The webinar discussed starting a Volunteer Connections Program (VCP) to address long-term unemployment. The VCP connects job seekers to volunteer opportunities for skills development and networking. It involves monthly workshops where participants complete questionnaires, learn about opportunities, and develop action plans. Quarterly exchange events introduce non-profits and volunteers. Over 200 people have participated, and testimonials show volunteers gain experience and non-profits find enthusiastic volunteers. The program is efficient and financially sustainable for addressing long-term unemployment through community-based volunteering.
Getting your workforce system involved in a local Comprehensive Economic Deve...Colleen LaRose
This webinar can be seen in its entirety on www.nereta.org ..then click onto the training page.
Did you know that there is money available for workforce planning that does not come from the Department of Labor? IT's TRUE! The Economic Development Administration (EDA) provides workforce planning and implementation funds as part of the comprehensive economic development strategy planning process (CEDS).
The problem with CEDS planning the way it is currently done, is that most CEDS are written by economic development folks who only provide lip service to coordinating with workforce professionals in the plan, (most often providing nothing more than offer labor force statistics with little analysis of gaps, trends).
Unfortunately, most workforce development professionals don't know what CEDS planning is, even though coordination with the workforce system is a required part of CEDS planning. Therefore, workforce development professionals should not only understand the CEDS process, but inject themselves into the process...or even lead the process!
This webinar will teach you everything you need to know about CEDS:
What are the programs of the EDA?
What is an Economic Development District (EDD)
What is a CEDS?
What is a CEDS Supposed to Do?
What does a high quality CEDS have?
We are very fortunate to have two amazing speakers for this webinar!
Paul Raetsch is the Retired Regional Director of the Economic Development Administration Philadelphia Regional Office. Paul oversaw the CEDS planning for regions throughout the northeastern US going back as far as 1971! This man has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in regional planning that you will greatly benefit from!
Presenting with Paul is Mike Aube, President of the Eastern Maine Development Corporation, host of the "mobilize Eastern Maine initiative. Mike has also served as Legislative aide to Senator Mitchell, EDD Director, EDA Economic Development Representative, State Director of Rural Development, as well as Mayor of Bangor, Maine.
Iedc ec. dev and workforce dev collaborationColleen LaRose
The full webinar may be seen at www.nereta.org on the training page.
Collaboration between EDA's and WIB's requires a paradigm shift. Traditionally economic development organizations were charged with attracting business -typically industrial firms - while workforce development organizations played a more transactional role of training and job match-making. Their tools, strategies and resources have been vastly different from each other and sometimes even at odds. But that is now changing. Several communities have successfully brought together economic development and workforce development organizations by aligning goals and simultaneously strengthening the economic eco-system.
The driving force behind this convergence is the realization that a talented labor supply is key to the economic prosperity of the community. Site selectors report a talented workers trump all other considerations fro businesses locating to a new area. Similarly a steady stream of talented employees can help retain and expand strong industries and clusters.
Building this pipeline of workers requires input on future needs of companies from economic development as well as input from workforce development on where to find and train the workers for these future opportunities.
This webinar will highlight several regions in the country, urban and rural where they are making this work.
THIS FULL WEBINAR CAN BE VIEWED FOR FREE BY COMPLETING A BRIEF SURVEY@ bit.ly/neretasurvey1
Once the survey time period expires, the webinar may be purchased for $79.50 at www.nereta.org.
"From WIRED to What's Next: The Post Recession Partnership for Skills-Driven Economic Development” (presented by Richard Seline, architect of the DOL-ETA WIRED grants initiative)
How did the WIRED grants come to be? What impact did they make? Were there any long standing changes due to their implementation? How can we learn from the WIRED grants...and what is the next logical step? Richard Seline, architect of the WIRED grants initiatives presents this third installment of the North East Regional Employment and Training's "National Jobs Crisis Brainstorming Sessions" to discuss how we can learn from WIRED’s sparked regionalism model – and the collaborations still critical today between economic and workforce development.
This presentation and participant engagement covers:
Why and How WIRED Was Organized to Spark Collaboration
The Immediate Lessons Learned During WIRED
The Lasting Impact from WIRED and Similar Initiatives
What’s Next in the Post Recession Economy Challenging Workforce, Regionalism, and Collaboration
Tools and Techniques for Assessing Current, Emerging Skills and Talent Demand
And finally, an Update on WIA Reform and the Ready to Work Grant Opportunity
And, as a special treat, Dan DeMaio Newton, formerly from Monster.com and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt joins in to engage in a robust dialogue with Richard to discuss lessons learned and strategies going forward.
The future of the workforce is being driven by technology. The impact of technology, responses of the workforce to technology and needed responses by government to these changes in the workforce are discussed in this presentation. This presentation was given to the International Economic Development Leadership Summiit on January 29th, 2013 as part of a panel on "The Evolving Nature of Today's Workforce"
Workforce Investment Boards have for too long produced substandard websites. The message on the website is diluted because WIB's are trying to speak to more than one audience. Additionally, WIB's are not engaging the website viewer appropriately because quite frankly, they do not know who they are talking to. Therefore WIB's are not delivering information on the website that is desired by those who should be the target audience for the website (employers). This presentation helps workforce investment boards retool their message so that the message addresses the needs and wants of employers. Knowing who the audience for the website is will also allow WIB's to set measurable objectives regarding engagement.
Good Jobs First - understanding how tax incentives are used to create jobsColleen LaRose
What are tax incentives? How are they used to create jobs? How are they sometimes misused? All of this and more in this webinar!v See the full webinar by going to www.nereta.org and then click on the training page to purchase the webinar!
Why is it essential for workforce development and economic development to joi...Colleen LaRose
Why is is essential for workforce development and economic development to join forces in each region? Because they need a coordinated strategy for job creation!
Getting your workforce system involved in a local Comprehensive Economic Deve...Colleen LaRose
This webinar can be seen in its entirety on www.nereta.org ..then click onto the training page.
Did you know that there is money available for workforce planning that does not come from the Department of Labor? IT's TRUE! The Economic Development Administration (EDA) provides workforce planning and implementation funds as part of the comprehensive economic development strategy planning process (CEDS).
