The document discusses the critical role of small and medium-sized businesses in job creation and emphasizes the need for supportive training programs to bridge skill gaps in the workforce. It highlights disparities in unemployment rates across different demographics and suggests that partnerships between employers and educational institutions can address these issues effectively. Additionally, it outlines various initiatives aimed at enhancing job placements and training opportunities for the community, especially in minority groups.

1. Small and Medium sized businesses
Establish strong job placements in
schools.
Encourage small business and
corporations to commit and invest
in training programs

2. Behind every job is a growing company. And behind every successful company is a
startup that made it big. According to a recent study by the Kauffman Foundation and
others sources, new businesses account for three out of five new jobs. To support
job growth, we have to support startups.
Source Richard Florida

3. Education and Workforce Development
The AMBCC Education and Workforce
Development Committee is comprised of
members in the labor/staffing industry,
recruiters and human resource
professionals.
The EAWD provides various human
resource services and programs to
AMBCC members.
.

4. Statewide MSA Focus
• Albany
• Atlanta
• Athens
• Augusta
• Chattanooga
• Columbus
• Savannah

5. WSJ Interactive Map (GA Unemployment)

6. Georgia Unemployment
Clayton County 13.0
Cobb County 9.1
Dekalb County 10.8
Douglas County 11.4
Fulton County 11.1
Gwinnett County 9.3
Henry County 10.9
Rockdale County 12.0

7. Education and Workforce Development Key
Stakeholders
 The EAWD Stakeholders have a vested
Fulton County interest in the issues, projects, and/or policies
Workforce
Development tasked by the committee.
AARP
TBA
 The EAWD advisory board consists primarily
of members in the labor/staffing recruiters and
human resource professionals representing the
public and private sector.
TBA CAU
Education and
Workforce  The EAWD has developed an influential
Development
network of decision makers and employers that
are focused on establishing key business,
community and governmental relationships.
TBA ADP
 EAWD programs specifically address critical
issues impacting jobs in minority communities.
TBA Policy Makers

8. The Opportunity Gap

9. Employment Gaps
According to the October 2011 Bureau of
Labor Statics Report, the unemployment
rates for adult men (8.8 percent), adult women
(8.1 percent), teenagers (24.6 percent), whites
(8.0 percent), blacks (16.0 percent), and
Hispanics (11.3 percent) showed little or no
change in September. The jobless rate for
Asians was 7.8 percent, not seasonally
adjusted.
.

10. Dealing with Structural Unemployment
Structural unemployment is a form of
unemployment resulting from a mismatch
between demand in the labour market and
the skills and locations of the workers
seeking employment. Even though the
number of vacancies may be equal to, or
greater than, the number of the
unemployed, the unemployed workers may
lack the skills needed for the jobs; or they
may not live in the part of the country or
world where the jobs are available

11. Global Education

12. Mapping Educational Pathways to
Sustainable Careers
(3-5 Years) Apprenticeship, Journey
2-3 Months Specialized Training Person, Master Craftsperson
Owner/CEO & President
Early 5 Yrs. 3 Yrs.
Childhood 4 Yrs. High 2 Yrs. Community/Technical Project /Business Manager
Elementary Middle
School
School
4 Yrs. College/University Professional Services,
2-3 Yrs. Grad/Post Doctoral Supervisory, Management

13. Education Gaps
According to the National Center for Education
Statistics, African-American students made up 16
percent of the public school population in 2004 (NCES
2006). These students, disproportionately concentrated
in high-poverty, low-performing schools, are vulnerable
to poor educational outcomes that undermine their
chances for success in life. According to the results of
the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also
known as the Nation‘s Report Card, black eighth
graders scored lower in math and reading than any
other racial group in 2009
.

14. Education and Continuing Education
One of the job market's biggest problems, the report
says, is a mismatch between the skills workers now
have and the skills required by potential new jobs:
Solutions could include more partnerships between
employers encouraging investment in training
programs within community colleges or vocational
schools, a national jobs database to help people decide
what careers to train for, and targeted federal
scholarships.
Establish strong job placements in schools.
Encourage small business and corporations to commit
and invest in training programs
The report estimates that six broad sectors – health
care, business services, leisure and hospitality,
construction, manufacturing, and retail – will account for
as much as 85 percent of new jobs. (Those sectors
account for 66 percent of all jobs in America today.)

15. Apprenticeship Create Immediate Jobs
Apprentices learn while they work and make an
immediate impact on business success. Ninety-
two of Employers in the UK and Canada who
employ Apprentices believe Apprenticeships
lead to a more motivated and satisfied work
force.

16. Partnering to boost the employment:
business and higher education
Teaching job creation at our business and technical
schools. With college tuition costs skyrocketing, and
the lack of skilled workers, businesses do not have
enough educated employees to power their companies
– and fuel economic recovery. Companies have begun
to partner with colleges to meet a mutual demand.

