It appears that a significant change in a large company requires massive efforts. But actually some simple principles allow you to make large scale changes even in the work of people that do not report you.
The story tells how we significantly increased employee engagement. And it is not just about Agile and Lean. There are some tricks like critical move, rider, elephant and shaping the path.
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!
It appears that a significant change in a large company requires massive efforts. But actually some simple principles allow you to make large scale changes even in the work of people that do not report you.
The story tells how we significantly increased employee engagement. And it is not just about Agile and Lean. There are some tricks like critical move, rider, elephant and shaping the path.
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!
Teaching soft skills...Is it really possible?Colleen LaRose
See this entire webinar at www.nereta.org...then click onto the training page.
Everyone in workforce development has hear employers say of applicants and new workforce entrants:
“They don’t show up on time.
They aren’t dressed appropriately
And sometimes they don’t show up at all.”
How do we help jobseekers recognize and embrace these “work ethics” so they can become productive employees? And, once they get a job, how do we help them keep the job?
In this webinar, Joanie will define what soft skills are and how we can help workforce development customers develop their work ethic through relevant, participatory exercises that emphasize dependability in the workplace.
This webinar will:
• Teach the use of reinforcements that change behavior and build the fundamentals of responsibility and choice.
• Help you understand the importance of positive reinforcements that change behaviors.
• Teach you how to improve team building techniques in customers
• Identify educational tools that help you enhance classroom participation.
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.
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.
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?)
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.
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!
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.
Talent retention penne gabel and colleen la roseColleen LaRose
What is talent retention? Why is it important? How can the public workforce system help companies with their talent retention efforts? All this and more is covered in this webinar! The full webinar may be purchased at www/nereta/org/training
Industry competency models promote an understanding of the skill sets and competencies that are essential to educate and train a globally competitive workforce.
The Competency Model Clearinghouse is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and provides validated industry competency models and tools to build a custom model and career ladder/lattice for your industry. Information about it can be found at: http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/
Sadly, this is not well marketed, and few workforce professionals seem to know that it even exists!
This session on the Competency Model Clearinghouse will provide an overview of the Clearinghouse and the use of its 22 industry models for Career Pathways and Sector Strategies initiatives. It will show how to use the models to define regional skill requirements, provide career guidance and exploration, support area businesses’ human resource functions, frame certification requirements, and to develop industry-driven curricula.
You do not want to miss this important webinar!
About the presenter:
Alyce Louise Bertsche is the Principal Investigator and Project Manager for the USDOL/ETA Competency Model Initiative. Alyce Louise has over 25 years of experience in the fields of education and employment and training, and is currently a consultant with JBS International in North Bethesda, MD. She has been instrumental in many initiatives to define essential skills for the workplace, including SCANS, Equipped for the Future, the National Retail Federation’s Skill Standards; and the National Skill Standards Board.
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"
The Leadership Pipeline: Cultivating Your Organization’s High Potential Emplo...Modern Healthcare
The Leadership Pipeline: Cultivating Your Organization’s High Potential Employees – Joseph Cabral at Modern Healthcare's 8th annual Workplace of the Future Conference on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at the Omni Hotel in Nashville Tennessee.
ACT Work Ready Communities County Initiativenado-web
Fred McConnel, Regional Manager of Workforce Initiatives for ACT Work Ready Communities, provided a presentation on the ACT Work Ready Communities County Initiative during the conference Create, Challenge, Change: Economic Development Conference for the Denver Region. This presentation occurred during the session "Matching Workforce Skills with employer needs now and in the Future."
OPRA’s Managing Psychologist, Ben Hainsworth, represents a thought leader in Safety Psychological Profiling and presented findings of a 3 year Longitudinal Study at the 2015 Australian Psychological Society’s 11th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference. The research conducted with Australia’s oldest Apprenticeship Training company, Hunter Valley Training Company, highlighted the value of best practice psychometric assessments and the resulting impact on reducing injuries and associated insurance costs.
Teaching soft skills...Is it really possible?Colleen LaRose
See this entire webinar at www.nereta.org...then click onto the training page.
Everyone in workforce development has hear employers say of applicants and new workforce entrants:
“They don’t show up on time.
They aren’t dressed appropriately
And sometimes they don’t show up at all.”
How do we help jobseekers recognize and embrace these “work ethics” so they can become productive employees? And, once they get a job, how do we help them keep the job?
In this webinar, Joanie will define what soft skills are and how we can help workforce development customers develop their work ethic through relevant, participatory exercises that emphasize dependability in the workplace.