The problem with CEDS planning the way it is currently done, is that most CEDS are written by economic development folks who only provide lip service to coordinating with workforce professionals in the plan, (most often providing nothing more than offer labor force statistics with little analysis of gaps, trends).
Unfortunately, most workforce development professionals don't know what CEDS planning is, even though coordination with the workforce system is a required part of CEDS planning. Therefore, workforce development professionals should not only understand the CEDS process, but inject themselves into the process...or even lead the process!
This webinar will teach you everything you need to know about CEDS:
What are the programs of the EDA?
What is an Economic Development District (EDD)
What is a CEDS?
What is a CEDS Supposed to Do?
What does a high quality CEDS have?
We are very fortunate to have two amazing speakers for this webinar!
Paul Raetsch is the Retired Regional Director of the Economic Development Administration Philadelphia Regional Office. Paul oversaw the CEDS planning for regions throughout the northeastern US going back as far as 1971! This man has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in regional planning that you will greatly benefit from!
Presenting with Paul is Mike Aube, President of the Eastern Maine Development Corporation, host of the "mobilize Eastern Maine initiative. Mike has also served as Legislative aide to Senator Mitchell, EDD Director, EDA Economic Development Representative, State Director of Rural Development, as well as Mayor of Bangor, Maine.
Iedc ec. dev and workforce dev collaborationColleen LaRose
The full webinar may be seen at www.nereta.org on the training page.
Collaboration between EDA's and WIB's requires a paradigm shift. Traditionally economic development organizations were charged with attracting business -typically industrial firms - while workforce development organizations played a more transactional role of training and job match-making. Their tools, strategies and resources have been vastly different from each other and sometimes even at odds. But that is now changing. Several communities have successfully brought together economic development and workforce development organizations by aligning goals and simultaneously strengthening the economic eco-system.
The driving force behind this convergence is the realization that a talented labor supply is key to the economic prosperity of the community. Site selectors report a talented workers trump all other considerations fro businesses locating to a new area. Similarly a steady stream of talented employees can help retain and expand strong industries and clusters.
Building this pipeline of workers requires input on future needs of companies from economic development as well as input from workforce development on where to find and train the workers for these future opportunities.
This webinar will highlight several regions in the country, urban and rural where they are making this work.
THIS FULL WEBINAR CAN BE VIEWED FOR FREE BY COMPLETING A BRIEF SURVEY@ bit.ly/neretasurvey1
Once the survey time period expires, the webinar may be purchased for $79.50 at www.nereta.org.
"From WIRED to What's Next: The Post Recession Partnership for Skills-Driven Economic Development” (presented by Richard Seline, architect of the DOL-ETA WIRED grants initiative)
How did the WIRED grants come to be? What impact did they make? Were there any long standing changes due to their implementation? How can we learn from the WIRED grants...and what is the next logical step? Richard Seline, architect of the WIRED grants initiatives presents this third installment of the North East Regional Employment and Training's "National Jobs Crisis Brainstorming Sessions" to discuss how we can learn from WIRED’s sparked regionalism model – and the collaborations still critical today between economic and workforce development.
This presentation and participant engagement covers:
Why and How WIRED Was Organized to Spark Collaboration
The Immediate Lessons Learned During WIRED
The Lasting Impact from WIRED and Similar Initiatives
What’s Next in the Post Recession Economy Challenging Workforce, Regionalism, and Collaboration
Tools and Techniques for Assessing Current, Emerging Skills and Talent Demand
And finally, an Update on WIA Reform and the Ready to Work Grant Opportunity
And, as a special treat, Dan DeMaio Newton, formerly from Monster.com and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt joins in to engage in a robust dialogue with Richard to discuss lessons learned and strategies going forward.
The future of the workforce is being driven by technology. The impact of technology, responses of the workforce to technology and needed responses by government to these changes in the workforce are discussed in this presentation. This presentation was given to the International Economic Development Leadership Summiit on January 29th, 2013 as part of a panel on "The Evolving Nature of Today's Workforce"
Workforce Investment Boards have for too long produced substandard websites. The message on the website is diluted because WIB's are trying to speak to more than one audience. Additionally, WIB's are not engaging the website viewer appropriately because quite frankly, they do not know who they are talking to. Therefore WIB's are not delivering information on the website that is desired by those who should be the target audience for the website (employers). This presentation helps workforce investment boards retool their message so that the message addresses the needs and wants of employers. Knowing who the audience for the website is will also allow WIB's to set measurable objectives regarding engagement.
Good Jobs First - understanding how tax incentives are used to create jobsColleen LaRose
What are tax incentives? How are they used to create jobs? How are they sometimes misused? All of this and more in this webinar!v See the full webinar by going to www.nereta.org and then click on the training page to purchase the webinar!
Why is it essential for workforce development and economic development to joi...Colleen LaRose
Why is is essential for workforce development and economic development to join forces in each region? Because they need a coordinated strategy for job creation!
This webinar with renowned Wharton professor and author Peter Cappelli, is the first in the NERETA series "National Jobs Crisis Brainstorming sessions." This webinar was hosted by NERETA in December, 21013. This webinar unravels the mysterious "skills gap" (does one really exist?)
Executive interviews for workforce development professionalsColleen LaRose
Workforce development has not yet fully embraced the power of executive interviews. By organizing interviews with local CEO's, workforce investment boards could coordinate information that local colleges, economic develop;ment and their own business representatives are collecting by using a shared database and all asking the same questions so that logical comparisons can be made and follow-up with the employer can be planned in a logical way.
Some best practices in economic development and workforce development collabo...Colleen LaRose
Economic development and workforce development collaborate in many different ways, from developing one program or initiative together to working in new, transformative and even technological ways to assure that the skills qualifications of workers match employer's needs in their regions. This slideshare provides a cornucopia of examples from across the country that demonstrate some of the many unique ways economic development and workforce development are learning to work together. If after reviewing this, you would like some assistance in how to create a strong economic development and workforce development collaborative strategy in your region, please email colleen@nereta.org or call me at (908) 995-7718.