17. Georgia Work Ready
Georgia Work Ready was created to ensure
that Georgia's workers have the best skills,
along with easy and free access to online
training to improve workplace skills.
• GW allows qualified unemployment
insurance recipients the opportunity to train
with a potential employer for a maximum of
24 hours per week for up to eight weeks.
•GW provides employers the opportunity to
train and appraise candidates at no cost.
There is no obligation to hire any given
trainee, but there must be a current
vacancy listed with the GDOL.

18. Identity Conflicts- Peer Culture Vs.
School

19. After School Education
In America today, millions of young people are alone
and unsupervised in the hours after school, before
parents return home from work. This situation places
children and teens at grave risk for juvenile crime,
substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and other problems.
It means students are wasting precious time when they
could be learning. The after school hours are the peak
time for juvenile crime and experimentation with drugs,
alcohol, cigarettes and sex. (Source: Bureau, Urban
Institute Estimate, 2000) Fight Crime: Invest in Kids,
2002)
.

20. Kauffman Entrepreneurial Activity
The most recent Index of Entrepreneurial Activity
by the Kauffman Foundation showed a slight
uptick of new businesses in 2008 — a full
recessionary year — over 2007. An average of
320 Americans out of 100,000 formed a
business each month.
The Kauffman report reveals an increase in
‗necessity‘ entrepreneurship and a decrease in
‗opportunity‘ entrepreneurship.

21. Innovation distinguishes between a leader
and a follower
America remains a world leader in innovation,
but other nations have been moving fast to
cultivate their own prowess at developing
technologies of the future.
The report says a vital first step is to restart the
flow of financing to startups, perhaps borrowing
from state-level programs that have encouraged
"angel investors" and venture capital firms. And
in addition to its role in funding basic research,
the government can collaborate with universities
and businesses in efforts to ensure that jobs
spawned by the new technologies end up in the
US rather than overseas.

22. Small and Medium sized businesses

23. The McKinsey Report
The McKinsey‘s ―An economy that works:
Job creation and America‘s future‖ analyzes the
causes of slow job creation in the period before
the recession and during the recovery and the
implications of these forces for future job growth.
The research projects how the US labor force
will evolve over the next ten years and creates
different scenarios for job growth based on
extensive analysis of sector trends. MGI's
central finding is that a return to full employment
will occur in only the most optimistic job growth
scenario.

24. Top 10 Expenditures for Black
Households
1. Housing 100.2
2. Food 53.8
3. Automotive 28.7
4. Retail 22.0
5. Health Care 17.9
6. Insurance 16.6
7. Telephone Services 14.0
8. Contributions 11.4
9. Furnishing and Equipment 10.7
10. Personal Care 6.3

25. INDUSTRY MIX DIFFERENT FOR
MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES
Other highlights:
In 2002, nearly 4-in-10 black-owned firms operated in health care and social
assistance, and other services, such as personal services, and repair and
maintenance. They owned 9.7 percent of all such businesses in the United
States.
Retail trade, and health care and social assistance services accounted for
28.6 percent of all black-owned business revenue.
There were 10,727 black-owned firms operating in 2002 with receipts of $1
million or more. Revenue for these firms was about $49 billion, compared to
$40 billion in 1997, up 22 percent. These firms accounted for 1 percent of the
total number of black-owned firms in 2002 and 55 percent of their total
receipts.
There were 973 black-owned firms with 100 employees or more in 2002,
compared to 889 in 1997, up 9 percent. These firms generated $16 billion in
gross receipts, an increase of 31 percent since 1997. Firms of this size
accounted for 24.3 percent of the total revenue for black-owned employer
firms in 2002.
Black-owned firms accounted for 5 percent of all non farm businesses in the
United States in 2002.
About 8 percent of black-owned firms employed more than 756,000 people

26. Job Growth Areas
• Health
• Education
• Natural Resources and mining
(Forest, Fishing, Oil and Gas)
• Government

27. Other Workforce Areas
• Professional Services
– Accountants
– Financial Planners
– Legal Services
– Mental Health Services
– Consultants
• Security Agencies
• Military Towns

28. The Aging Workforce
• Senior Living
– Housing
– In home Nurse Care
– Remodeling Homes
• Senior Services

29. Unemployment impact on our 50+
population
Aging workers are likely to stay unemployed longer.
On an AARP Public Policy Institute preliminary study of a
survey they conducted in October 2010 with 5,027 men and
woman 50 and older.
• 44.1 percent felt they would likely work part-time past their
retirement
• 24.7 percent of exhausted their savings
• 19.4 percent fell behind in credit card payments or
accumulated more card debt
• 12.4 percent lost health insurance

30. How New Businesses Create Jobs
Business District Survey
A New Business is
Established
Create jobs directly in Local businesses
the business supply services
Other companies are
attracted to the area
Workers spend their
income in the local More jobs are indirectly
area; taxes revenues created
increase
The success of the
business attracts other
businesses to the area, Activity
increasing profitability Taxs spent on
and revenue for re- improving infrasture,
investment image and services
Money lost through
leakage

31. Self Employment Assistance Program
Innovative entrepreneurialism has always been
at the core of creating jobs in America.
States like (Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New
Jersey, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania)
have a ―Self-Employment Assistance‖
programs.
To qualify, you must be:
• eligible to receive unemployment insurance
benefits;
• permanently laid off from a previous job;
• likely to exhaust benefits; and
• participating full-time in self-employment
activities. Each state has its own requirements.

