss of investment if intern leaves
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SCEP Lessons Learned
+ Gen X and Millennials want work/home balance- Flexible schedules very appealing
+ Bonding increases likelihood of staying- Develop YGL networking group, activities, SCEP Conference
+ Tuition reimbursement is a selling point- Benefit has been extended to undergraduates working 32 hours/week
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TechQuestPA Workforce Training Overview
+ Free to join
+ Funded in part by grants from PA Dept of Labor and Industry
+ Over 250 partner organizations
+ Collaborate with industry consortiums
+ Customized to meet member needs
+ Training for all levels of workforce
- Entry-level to Executive IT strategy
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+ 2007 Success- 1850 training sessions
- Over $900,000 in training delivered
- Greater than a 2.5x leverage on Grant Funds
+ Goals for 2008- Over $1.2 million in training
- Continue increasing Sustainability
+ Close cooperation with training organizations
+ Increased use of e-Learning
TechQuestPA Workforce Training Results
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TechQuestPA e-Learning Overview
+ Found on TechQuestPA.com
- Find free courses on-line
+ Curriculum-based training
+ Complete learning management system
+ Built on leading edge technology platform
+ Superior cost efficiency
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+ Success in 2007- Over $5,000 of low cost, curriculum-based trainings
delivered
- Complete TechQuest Essentials curriculum
+ 12 months for $49
+ Industry partners received additional 30% off
+ Goals for 2008- $55,000 of cost effective e-Learning in 2008
- e-Learning system for Boys & Girls Club of PA
TechQuestPA e-Learning Results
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TechQuest Internship Program Overview
+ Full-service model
- We attract and maintain 1,000+ students in our web-based system
- Leverage student database to find best-qualified students
- Coordinate interviews between company and students
- All employer issues shifted to TechQuest.
+ Advantages
- One-stop shop (entire process can be done on-line)
+ https://vms.peopleclick.com
- Broad venue to find and secure qualified candidates
+ Access to talent across the region, the state, and even across the entire country
+ Access to students with every type of career background
- No payroll burden (taxes, insurance, unemployment)
- Lowest cost in the Industry.
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TechQuest Internship Program Results
+ Success
- 90 interns placed at 23 companies, paying students more than $400,000
+ 34 in 2008
+ 22 interns currently on assignment
- Improved transition rate from internship to full-time employment
+ Many interns are now working full-time with companies
- Assignments across the entire employment spectrum
+ Marketing to Electronics to IT to Engineering to Biotechnology
- Filling positions across the state
+ 2008 Goals
- Pay students over $500,000 in 2008
- Double placements to date
- Get 25 more companies using the TechQuest Internship system
- Provide training, tools and outreach to our 1,000+ students on the bench
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TechQuest On-Line Demonstration
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Joining TechQuest PA
+ Contact Kelly Lewis+ President and CEO+ Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania+ Phone: 717-635-2114+ Email: [email protected]
Get Connected at: www.techquestpa.com
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Connecting with NAVSISA
+ Bev Motich
+ Director
+ NAVSISA Administrative Support Division
+ 717.605.2434
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Open Panel Discussion