Preparing the Poor and Vulnerable for Digital Jobs: Lessons from Eight Promis...The Rockefeller Foundation
This report profiles successful demand-driven training programs from across the globe. These programs intentionally configure curriculum and other design elements to meet the needs of potential employers. Demand-driven training programs are a key pillar of our strategy for Digital Jobs Africa Initiative because they help ensure that the skills people learn are right for the job they are seeking. The report includes key lessons from the profiled models that can be used as a guide to successful demand-driven training programs.
Future of Learning - innovative new learning formats for accounting and finan...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
MACPA and the Business Learning Institute release the first nano-learning course for CPAs, accounting and finance professionals that meets the new CPE standards.
NASBA and the AICPA approved the revisions to the Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs (Standards) effective September 1, 2016. Among the most significant changes to the Standards is the addition of two new instructional delivery methods: nano learning and blended learning.
The Maryland Association of CPAs and its Business Learning Institute believe that Learning is THE only competitive advantage in this rapidly changing world. They have been on the forefront of learning for the past ten years. Since passing nano-learning in 2015 at the Maryland State Board of Public Accounting, they have been integrating new formats of learning to make learning continuous, engaging and ultimately transformative. The Anticipatory Organization: Accounting and Finance Edition is THE First nano-learning program in North America for accounting and finance professionals. Winner of the Accounting Today 2016 Product of the Year in the learning category. This program combines nano learning format (three to four minute single concept videos) with rapid application exercises to accelerate learning of complex competencies in less times than traditional CPE / CPD programs.
MACPA and its Business Learning Institute have pioneered new methods of learning including second life (CPA Island), remote collaboration via the ThinkTank platform, participation engagement via conferences.io and their #MBSN Management by Sticky Notes collaboration process.
Here are five ways we are changing up learning:
Social;
Mobile / nano, or “Just When You Need It” learning;
Cloud: In what we call the four Cs of talent development, the AICPA Navigator allows us to offer Competencies, Career Path, and a Curriculum on a Cloud-based learning platform that allows firms and companies to move their talent development to a strategic and systematic approach;
Collaborative: MBSN (Management By Sticky Notes), Conferences.io, and the ThinkTank Collaboration platform are highly engaging ways of increasing learning through involvement (see our post on LinkedIn);
Competency-based learning: With our Bounce framework (which maps BLI programs to the new CGMA Competency framework) and our new program to develop a special self-directed action learning program to build a competency around anticipation and strategic thinking.
What are the Top Competencies (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities) needed by CPAs, Accounting and Finance Professionals today?
The Business Learning Institute shares its latest research and correlates it with other leading global research (Conference Board, AICPA, CGMA, IFAC, CPA Canada, Burrus Research, Bersin by Deloitte). These skills were identified and then surveyed across over 1,000 finance and accounting professionals to identify the top five skills needed today.
In our survey work at the Business Learning Institute (http://www.blionline.org) we found that the top five skills ranked by survey respondents covered 75% or everyone's top five list, providing a great starting point for skills development and targeting in talent development.
1. Strategic and Critical Thinking
2. Communication
3. Anticipating and serving evolving needs
4. Inspiring and motivating others
5. Collaboration and mobilizing consensus
BLI also developed a framework, called The Bounce to describe the career trajectory of today's finance and accounting professional. The Bounce is the natural career trajectory for accounting and finance professionals. It talks about the process of acquiring technical mastery in the early career and beginning to supplement wit the critical skills (competencies) needed for long-term success. BLI has been leading the training and development of accounting and finance with these ‘success skills’ for eighteen years.
The Business Learning Institute (BLI) is the largest talent development and and learning provider to CPAs, accounting and finance professionals in the US. We bring our leading approach to ‘success skills’ and competency-based curriculums to the leading organizations, public companies and CPA firms all over North America.
In 2013, in response to the opportunities presented by Africa’s rapidly growing youth population and the ubiquity of information and communications technologies across the continent, The Rockefeller Foundation launched its Digital Jobs Africa initiative. The initiative aims to enable young people to access jobs by providing them with in-demand technology-related and other employability skills. Now just past its two-year mark, the Foundation is taking stock of the rich learning that has emerged from the initiative.
What does innovation look like in a CPA Firm? How are leading CPA firms creating a culture of innovation?
We are in a fast-paced world where growth/change is exponential not incremental. The CPA profession has been late adopters of change and “anticipation” is a missing skill set for many CPAs. We will soon be living in a world where global competition and automation will be performing basic accounting tasks currently being performed in our firms today. Tom Hood, Executive Director of the MACPA will lead a discussion on where accounting firms
fit into a rapidly changing world. Hood, along with Jim Powers, CEO of Crowe Horwath LLP and Bill Balhoff, Managing Director of Postlethwaite & Netterville will explore how firms can maintain their competitive edge through inNEWvation.
What: The Workforce Forum | Recruiting, Training, and Retaining Top Talent
Who: Coordinated by The Chamber For a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro and presented by Chapel Hill Media Group, Duke Energy, and Durham Technical Community College.
When: Thursday, July 22, 2021 from 8:30-10:00am
Why: Each year, local employers leave tens of thousands of dollars on the table in cash, tax credits, and in-kind support to recruit, train, and retain workers. The purpose of this forum is to help local employers know what workforce resources are available, why they matter, and how to take advantage of them.
Flow: This forum will demystify the current workforce system and resources available to help local businesses, and begin the community-wide conversation on what it means and what it takes to have a local talent pipeline that meets current and projected demands.
Framing: The Workforce Ecosystem and Talent Pipeline
Katie Loovis, Vice President of External Affairs, The Chamber
Segment 1: Recruiting Resources
• Andrea Fleming, Director of Existing Industry Services, Alamance Chamber
• Luca Romano, VP of Operations, AKG of America
• Caraina Garris, Manager, NC Works Career Center of Orange County
• Nora Spencer, Founder and CEO, Hope Renovations
Segment 2: Training Resources
• Beth Payne, Dean of Corporate Services, Durham Technical Community College
• Roxana Shevack, HR Manager, Morinaga America Foods, Inc
Segment 3: Retaining Resources
• Tammy Wall, Director, Regional Partnership Workforce Development Board
• Jackie Jones, Associate Director of Human Resources, Piedmont Health
About the Critical Issues Series: Coordinated by the Chamber's Government Affairs Committee, the 2021 Critical Issues Series (formerly known as the Policy Series) includes ten forums and features influential guest speakers who address timely topics for Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro related to the economy, economic and workforce development, public policy, and local elections.
