MSESP Grantee Webinar February 5, 2013

Agenda Record Webinar Welcome Administrative Updates Green Job Search: BlueGreen Alliance Foundation Job Placement/Retention Follow-ups Participant/Outcome Projection Updates RAD Update Grantee Updates Next Meeting

Administrative Updates Re-allocation of MSESP funds Any funds that will not be spent??? Let us know by February 15 – will be monitoring spending very closely Supplement to Final MSESP Quarterly Narrative Report – Reminder Regional meetings and statewide capstone event Project Summaries ( ) Video project (see next slide)

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Green Job Search Jerome Balsimo BlueGreen Alliance Foundation

Green Job Search Strategies Workshop FACT: An Average of 250 Resumes Are Submitted For Every Job Opening! The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation’s Green Job Search Strategies Workshop teaches job seekers how they can use their ‘green skills training’ to stand out from other job applicants, allowing them to get themselves out of the resume pile and into their perfect job. This one-day, six-hour workshop covers: Green Jobs- What Are They? Best Green Job Prospects and Career Alternatives What Do Solid Waste, Energy Use and Water Reductions Mean to Employers? The Importance of Branding How to answer the question, “Tell me about yourself?” Job Search Strategies Interview Techniques For more information, or to schedule a class, contact: Jerome Balsimo at or NOTE: Trainer will travel, please call to coordinate and schedule a class.

Job Placement/Retention Follow-ups WDI will be working with us to help contact participants Have started with initial requests Still developing process Send details of those you would like help with

Participant Update Plan TotalActual 1/28/13 Participants Enrolled Participants Completed # Receiving Credentials Participants Placed/ Incumbent Workers Retained Jobs / 612 # Retaining Employment 2 qtrs Grantee Expenditures$4,792,524 (awarded) $3,722,139 (January expenditures)

January 28, 2013

RAD Updates o DOL Report due next week o ALL RAD Updates for last quarter completed by February 8 (Friday)

Grantee Updates Let us know what is happening with your MSESP project

Next Grantee Webinar Tuesday, March 5, :00 AM Presenter: SW MN PIC (Get Into Energy Career Coaching)