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Employers tell us…

Employers tell us…. Lower-income workers do not have the prerequisite basic skills to meaningfully participate in or benefit from training opportunities for current job openings. Our response.

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Employers tell us…

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  1. Employers tell us… Lower-income workers do not have the prerequisite basic skills to meaningfully participate in or benefit from training opportunitiesfor current job openings.

  2. Our response Provide stackable education and training for in-demand jobs and career pathways with a focus on contextualized basic skills and workplace readiness, connections to technical training, and hands-on experience.

  3. Stackable Education and Training Occupational Skills Industry Technical Skills Workplace Readiness Skills Academic Skills Personal Effectiveness Skills

  4. How does WSCMH help Job Seekers? ROUND ONE

  5. How does WSCMH help Job Seekers? ROUND TWO

  6. How does WSCMH help Incumbent Workers? ROUND ONE

  7. How does WSCMH help Incumbent Workers? ROUND TWO

  8. Adapting an effective practice 10 out of 20 job seekers that participated in contextualized basic skill training in energy/utilities secured employment 4 out of 10 incumbent workers that received manufacturing training increased their wages an average of 4.1% 9 job seekers that participated in the new manufacturing program secured employment

  9. Adapting an effective practice PeeDee Workforce Investment Board (SC): Recognized by US DOL and local employers for its innovative ways in getting potential employees work-ready Peninsula Workforce Development Center (VA): Created a pipeline program to effectively screen potential candidates and assess the skills relative to jobs with local companies Southeast Development Group (TN): Implemented a cross-industry, cross-occupational portable skills model which expanded to assist with tri-state economic development

  10. KeyTrain • Interactive, online system • Targeted, self-paced instruction • Pre- and post-assessments • Occupational job profiles database • Basic skills curriculum • Applied mathematics skills • Reading for information • Locating information

  11. Getting people READifor work Readiness Education and Academic Development Initiative • Integrated online learning • Facilitated group • Monitored individual • Integration into CTWorks • Support services • Technical training and employment

  12. READi Goals • Expand upon the demonstrated effectiveness of stackable education and training • Identify new career navigation methods that correlate to the likelihood of attaining job-needed skills, credentials, or degrees • Serve lower-income/unemployed adults • Serve 100 individuals in a facilitated group • 75% of all completers will increase their scores by at least one level in each of the following: applied mathematics, reading for information, and locating information • Serve 100 individuals with independent learning • 75% of all completers will increase their scores by at least one level in each of the following: applied mathematics, reading for information, and locating information

  13. READiSustainability • Enhance the public workforce system • Increase employer value • Reallocate WSCMH resources • Core competencies beyond basic skills • Barriers to career advancement such as transportation, child care

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