Impact sourcing is a business process service delivery model that provides quality and cost at parity with traditional business process outsourcing (BPO) services, but with optimized enhancements, such as:
- A qualified, trained, and untapped talent pool with skillsets aligned to match client needs,
- Lower attrition rates and higher corresponding levels of employee engagement, and
- Opportunities to fulfill corporate social responsibility and diversity objectives while operating within a traditional BPO framework.
Fighting Hunger Together: The Basics of Volunteer ManagementVolunteerMatch
Modeled on our popular webinar The New Volunteer Manager’s Toolkit we’ll discuss all of the basic program components from volunteer handbooks to creating a comprehensive volunteer retention plan popular in volunteer engagement, but with a focus on the needs of hunger relief organizations. This webinar was originally designed for new volunteer managers, but even seasoned professionals can learn something new.
An introduction to recruiting and using skills based volunteers for nonprofit agencies. This presentation was developed for the 2009 Mental Health Corporations of America. Inc. Summer Conference.
Engage, Empower, Grow!
Course Objectives
Understand your Local Organization better and prepare for recruitment
Provide your Local Organization with tools to conduct effective recruitment
Turn potential members into active & engaged members
Learn how to manage and maintain new and existing members
This webinar with renowned Wharton professor and author Peter Cappelli, is the first in the NERETA series "National Jobs Crisis Brainstorming sessions." This webinar was hosted by NERETA in December, 21013. This webinar unravels the mysterious "skills gap" (does one really exist?)
Executive interviews for workforce development professionalsColleen LaRose
Workforce development has not yet fully embraced the power of executive interviews. By organizing interviews with local CEO's, workforce investment boards could coordinate information that local colleges, economic develop;ment and their own business representatives are collecting by using a shared database and all asking the same questions so that logical comparisons can be made and follow-up with the employer can be planned in a logical way.
Some best practices in economic development and workforce development collabo...Colleen LaRose
Economic development and workforce development collaborate in many different ways, from developing one program or initiative together to working in new, transformative and even technological ways to assure that the skills qualifications of workers match employer's needs in their regions. This slideshare provides a cornucopia of examples from across the country that demonstrate some of the many unique ways economic development and workforce development are learning to work together. If after reviewing this, you would like some assistance in how to create a strong economic development and workforce development collaborative strategy in your region, please email colleen@nereta.org or call me at (908) 995-7718.
Preparing the Poor and Vulnerable for Digital Jobs: Lessons from Eight Promis...The Rockefeller Foundation
This report profiles successful demand-driven training programs from across the globe. These programs intentionally configure curriculum and other design elements to meet the needs of potential employers. Demand-driven training programs are a key pillar of our strategy for Digital Jobs Africa Initiative because they help ensure that the skills people learn are right for the job they are seeking. The report includes key lessons from the profiled models that can be used as a guide to successful demand-driven training programs.
Future of Learning - innovative new learning formats for accounting and finan...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
MACPA and the Business Learning Institute release the first nano-learning course for CPAs, accounting and finance professionals that meets the new CPE standards.
NASBA and the AICPA approved the revisions to the Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs (Standards) effective September 1, 2016. Among the most significant changes to the Standards is the addition of two new instructional delivery methods: nano learning and blended learning.
The Maryland Association of CPAs and its Business Learning Institute believe that Learning is THE only competitive advantage in this rapidly changing world. They have been on the forefront of learning for the past ten years. Since passing nano-learning in 2015 at the Maryland State Board of Public Accounting, they have been integrating new formats of learning to make learning continuous, engaging and ultimately transformative. The Anticipatory Organization: Accounting and Finance Edition is THE First nano-learning program in North America for accounting and finance professionals. Winner of the Accounting Today 2016 Product of the Year in the learning category. This program combines nano learning format (three to four minute single concept videos) with rapid application exercises to accelerate learning of complex competencies in less times than traditional CPE / CPD programs.
MACPA and its Business Learning Institute have pioneered new methods of learning including second life (CPA Island), remote collaboration via the ThinkTank platform, participation engagement via conferences.io and their #MBSN Management by Sticky Notes collaboration process.
Here are five ways we are changing up learning:
Social;
Mobile / nano, or “Just When You Need It” learning;
Cloud: In what we call the four Cs of talent development, the AICPA Navigator allows us to offer Competencies, Career Path, and a Curriculum on a Cloud-based learning platform that allows firms and companies to move their talent development to a strategic and systematic approach;
Collaborative: MBSN (Management By Sticky Notes), Conferences.io, and the ThinkTank Collaboration platform are highly engaging ways of increasing learning through involvement (see our post on LinkedIn);
Competency-based learning: With our Bounce framework (which maps BLI programs to the new CGMA Competency framework) and our new program to develop a special self-directed action learning program to build a competency around anticipation and strategic thinking.
What are the Top Competencies (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities) needed by CPAs, Accounting and Finance Professionals today?
The Business Learning Institute shares its latest research and correlates it with other leading global research (Conference Board, AICPA, CGMA, IFAC, CPA Canada, Burrus Research, Bersin by Deloitte). These skills were identified and then surveyed across over 1,000 finance and accounting professionals to identify the top five skills needed today.
In our survey work at the Business Learning Institute (http://www.blionline.org) we found that the top five skills ranked by survey respondents covered 75% or everyone's top five list, providing a great starting point for skills development and targeting in talent development.
1. Strategic and Critical Thinking
2. Communication
3. Anticipating and serving evolving needs
4. Inspiring and motivating others
5. Collaboration and mobilizing consensus
BLI also developed a framework, called The Bounce to describe the career trajectory of today's finance and accounting professional. The Bounce is the natural career trajectory for accounting and finance professionals. It talks about the process of acquiring technical mastery in the early career and beginning to supplement wit the critical skills (competencies) needed for long-term success. BLI has been leading the training and development of accounting and finance with these ‘success skills’ for eighteen years.
The Business Learning Institute (BLI) is the largest talent development and and learning provider to CPAs, accounting and finance professionals in the US. We bring our leading approach to ‘success skills’ and competency-based curriculums to the leading organizations, public companies and CPA firms all over North America.
