2. Fashion Begins in Our Color Labs
PERFECTING THE ART OF COLOR FORMULATION

5. “Got Skills? Get good paying jobs”
To be honest with you, my daughter told me it sounded “commercially and cheesy…
A solution to reduce unemployment in America is to get work skills. In our consumer oriented society we are too used to the idea that working in fast food is a way to get a job quick. Can you survive on this? Long gone are the days when a high school diploma was enough to get a good paying job…. But don’t despair, help is on the way.

6. Personnel-recruiting mode…
Need professional and technical personnel
Chemists and Engineers
Develop, test and analyze our products
Qualified personnel to make the colors at the factory floor
Not everyone needs to have a professional degree
NOT the right work skills on the factory floor = costly to bottom line

7. The Quest begins!
Lacking recruitment tools and its consequences
Lost production pressure
Lost sales
Dissatisfied customers

8. NYC Hiring Field = Many Candidates
Mostly from service industries
Fast foods LOW PAY – NO BENEFITS
Retail Stores LOW PAY – NO BENEFITS
Security guards LOW PAY – NO BENEFITS

9. Our Industry: Requirements: Benefits: Basic Work Skills Full Time
Materials Handling
Good Pay
Forklift Driving
Full Benefit Package!
Weighing
Packing

10. Hired inexperienced workers from On-line applications Shelters
Couldn’t find skilled workers fast enough and slowly trained them ourselves.
Hired inexperienced workers from
On-line applications
Shelters
Employment agencies

11. Here comes the cavalry…
Local service provider organizations
Recruitment of Candidates
Recruitment of Employers
Selection and training on basic skills >> employer-based

12. Similar Needs Nation-Wide
Ohio, Minneapolis, Kentucky, Florida, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Maine….
Metal forming, Healthcare, Fan Fabricators, Tool-forming, Machine parts, Graphics, Boat Building, Precision Optics, System Integration, Electrical Installers…….
Business Leaders United, Washington DC
Not a waste of time
Lots to learn from business peers
Same troubles finding skilled employees

13. Business sizes from 5 employees to 3,000
Many job openings >>>>>>>>>> Higher Paying Jobs!
Manufacturing
Production
Construction IT
All require Employer-Oriented Work Skills

14. Employers formed New Work-Programs with help of
Veteran Organizations – Community Colleges – Trade Schools – Sheriff Departments
Employers and trainers create curriculum
Training classes tailored to employer needs
Hands-on practice at employer location
Test and practice hours accumulated
Full time contract
Another Win!

15. Work-Skills in Industry
Not a Simple Issue
Nation-Wide Movement

16. Government Sponsored Work-Skills Programs from 2014
Started with 500 million dollars
Current employer-developed programs in place all over the US
More to be done, get involved!