This webinar will:
• Teach the use of reinforcements that change behavior and build the fundamentals of responsibility and choice.
• Help you understand the importance of positive reinforcements that change behaviors.
• Teach you how to improve team building techniques in customers
• Identify educational tools that help you enhance classroom participation.
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.
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.
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?)
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.
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!
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.
Talent retention penne gabel and colleen la roseColleen LaRose
What is talent retention? Why is it important? How can the public workforce system help companies with their talent retention efforts? All this and more is covered in this webinar! The full webinar may be purchased at www/nereta/org/training
Industry competency models promote an understanding of the skill sets and competencies that are essential to educate and train a globally competitive workforce.
The Competency Model Clearinghouse is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and provides validated industry competency models and tools to build a custom model and career ladder/lattice for your industry. Information about it can be found at: http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/
Sadly, this is not well marketed, and few workforce professionals seem to know that it even exists!
This session on the Competency Model Clearinghouse will provide an overview of the Clearinghouse and the use of its 22 industry models for Career Pathways and Sector Strategies initiatives. It will show how to use the models to define regional skill requirements, provide career guidance and exploration, support area businesses’ human resource functions, frame certification requirements, and to develop industry-driven curricula.
You do not want to miss this important webinar!
About the presenter:
Alyce Louise Bertsche is the Principal Investigator and Project Manager for the USDOL/ETA Competency Model Initiative. Alyce Louise has over 25 years of experience in the fields of education and employment and training, and is currently a consultant with JBS International in North Bethesda, MD. She has been instrumental in many initiatives to define essential skills for the workplace, including SCANS, Equipped for the Future, the National Retail Federation’s Skill Standards; and the National Skill Standards Board.
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"
The Leadership Pipeline: Cultivating Your Organization’s High Potential Emplo...Modern Healthcare
The Leadership Pipeline: Cultivating Your Organization’s High Potential Employees – Joseph Cabral at Modern Healthcare's 8th annual Workplace of the Future Conference on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at the Omni Hotel in Nashville Tennessee.
ACT Work Ready Communities County Initiativenado-web
Fred McConnel, Regional Manager of Workforce Initiatives for ACT Work Ready Communities, provided a presentation on the ACT Work Ready Communities County Initiative during the conference Create, Challenge, Change: Economic Development Conference for the Denver Region. This presentation occurred during the session "Matching Workforce Skills with employer needs now and in the Future."
OPRA’s Managing Psychologist, Ben Hainsworth, represents a thought leader in Safety Psychological Profiling and presented findings of a 3 year Longitudinal Study at the 2015 Australian Psychological Society’s 11th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference. The research conducted with Australia’s oldest Apprenticeship Training company, Hunter Valley Training Company, highlighted the value of best practice psychometric assessments and the resulting impact on reducing injuries and associated insurance costs.
Five Stones Research Corporation (5SRC) is an SBA certified 8(a), Woman-Owned, Native American, Small Disadvantaged Business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Founded in 2006, the company has tremendous experience in delivering comprehensive solutions to government and industry partners in a global environment. The company’s core business areas are: Engineering, Logistics and Information Technology
The AIS – Temple Fox School Information Systems Job Index is a joint five year project to produce reliable national level data on information systems careers, including placement, type of jobs, satisfaction, and related factors such as career services, knowledge level, preparedness, and search strategies. The project will produce an annual IS job index report and is intended to become the first systematic assessment of the IS job market. For more, see http://isjobindex.com
Inspira Health Network CIO, Tom Pacek, shares lessons learned from his IT group in merging health systems which included three hospitals, 100+ locations and 1000+ physicians. Lessons included considering technologies, practice and policies, budgets and positions, standardization and people.
It is important to understand politically what policies are enacted to support welath hoarding such as extreme CEO salaries. This chart helps to define which political party encourages wealth hoarding.
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.
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.
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Editable Toolkit to help you reuse our content: 700 Powerpoint slides | 35 Excel sheets | 84 minutes of Video training
This PowerPoint presentation is only a small preview of our Toolkits. For more details, visit www.domontconsulting.com
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In this masterclass, presented at the Global HR Summit on 5th June 2024, Luan Wise explored the essential features of social media platforms that support talent acquisition, including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok.
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Stay ahead of the curve with our premium MEAN Stack Development Solutions. Our expert developers utilize MongoDB, Express.js, AngularJS, and Node.js to create modern and responsive web applications. Trust us for cutting-edge solutions that drive your business growth and success.