In 2013, in response to the opportunities presented by Africa’s rapidly growing youth population and the ubiquity of information and communications technologies across the continent, The Rockefeller Foundation launched its Digital Jobs Africa initiative. The initiative aims to enable young people to access jobs by providing them with in-demand technology-related and other employability skills. Now just past its two-year mark, the Foundation is taking stock of the rich learning that has emerged from the initiative.
What does innovation look like in a CPA Firm? How are leading CPA firms creating a culture of innovation?
We are in a fast-paced world where growth/change is exponential not incremental. The CPA profession has been late adopters of change and “anticipation” is a missing skill set for many CPAs. We will soon be living in a world where global competition and automation will be performing basic accounting tasks currently being performed in our firms today. Tom Hood, Executive Director of the MACPA will lead a discussion on where accounting firms
fit into a rapidly changing world. Hood, along with Jim Powers, CEO of Crowe Horwath LLP and Bill Balhoff, Managing Director of Postlethwaite & Netterville will explore how firms can maintain their competitive edge through inNEWvation.
What: The Workforce Forum | Recruiting, Training, and Retaining Top Talent
Who: Coordinated by The Chamber For a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro and presented by Chapel Hill Media Group, Duke Energy, and Durham Technical Community College.
When: Thursday, July 22, 2021 from 8:30-10:00am
Why: Each year, local employers leave tens of thousands of dollars on the table in cash, tax credits, and in-kind support to recruit, train, and retain workers. The purpose of this forum is to help local employers know what workforce resources are available, why they matter, and how to take advantage of them.
Flow: This forum will demystify the current workforce system and resources available to help local businesses, and begin the community-wide conversation on what it means and what it takes to have a local talent pipeline that meets current and projected demands.
Framing: The Workforce Ecosystem and Talent Pipeline
Katie Loovis, Vice President of External Affairs, The Chamber
Segment 1: Recruiting Resources
• Andrea Fleming, Director of Existing Industry Services, Alamance Chamber
• Luca Romano, VP of Operations, AKG of America
• Caraina Garris, Manager, NC Works Career Center of Orange County
• Nora Spencer, Founder and CEO, Hope Renovations
Segment 2: Training Resources
• Beth Payne, Dean of Corporate Services, Durham Technical Community College
• Roxana Shevack, HR Manager, Morinaga America Foods, Inc
Segment 3: Retaining Resources
• Tammy Wall, Director, Regional Partnership Workforce Development Board
• Jackie Jones, Associate Director of Human Resources, Piedmont Health
About the Critical Issues Series: Coordinated by the Chamber's Government Affairs Committee, the 2021 Critical Issues Series (formerly known as the Policy Series) includes ten forums and features influential guest speakers who address timely topics for Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro related to the economy, economic and workforce development, public policy, and local elections.
Impact sourcing is a business process service delivery model that provides quality and cost at parity with traditional business process outsourcing (BPO) services, but with optimized enhancements, such as:
- A qualified, trained, and untapped talent pool with skillsets aligned to match client needs,
- Lower attrition rates and higher corresponding levels of employee engagement, and
- Opportunities to fulfill corporate social responsibility and diversity objectives while operating within a traditional BPO framework.
Fighting Hunger Together: The Basics of Volunteer ManagementVolunteerMatch
Modeled on our popular webinar The New Volunteer Manager’s Toolkit we’ll discuss all of the basic program components from volunteer handbooks to creating a comprehensive volunteer retention plan popular in volunteer engagement, but with a focus on the needs of hunger relief organizations. This webinar was originally designed for new volunteer managers, but even seasoned professionals can learn something new.
An introduction to recruiting and using skills based volunteers for nonprofit agencies. This presentation was developed for the 2009 Mental Health Corporations of America. Inc. Summer Conference.
Engage, Empower, Grow!
Course Objectives
Understand your Local Organization better and prepare for recruitment
Provide your Local Organization with tools to conduct effective recruitment
Turn potential members into active & engaged members
Learn how to manage and maintain new and existing members
At VolunteerMatch we have a unique view into what volunteers are looking for in an opportunity. The age of one-size fits all volunteer engagement is coming to an end. This webinar will start with a review of some of the things that we know about what volunteers are looking for in an opportunity. It will then help you use this information to start designing volunteer opportunities and determining who is the “right” volunteer for your program. You’ll also learn how “word of mouth” plays such a large role in attracting volunteers to your organization and how social media makes this even more important.
This is a great introduction to some of our more advanced webinars including Where do I go from here? Engage Volunteers in New Ways, and Developing a Strategic Plan for Volunteer Engagement
As nonprofits consider the problem of program sustainability and capacity building; volunteers are a part of the answer. Effective organizations seek to engage volunteers in a variety of roles and responsibilities. This presentation provides information organizations can use as they seek to implement a volunteer program. This information will be helpful for organizations with current programs as ongoing review and revision is a part of effective volunteer management.
Staff Engagement and Morale: Building and Sustaining MomentumJustin W. Moore
Building and sustaining employee engagement efforts takes considerable effort, thought, planning, and dedicated time. As the inaugural staff member in role dedicated to staff and faculty experience, this presentation highlights my first year and a half of efforts.
This presentation is intended for Illinois workNet Workforce and Education Partners. It will re-introduce you to Illinois workNet resources and tools for you to use and for your customers to use.
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Presentation for League of Women Voters of Central, PA (10/17/17)Colleen LaRose
Looking forward to speaking to the League of Women Voters in Central, PA on Tuesday October 17th from noon to 1pm at La Primavera restaurant in Lewisburg, PA
I will also be on the radio in the morning on radio station WKOK at 7:10am and 7:40am If you are in the region...stop by or listen!
This presentation is the start of a national dialogue on the US economy....why the economy is in the mess it is in and what we can do on the local/regional level to impact the national economy.
If you would like me to help you start this important dialogue in your region, contact me at colleen@nereta.org
Nelse Grundvig is a genius when it comes to understanding Labor Market Information and Career Pathways. He took us through a detailed analysis of the technology industry and the jobs in it.
