1. START Information for Service Providers

2. New! START Program CLIENTS EMPLOYERS

3. Building the Workforce in Nova Scotia LearnInnovateCompete jobsHere WFS Skills and Learning Tactical Plan Workforce Strategy Priority actions 1.Support Learning and Skills Development in the Workplace 2.Help Nova Scotians Connect to Good Jobs 3.Grow the Workforce in Numbers and Skills

4. Skills and Learning Apprenticeship Workplace Initiatives ENS Skills and Learning Tactical Plan

5. Targeted Wage Subsidy (retired) ◦ Lacked flexibility ◦ Focused only on clients ◦ Restricted to mainly wages Employers are looking for skilled trained workers Workforce Strategy /under represented population Background

6. Highlights START will match unemployed Nova Scotians with employers Open to all unemployed Nova Scotians (LMA/LMDA) START provides increasing levels of incentive to employers based on a number of variables. START acknowledges the cost to employers of hiring a new employee, especially someone who lacks work experience Retention bonus Other policy changes Apprentices

7. START will contribute to growing Nova Scotia businesses with labour needs START will contribute to employers in the trades START focuses on providing opportunities to all Nova Scotians, with an increased focus on those people traditionally underrepresented in the labour market, apprentices, and employers in rural areas. Pilot programs let us try new things We will engage with Careers Nova Scotia Centers Opportunities

8. Employment Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Training Workplace Initiatives EAS Service Providers – (Careers NS Centres ) Roles – Skills and Learning and Beyond Policy development Administration of contracts with employers Issuing funds Employer /apprentice matches Feedback /expertise/ Intelligence on employer community Clients Work with employers Marketing to employers Employer Clients / Worker clients

9. Implementation Application Process – NO CHANGE Client Applications – Worksheet not required Case Manager’s Recommendation

10. Implementation Apprentices (902) 424-3411 Working with employers Feedback

11. 1) NFP hiring an African Nova Scotian worker in a rural area who has been absent from the labour market 2) Ocean technology project in Yarmouth hiring a recent graduate 3) Job ready client in Halifax working with local art studio Assessments (A Few Examples)

12. DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY START Start - Get the right experience for real jobs. Start - The right experience for real jobs. Here at home. Start - Experience for workers. Start - Incentives for business. Start - Jobs here at home.