right person – skills – job: o*net ® and eta’s business relations group presentation by gay...
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Right Person – Skills – Job: O*NET® and ETA’s Business Relations Group
Presentation by
Gay M. Gilbert, Acting Director, Business Relations Group, DOL/ETA
Dr. Marilyn B. Silver, Vice President, Workforce Development Group, Aguirre International ~ Director, Aguirre O*NET
Project
Jim Woods, Director, Division of Evaluation and Skills Assessment
Office of Policy Development, Evaluation and Research, DOL/ETA
Washington DC ~ March 4, 2003
Introduction to Introduction to the Business the Business
Relations GroupRelations Group
Introduction to Introduction to the Business the Business
Relations GroupRelations Group
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Creating a demand-driven
system to ensure
No Worker is Left Behind
Goals for a Demand Driven SystemBusiness and industry find the public workforce system to be relevant in meeting their workforce needs
The public workforce system is effectively investing $12 Billion
Workers have access to good jobs with good pay and career pathways
Businesses successfully grow and build a strong economy that fosters more good jobs.
STRATEGIES
Outreach to business and industry
Improved knowledge of skill needs for high growth industries
Building the capacity of the workforce system to be demand driven
Key Principles
ETA as a Broker
Collaboration between the workforce system and business/industry
Two Customers: Workers
Business
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Partnerships Partnerships forfor JOBSJOBS
Serving America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of
business.
Partnerships Partnerships forfor JOBSJOBSServing America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Fourteen Current and ContinuingFourteen Current and ContinuingNational Business PartnersNational Business Partners
Brokering the Brokering the connection connection
of large, national-in-of large, national-in-scope businesses scope businesses to public workforce to public workforce
system.system.
Partnerships Partnerships forfor JOBSJOBSServing America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Partnerships Partnerships forfor JOBSJOBSServing America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Benefits to Business
Reduced recruitment/hiring costs
The right people with the right skills at the right time
Increased retention
Improved diversity
Support during downsizing/rightsizing
Good corporate citizenship
Partnerships Partnerships forfor JOBSJOBSServing America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Partnership Strategies
National roll-out events
Targeted local markets
Web site
Educating HR staff on workforce system
Local models for replication
The list is growing
Partnerships Partnerships forfor JOBSJOBSServing America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Organizing to Support the Partnerships
State Business Coordinators
Regional Business Liaisons
ETA National Office Liaisons
Finalizing operations protocol
Partnerships Partnerships forfor JOBSJOBSServing America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Measuring Success
Businesses value the partnership
The right people with the right skills
Tracking the hiring process & retention
Overcoming system performance measures
Continuous improvement
Partnerships Partnerships forfor JOBSJOBSServing America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.
Challenges
Connecting Businesses to Training Resources
Getting the right people with the right skills
Tracking success
High-Growth Job Training Initiative
High-Growth Job Training Initiative
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
High-Growth Definition
ETA defines
“high-growth industries and sectors”
as industries and sectors predicted to encounter either:
high-growth in new jobs or
high rate of change in their workforces
The High-Growth Job Training Initiative Seeks to:
To identify skill needs and skill gaps for high growth industries– now and into the future.
Develop model training initiatives and strategies to address industry needs
The High-Growth JobTraining Initiative Seeks to:
Foster strategic alliances between the community and technical college system, employers, and the public workforce system
Respond to the needs of the labor market for skilled workers by becoming a demand-driven system
Targeted Industries
Services IndustryAutomotive Services
Health Services Sector
IT & IT Business-related Services Sector
GeoSpatial
BioTech
Retail Industry
Financial Industry
Transportation Industry
Manufacturing Industry
Move to ONET
O*NET, BRG, DOLETA & Aguirre International
Thank you for joining us today…at the
NAWB Focus 2003
Washington DC