Kevin Hively of Ninigrit Partners wowed us with his presentation about the state of the technology workforce in America! Everyone wants to be the "Silicon Valley" of their region...but does it make sense?
The cccco transforming wfd in california NERETA Job Creation SummitColleen LaRose
Jeffrey Forrest explains how California is transforming workforce development by "Doing What Matters" through the community colleges and Career and Technical Education (CTE) initiatives.
Jobenomics nereta job creation summit presentation 14 june 2017Colleen LaRose
Chuck Vollmer has a huge vision for how to change urban economics into vibrant work environments. Jobenomics is an exciting opportunity for workforce and economic development professionals to try something truly revolutionary...if they are willing to collaborate!
JFF - Future of Work - NERETA Job Creation Summit -6/17Colleen LaRose
Mary Wright from Jobs for the Future explains how the world of work is changing, who is winning and who is losing.... Most importantly what we must do to make the world more fair.
PA Dept. of Labor and Industry - Collaborating with Economic DevelopmentColleen LaRose
Eileen Cipriani, Deputy Secretary for Workforce Development for the PA Dept. of Labor and Industry explains how Pennsylvania is working toward a more collaborative economic development strategy by bringing together workforce development and economic development.
Ken Okrepkie from the Ben Franklin Tech Partnership explains how BFTP and a program called TEC Bridge are helping to advance the economy in Pennsylvania
Paul Raetsch retired north east regional director of the Economic Development Administration explains what a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Planning effort entails.
Certifications/credentials – which ones matter to manufacturing employers? Brian Lee – Metrix Learning
There are so many credentials in the marketplace...and increasingly, there are short term certifications. There are a multitude of certification providers. So how do you know which ones are truly valuable in the employment marketplace? Metrix learning is becoming a one stop shop for nearly every kind of certification you can think of! Their unique collaboration with multiple large certification providers such as skillsoft, certiport, Medcom trainex, Kenexa and more has produced a wonderful format for developing targeted career pathways.
Brian Lee – New York CEO, Metrix Learning
New York Wired for Education, LLC (New York Wired), founded in 1991, was originally established to provide state and local governments, not-for-profits agencies, and corporations with innovative and affordable training programs and technology solutions. New York Wired is now the only eTraining company solely focused on the needs of the public workforce training and development market. Using a combination of eLearning technology, instructor-led training and custom development, New York Wired has provided training programs to more than 50,000 adult learners in
over 15 states. In 2008, New York Wired introduced Metrix Learning, its Web-based learning management system (LMS). Metrix was designed to meet the current and emerging training service delivery needs of Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) and their customers (unemployed, under-employed and dislocated workers) that require new skills, enhanced skills, and certification training programs to prepare them for new employment opportunities.
Brian is the CEO of Metrix Learning and has been with New York Wired for Education for fourteen years. Prior to working with New York Wired for Education, Brian worked as the Director of State Technologies, Inc. and in Executive and Government sales for Xerox.
Nereta Summit presentation David Palmer - WINColleen LaRose
David Palmer, Director of Business Partnerships at the Workforce Intelligence Network (WIN) for Southeast Michigan
David’s work is focused on supporting WIN’s occupational cluster strategy in
Southeast Michigan for the areas of Advanced Manufacturing, Green Mobility, and
Information Technology. He supports the convening and facilitation of Opportunity Detroit Tech, MAGMA, and ExpereinceIT Detroit. He also acts as lead staff for the region’s Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership federal designation via the Department of Commerce. Advance Michigan governs this partnership and has helped bring over $30 million in federal investments to partner organizations in our region since June of 2014. Mr. Palmer is a member of the National Association of Realtors, the Society for Human Resource Management, and the American Society
for Public Administration. He is passionate about the place where workforce development, meets economic development and real estate re-development. He is engaged in volunteer work across the region and has served on the boards of directors of nonprofits in Washtenaw and Wayne County. Prior to joining WIN, Mr. Palmer was a full time Realtor. Before that managed successful small businesses in Washtenaw County for over a decade, including North America operations for software company, based in Germany, specializing in systems integration for flow dynamics researchers. Mr. Palmer is an alumni of the Michigan Political Leadership Program and Leadership Detroit. He has been designated a Certified Nonprofit Professional by the
Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. David has earned a Bachelor of Science in Political Science, a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Master of Public Administration degree, each from Eastern Michigan University.
Summit.nereta.org - April 27-29, 2016
Paul Raetsch
Northeast Region Director for the Economic Development
Administration (retired)
Paul Raetsch began his career working for the Corps of Engineers, the Baltimore Regional Planning Council, and for a member of Congress.
However, he spent most of his career with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration serving his last eight years as Regional Director of the Philadelphia Regional Office. EDA has been implementing economic development programs for forty-five years. The agency has been very popular, consistently receiving strong political support from congress and local elected officials. Before becoming EDA
regional director, Paul served as the Chief of the Planning and New England Divisions. Under his leadership, the agency assisted in the development and implementation of many Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies. Technology-led initiatives, and workforce related projects in partnership with Economic Development Districts, colleges and universities, regional and local economic development organizations and non-profit development and training providers throughout the northeast United States. Paul began his career with EDA as an Economic Development Planner. From his first visit to an Economic Development District (the Mohawk Valley in New York) in 1971, when he witnessed 40 local elected officials cast aside partisan and local parochial issues to set regional economic development priorities, he has been a strong supporter of the CEDS process (At the time the process was named the Overall Economic Development Program, the OEDP). Paul retired in 2007.
After retiring from the federal service he has been busy! He developed and managed a new unique scholarship program for members of the Guard and Reserves from the Delaware Valley and served as a member of the Board of Directors of three organizations: Northeast Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA) (an Economic Development District), Workforce Wayne, and the Lakeland Colony Corporation, a Property Owners Association. He has also worked as an adjunct Professor of Political Science and Public Administration for various colleges and universities and has volunteered as a docent for the Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
This slideshare was the catalyst behind the upcoming conference November 18-20 in Clinton, NJ ...for information about the conference go to: summit.nereta.org
Many people enjoyed the Linked In article "TEN Ways College Career Counselors Should Be Changing Due to WIOA." Well, to understand that fully, it helps to understand where WIOA comes from and why these changes are necessary. This slideshare, originally presented for Intern Bridge for their online conference in July 2015, will give you more context around that article.
