Sector 101: The Workforce System
Evolution
Jasen Jones, PCEDExecutive Director
[email protected] (417) 206-1717
workforcezone.net
Innovation
Download the Presentation Slides at www.workforcezone.net/arkwioa
The Challenge
• Finding applicants
• Up to date skills
• Retention
• Control costs
• Shrinking pipeline ofjob candidates
• Overcoming public perceptions
• Reaching under-employed and disenfranchised workers
Where are the people?
Where are the skills?• Missing or
out-dated skill sets
• Cognitive skills and behaviors
• Getting on the same page
• Competing on wages and benefits
• Lack of career advancement potential
High Turnover
• Fragmented resources and providers
• Bureaucracy
• User-friendly tools
Frustration
• Student loan debt
• Cost of education vs Inflation
• Purchasing power
Education Costs
The Better Way
• Sharpen skill matches
• Remove barriers
• Leverage costs
Beating the Skills
Gap
SectorReady
Positioning
Language of Credentials
Badges Micro-credentials
Nano-Degrees
Apprenticeship
Licenses
Degrees
Certifications
BeginningEmployment
GainfulEmployment
CareerEmployment
NATIO
NAL CAREER
READINESS
CERTIFICATE
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SECTOR READ
Y™
ENTRY LEVEL CRED
ENTIALS
INTERM
EDIATE CRED
ENTIALS
CAREER ADVAN
CEMEN
TAD
VANCED
CREDEN
TIALS & RELEVAN
T DEG
REES
ADVANCED CREDENTIALS/DEGREES
Credit for Prior Learning
Competency-Based Classroom Training
INTERMEDIATE CREDENTIALS
Employer-Sponsored Training
Stackable Credentials to Advance
SECTOR READY™
Prove Basic Technical Skills
Quick & Cost-Effective Training
NCRC™
Cognitive Skills
Easier to Train
BeginningEmployment
GainfulEmployment
CareerEmployment
NATIO
NAL CAREER
READINESS
CERTIFICATE
™
SECTOR READ
Y™
ENTRY LEVEL CRED
ENTIALS
INTERM
EDIATE CRED
ENTIALS
CAREER ADVAN
CEMEN
TAD
VANCED
CREDEN
TIALS & RELEVAN
T DEG
REES
ADVANCED CREDENTIALS/DEGREES
Credit for Prior Learning
Competency-Based Classroom Training
INTERMEDIATE CREDENTIALS
Employer-Sponsored Training
Stackable Credentials to Advance
SECTOR READY™
Prove Basic Technical Skills
Quick & Cost-Effective Training
NCRC™
Cognitive Skills
Easier to Train
Keytrain® or GEDSelf-Paced
Principles/FundamentalsSeries of 1-Day Workshops
Stackable Credentials Spans 2-26 Weeks
Traditional Degrees
Training/Career Progression
Career Pathway Portal• Online tools to set goals
• Self-paced or used with school/job counselors
• LOCAL wage, skill, hiring data
• Realistic job preview videos to promote local sector opportunities
• Gateway to training and resources to remove barriers
How We Get There• Employer input
• Simple survey
• Growth needs
• Quality skills
• Training & credentials
• Industry visits/consultations
Labor Study• Trends of under-employed
• Competitive analysis of desired wages and commutes
• Expands insights of labor market
• Decision support for employers and communities
Employer Partnerships• Co-design training
and credential solutions
• Sector coalitions
• Preferred provider network
• Job Profile pilots
Getting Connected• Schedule
consultation with WIB or JRP
• Survey completion
• Sector events
• Toolkits
6 P’s of Career Pathways
• Method to introduce and train system partners
• Tactical Plan for system leaders
• Framework for WIOA Plan and project management
• Passion for the vision
• Improving perceptions of sectors
• Patience for longer-term impact
• Predicting growth and skill needs
• Overcoming paradigms
• Problem solving to remove barriers to regional growth
• Partnerships of the right people to keep the ship afloat
• Perfecting services and products for users through Human Centered Design
• Prototyping of models to be tested by workers, employers, schools
• Pitching the SectorReady™ model by change agents to decision-makers and investors
• Profiling skill standards through WorkKeys® system
• Prioritizing knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors for training and job selection
• Preparation with innovative training that’s high-volume, high-impact, and cost-efficient
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• Proving skill quality and supply through suitable credentials, skill badges, etc.
• Promotion of workers between training and job levels
• Personalized pathways to meet needs of unique populations’ strengths and weaknesses
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• Placement solutions that enhance the human resources system through efficiency, value, retention, productivity, etc.
• Practices that shift culture to innovation and growth with competency-based policies
• SectorReady.org suite of interactive pathway tools, testimonials, career exploration trends, job preview videos
• Multiple formats of online, mobile, and print versions for maximum accessibility
• User-friendly resources for families, students, school counselors, and service agencies
• Productivity and other key metrics for employers
• Performance indicators to measure success and regional impact
• Continuous improvement cycles and revisions of pathway tools based on market changes and innovation
DOL Technical Assistance• Career Pathways
Toolkits
• Readiness assessments
• WorkforceGPS resources and webinars
• Sector Strategies Virtual Institute
Sector 101: The Workforce System
Evolution
Jasen Jones, PCEDExecutive Director
[email protected] (417) 206-1717
workforcezone.net
Innovation
Download the Presentation Slides at www.workforcezone.net/arkwioa
