The Hospitality Gap- Connecting Leading Employers and Educators. April 1st, 2016 at Maple Hill Farm Inn and Conference Center. This is Joan Dolan of the Maine Department of Labor's presentation related to the resources in workforce investment available to employers and employees in the hospitality and tourism industry titled, "Identifying, Training and Retaining a Skilled Workforce".

1. IDENTIFYING, TRAINING and
RETAINING a SKILLED WORKFORCE
Joan Dolan – Maine Department of Labor
Director of Apprenticeship & Strategic Partnerships
Joan.M.Dolan@Maine.Gov

2. How Industry Partnerships Help
Businesses and Workers

3. Successful Career Pathways
4 Key Elements
Participant-focused
instruction and training
Appropriate and
meaningful assessment
Supportive services &
career navigation
Direct connections
to employment

4. www.maineCareerCenter.com

5. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
o Dislocated Workers
o Youth
o On the Job Training (OJT)
o Customized Training
o Support Services

6. Business CSSP
for new or existing
employees
$14.00minimum
target wage at completion
tuition, supplies and
support Services

7. MAINE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
Maine Department of Labor – Bureau of Employment Services

8. developed in
with INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATIONS or
individual employers
demand driven
customized long-term solutions

9. Full-time employment
with a progressive wage scale
completion in 1-5 years
average completion rate 3.4 years
earn college or a nationally recognized
industry credential
Financial assistance with cost
of related instruction
9

10. 10
Structured on the job
Learning
Nationally recognized
Certificate
Reimbursement
for related classroom
instructionConnection to workforce
& funding