Attend the Summit November 18-20 in Clinton, NJ to Develop Productive Industry Partnerships in Manufacturing!
The purpose of the Summit (and post-conference course) is to assist local higher education, workforce development and economic development professionals in aligning their strategies to:
create a collaborative, supportive environment for manufacturing employers
improve local workforce capabilities, especially for manufacturing employment opportunities
boost a competitive advantage for their region.
WIOA and what it means to economic developmentColleen LaRose
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) legislation presents a unique opportunity for workforce development to collaborate actively with economic development. To see the entire webinar, go to:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k613ZOI6zJE
Many ways to support street children.pptxSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
#donatefororphan, #donateforhomelesschildren, #childeducation, #ngochildeducation, #donateforeducation, #donationforchildeducation, #sponsorforpoorchild, #sponsororphanage #sponsororphanchild, #donation, #education, #charity, #educationforchild, #seruds, #kurnool, #joyhome
What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
Given the small scale of housing associations and their relative high cost per home what is the point of them and how do we justify their continued existance
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
Creating a volunteer connections program at your job center
1. Starting A Volunteer
Connections Program (VCP)
Presented by Wendy J. Gould and Amy R. Mosher,
Workforce Central Career Center (WCCC)
&
Jeff Turgeon, Central MA Workforce Investment Board
(CMWIB)
2. By Michael A. Fletcher, Published: June 17, 2013
**Source: Corporation for National and Community Service
Be a part of Workforce Central’s
Volunteer Connections Program (VCP)
Interested in developing your network while gaining
experience through community-based volunteer
opportunities?
Volunteering Lifts Job Prospects of the
Jobless
3. Webinar Agenda:
• Introduction – Who we are
• Program Background & data
• Program Development Process
• Legal Issues
• Program Benefits, Guidelines and Expectations
• Program Structure
• Sample VC Workshop & Exchange Agenda
• Outcomes and Testimonials
• Discussion
• Adjourn
Question: What would you love to gain from today’s webinar?
Starting a Volunteer Connections
Program
4. Central MA Workforce Investment Board
• The Central MA WIA Region
contains 38 communities and a
workforce of 300,000+.
• There are three American Job
Centers in our region (Workforce
Central)
5. Program Background
CMWIB and WCCC looking to address long-term
unemployment crisis;
Career Center job seekers in need of:
recent, relevant work experience;
chance to learn new skills/work tools;
networking opportunities
getting back into “the swing” of workplace culture
Increase work-readiness for this population
Additional programming developed;
Stress Reduction workshops
Entrepreneurship program
TV show
$0 (nada, zip) additional funding available
7. Percent Distribution of Unemployment by
Duration
December 2007-December 2012
7
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
40.0
45.0
50.0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
15 to 26 weeks
27 weeks and over
8. Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate
December 2007-March 2013
8
63
63.5
64
64.5
65
65.5
66
66.5
9. VC Program Development
Joint CMWIB/Workforce Central Career Center Career
Readiness Work-Group formed;
Meetings over 6 months regarding three tracks:
Track 1: Expand internships/WBL for local training
programs, including WCCC funded programs;
Track 2: Design the Volunteer Connection Program;
Track 3: Increasing volunteer opportunities at the
CMWIB/WCCC.
Work
Readiness
10. VC Program Development
Track 2: Volunteer Connections Program Design
Program scope:
Researched eligibility guidance with state and federal workforce
officials;
Internship vs. volunteership
For-profit vs. non-profit/public employer
Unemployment Insurance recipient guidelines
Program Process & Participant Flow
Staffing
Support Documentation
Outreach efforts
11. Legal Issues
Internship vs. Volunteership;
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) defines the employment very broadly --
to "suffer or permit to work."
Covered and non-exempt individuals must be compensated for the
services they perform for an employer.
Internships in the "for-profit" private sector will most often be viewed as
employment, unless the 6-point test below is met;
1. The internship, even though it includes actual operation of the
facilities of the employer, is similar to training which would be
given in an educational environment;
2. The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern;
3. The intern does not displace regular employees, but works
under close supervision of existing staff;
4. The employer…derives no immediate advantage from the
activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may
actually be impeded;
5. The intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion
of the internship; and
6. The employer and the intern understand that the intern is not
entitled to wages for the time spent in the internship.www.wagehour.dol.gov
12. Legal Issues
Volunteer Guidelines:
In general, people are NOT permitted to volunteer with for- profit
companies, but can volunteer for non-profits & public institutions:
“Individuals who volunteer or donate their services, usually on a
part-time basis, for public service religious or humanitarian
objectives…without contemplation of pay, are not considered
employees of the religious, charitable or similar non-profit
organizations that receive their service.”1
[note: non-profit staff not allowed to volunteer for their own
organization for the same type of work they are paid to do]
Unemployment Insurance recipient guidelines;
volunteering does not waive job search
requirement;
Volunteering limited to 19 hours per week.
13. Volunteer Connections Program
(VCP)
VCP is a 2-part program:
1. Volunteer Connections workshops (monthly)
2. Volunteer Exchange events (quarterly)
(Both are listed on our Career Center calendar.)
Question: What skills or experiences do you feel
jobseekers could obtain through volunteering?