32. Helping Micro-Enterprises Build
capacity and create jobs
New businesses aren't generating enough cash to pay
employees, much of the money to pay employees' salaries
comes from founders' savings. In an effort to help them build
capacity the AMBCC conducted a series of workshops and
industry roundtables to help them grow and employ more
workers.
The AMBCC will work to create more awareness around the
SBA‘s Program for Investment in Micro-Entrepreneurs
(PRIME) which provides assistance to various organizations.
These organizations help low-income entrepreneurs who lack
sufficient training and education to gain access to capital to
establish and expand their small businesses .
Annual forum with the FDIC design to help Small
Business Overcoming Obstacles to Small Business
Lending. We will explore ways in which credit can be made
more accessible to the small business sector. The FDIC
recognizes that small businesses are critical to fueling the
nation's economic growth, and their ability to generate new
jobs depends, in large part, on access to credit.
Encourage policies which benefit Micro Enterprise:
More work needs to be done to create a balanced regulatory
system that encourages economic growth and job creation
within the micro-enterprise business sector.

33. Becoming Globally Competitive
American corporations are already increasingly
global in their operations, but McKinsey says the
US needs to make more American workers
"winners" from global commerce. The report
suggests that US policymakers work especially
on three tracks:
• Attracting greater direct investment by foreign
companies setting up offices and factories in
America.
• Helping smaller US companies become
successful exporters.
• Encouraging US corporations to repatriate
service operations that have been sent offshore
in recent years.

34. 90 Day Planner-Activities
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
Day
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
/Theme
Education and Workforce Education and Workforce Education and Workforce
9:30am Education and Workforce
Development Development Development Development
Roundtable Roundtable Roundtable Roundtable
AM
11:30am Career Conference Activity Career Conference
1:30am Career Conference Activity Activity
Career Conference
PM
6:30am

35. Workshops and Seminars

36. AMBCC Career Creation Workshop Series
The Atlanta Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce Education and Workforce
Development Committee will host an unemployment workshop Friday,
November 4, 2011 at Herzing University.
The workshop, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., will provide solutions
for the unemployed and introduce services offered by the following agencies,
organizations and businesses.
• Laid off but Not Laid Out-Kimberly Kisner
• Strengths Quest-Focusing on What You Do Best- Dr. Melonie Hill
• The Transition (Coming Out on the Other Side) –(Open)
• What had happen was…Surviving a Changes in Income- Clyde Anderson
• When you can’t find a job you create one- Michael T. Hill
• Career Opportunities-Georgia Department of Labor and AMBCC Member
Businesses
This workshop will help individuals cope with sudden and /or long-term
unemployment, prevent financial disasters, leverage existing talents and skills
and help households over come unemployment challenges as they arise.
AMBCC Members Business and the Georgia Department Labor will be
available to help provide potential career opportunities on the spot.
If you would like to participate you must complete to online form and schedule a
phone interview prior to the event.
Interested parties are asked to contact Kimberly Kisner at (678) 613-9461 or by
email at careers@ambcc.org
The workshop will be in Lecture Room 1 on the Herzing University campus at
Lenox Mall. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.

37. AMBCC Career Creation Workshop Series
The Atlanta Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce Education and
Workforce Development Committee will host an employers workshop Friday
at Herzing University.
The workshop, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., will highlight human
resource service solutions for employers
This workshop will help businesses to learn more about workers
compensation insurance and highlight incentives that businesses can take
advantage of by hiring new employees right now.
Our goal is to spur job creation in the African America community.
Businesses will get a "how to" guide to completing the Georgia
Unemployment Insurance Protest Form with an expert. The event will also
include Georgia Labor Market information and tax credits offered by the state
for new hires as well as role plays of actual unemployment cases to promote
awareness about the hearing process.
Our member business will be the key to giving the region's economy a
"much-needed shot in the arm.―
Interested parties are asked to contact Kimberly Kisner at 712-269-8242 or
by email at careers@ambcc.org to RSVP.
The workshop will be in Lecture Room 1 on the Herzing University campus
at Lenox Mall. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.

38. Education and Workforce Development Roundtable

39. Contact Information
Chairperson
Atlanta Metropolitan Black
Chamber of Commerce
Education and Workforce
Development
(770) 374-6226
careers@ambcc.org
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