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Navigating the world of forex trading can be challenging, especially for beginners. To help you make an informed decision, we have comprehensively compared the best forex brokers in India for 2024. This article, reviewed by Top Forex Brokers Review, will cover featured award winners, the best forex brokers, featured offers, the best copy trading platforms, the best forex brokers for beginners, the best MetaTrader brokers, and recently updated reviews. We will focus on FP Markets, Black Bull, EightCap, IC Markets, and Octa.
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Workforce readiness credentials
1. What are
Workforce Readiness Credentials
and do they really help employers?
Webinar Presentation
for the
North East Regional Employment and Training Association
Presented by:
John Nelson (ACT)
Joe Mizereck, (NWRC)
Dr. Roy Swift (ANSI)
2. John Nelson
State Program Manager
319.321.9705 Cell
John.Nelson@act.org
What if… you could be guaranteed a pipeline
filled with pre-qualified candidates?
Supply Chain Management
Talent
3. • Job Analysis – What is the target?
• Assessments – Who meets that target?
• Training Curriculum – How do we fill the gap?
• Certification – How do we document readiness?
• Research and Analytics – How do we ensure
Validity, Fairness, and Security?
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Supply Chain Management
Talent
4. Who is Implementing This?
• The Manufacturing Institute
• American Society of Transportation and Logistics
• American Society for Quality
• American Welding Society
• Association for Operations Management
• Center for Energy Workforce Development
• CompTIA
• Fabricators and Manufacturers Association
• International Fluid Power Society
• International Society of Automation
• Manufacturing Skill Standards Council
• National Center for Construction Education and Research
• National Institute of Metalworking Skills
• North American Die Casting Association
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6. The National Career
Readiness Certificate
• Certifies an individual has the foundational
skills essential for career readiness and job
success
• Reports on-the-job reality as identified by
productive workers
• Earned endorsements and funding by
dozens of States, Trade Associations, and
Unions
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7. What does the NCRC
Measure?
The NCRC measures problem solving and critical
thinking skills in the context of:
• Reading – applying information from workplace
documents to solve problems
• Math – applying reasoning to work-related
problems; setting up and performing calculations
• Locating Information – synthesizing, applying,
comparing from multiple, related graphics
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8. What does the NCRC
Measure?
In addition to the cognitive skills, the NCRC Plus
ranks individuals in four soft skills.
• Work Discipline – productivity, dependability
• Teamwork – tolerance, communication, attitude
• Customer Service Orientation – interpersonal
skills, perseverance
• Managerial Potential – persuasion, enthusiasm,
problem solving
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11. Sample Scores -- Medical
Occupation
Applied
Math
Locating
Information
Reading
for
Information
Median
Annual
Wage, 2010
Pharmacists 6 5 6 $111,570
Dental Hygienists 3 4 5 $68,250
Registered Nurses 4 4 5 $64,690
Respiratory Therapists 4 5 5 $54,280
Licensed Practical and Licensed
Vocational Nurses 4 4 4 $40,380
Emergency Medical Technicians and
Paramedics 4 4 4 $30,360
12. Sample Scores – Diploma only
Occupation
Applied
Math
Locating
Information
Reading
for
Information
Median
Annual
Wage, 2010
Transportation, Storage, and
Distribution Managers 5 5 5 $80,210
First-Line Supervisors of Police and
Detectives 5 5 5 $78,260
Administrative Services Managers 4 5 5 $77,890
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators 6 5 5 $75,650
Elevator Installers and Repairers 4 4 4 $70,910
Power Distributors and Dispatchers 4 4 4 $68,900
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail
Sales Workers 5 4 4 $68,880
Detectives / Criminal Investigators 4 5 5 $68,820
13. Does it work?
Examples from Employers
• Turnover: down 35%, 37%, even 83%
• Training: costs down 96%, time down 50%
• Screening Time: down 75%
• Workers’ compensation expense down:
95% over two years
• Nonconforming product expense down:
80% over two years
• Recommendations: 97% of businesses
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14. John Nelson
State Program Manager
319.321.9705 Cell
John.Nelson@act.org
www.act.org/workforce
Improve your workforce
16. American National
Standards Institute
Roy A. Swift, Ph.D. COL, Retired
Chief Workforce Development
Officer
rswift@ansi.org
202-331-3617
Roy A. Swift, Ph.D. COL, Retired
Chief Workforce Development Officer
rswift@ansi.org
202-331-3617