14. What are the Benefits of the VCP?
Jobseekers
Connect to people and opportunities to build their
confidence and resumes
Gain recent, relevant work experience aligned with
career goals
Non-Profit Organizations
Connect with volunteer candidates
Network with other non-profit leaders
Both
Brings people together in a largely impersonal job
market
15. Suggested Volunteership Guidelines
• Volunteer opportunity related to career goals
o Offer skills enhancement and/or practice for
jobseeker
o Offer supervision/mentoring and allow for
networking
• Placements typically shorter-term (1 – 3 months)
• Placements under 20-hours per week (5-15 hours/ week
recommended, and offer some flexibility)
16. Participant Expectations
• View this process and volunteership as
professional development (practice success
skills)
• Attendance and punctuality
• Timely follow through
• Communication
• Committed to self-directed effort, including
career assessment and self-reflection regarding
desired skill gains
Photo from: modernservantleader.com
17. Host Site Expectations
• Provide opportunity to practice career related skills
• Understand and support jobseeker’s goal of returning to work
• Offer flexibility with scheduling (allow for continued job search
activities & wind-down if/ when job found)
• Provide open and honest performance feedback - informal
mentoring
• Offer letter of support/reference if asked
18. VCP Design Flow
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
VCP staff
person
provides brief
overview;
registers
candidate for
workshop
VCP staff
provides link
to
questionnaire
VCP staff
facilitates VC
workshop;
provides
contact list
and UW
website link
VCP staff
sends follow-
up email;
enters
attendee info
in database
VCP staff
contacts
attendees as
needed;
tracks
outcomes
VCP staff
facilitate
Volunteer
Exchange
event
Step 6
Candidate
contacts VCP
staff for
information;
Registers for
VC Workshop
Completes a
VCP
research
questionnaire
Attends VC
Workshop;
• Reviews org
contact list
• Registers
on local
United Way
website
Attends
Volunteer
Exchange
Event
(Optional)
Contacts host
site &
completes
their volunteer
application
process
Completes
volunteer
assignment
19. VCP Staffing:
Wendy Gould speaks individually with clients prior to VC
workshop, facilitates monthly VC workshops, and helps lead
quarterly Volunteer Exchange events
Amy Mosher coordinates and facilitates quarterly Volunteer
Exchanges
Support Documentation:
Use of VCP participant questionnaire to identify strategic
career learning objectives
VC workshop & Exchange attendees tracked in MA One-
Stop Employment System (MOSES) database
Outreach efforts:
Outreach conducted through Workforce Central staff
(word of mouth), website, and career center orientation.
External press coverage being sought
Volunteer organizations identified through personal
networking and local United Way database
VCP Structure
21. Sample Agenda for VC workshop
1. Introductions
2. VCP Overview
3. Video (http://www.workforcecentralma.org/additional-
programs/volunteer-connections)
4. Questionnaire
5. Why Volunteer?
6. Paired Share/ Group Discussion
7. United Way website (www.unitedwaycm.org)
8. Volunteer Exchange- list of openings
9. “Action Plan” (identifies Priority, Action, By When)
10. Thank You and Evaluations
24. Sample Agenda for Volunteer
Exchange
1. Welcome and Overview of Volunteer Connections Program
2. Jobseeker/ Volunteer 30-second introductions
(name, industry background, volunteer goals)
3. Nonprofit organizations provide 2 minute mini-presentation
(organization’s mission and target audience, with more
focus on the specific, current volunteer openings)
4. Group Q&A and Discussion
5. Speed Networking session! Goal: speak with your top 3
people and exchange contact info with at least 2 people
6. United Way website (www.unitedwaycm.org) for both
volunteers and nonprofits
7. Discussion and Next Steps, including your Action Plan
8. Networking and Wrap Up
25. Outcomes and Testimonials
Participant Testimonials:
I really learned a lot as a volunteer assisting in classes to first-time English
learners. As a result of my positive experiences, I was hired to do some per
diem work. I will be taking tutor training with a goal to be able to expand my
business being either a paid tutor or teacher in Spring 2014….Robin M.
Volunteering as an assistant to an Activities Director has given me the
opportunity to not only use my own skills but to learn other aspects of being an
Activities Director in a Nursing Facility….Bruce B.
Host Site Testimonials:
“It is such a pleasure and great use of my time to attend the Volunteer
Exchanges at Workforce Central because I have met some of my most
enthusiastic volunteers there! I’ll be back!” --Emma, Volunteer
Coordinator, Literacy Volunteers of Greater Worcester
“I am always so impressed with the quality and willingness of the volunteers I
meet through this program.” --Ray, Program Coordinator, Red Cross of
Central MA
Number of workshop & exchange attendees since program launch in
Feb. , 2013 -- 217
27. Discussion Points
Program is self-directed
Career Center’s role as a connector, not the
ultimate decision maker or placement agent
Value for participant is strategic career
experience and networking
Program is efficient and financially sustainable
Q&A
28. Feel Free to Contact Us
Wendy J. Gould
Program Specialist , Workforce Central Career Center
wgould@detma.org 508-373-7640
Amy R. Mosher
Strategy and Innovation Leader, Workforce Central Career
Center
moshera@workforcecentralma.org 508-373-7641
Jeff Turgeon
Executive Director, CMWIB
turgeonj@worcesterma.gov 508-799-1509
Editor's Notes
BLS data on the average duration of unemployment. So once more, from the start of the recession until roughly the current time, this graph shows the average duration of unemployment, in weeks. At the start of the recession, average duration of unemployment was about 16.5 weeks. However, by late 2011, this figure had peaked at nearly 41 weeks. It has since come down by about a month with average duration of unemployment currently at about 37 weeks.
Similar data from BLS, just displayed in a different fashion. Each set of 4 bars represents a complete set, so 100%, of the unemployed, for December 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.So of those unemployed in December of 2007, about a third were unemployed for less than 5 weeks, while less than 20% were what’s referred to as long-term unemployed, that is, unemployed for 27 weeks or longer.The pattern here is pretty striking, while the orange and gray bars don’t change much from year to year, the proportion of those unemployed for less than 5 weeks dropped significantly as the proportion of those long-term unemployed increased.That’s the yellow and blue lines essentially headed in opposite directions.The short-term unemployed reached its low in 2010, the same year the long-term unemployed reached its peak. Since then the short-term figure has increased slightly while the long term figured has dropped about 5 percentage points.
Here we can see that since the start of the recession in December of 2007, the labor force participation rate has dropped about three percentage points.Now, there are varying explanations for this drop. Some of it could certainly be attributed to people giving up looking for work. Remember, you have to be looking for work to count as unemployed. So that includes the recent college graduate we spoke about earlier who may have given up looking for work.However, it could also include someone who may have been close to retirement. This person may have got laid off and proceeded to look for a job for a while. So they were in the labor force both while they were working and while they were looking for work afterwards. If that person then decide, you know what, I have enough saved up, I am tired of looking for work and they decided to retire, well, they are now out of the labor force.So some of this is people giving up looking for work, and some of it could also be related to demographic shifts.