1. Region 6 Dialogue Series:
ARRA HGEI Grantees
Got the Job
June 28th, 2011

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7. Featured Speakers Presenters: Moderators: Jesse Aronson,
Business Services, Worksystems, Inc.
Dr. Carole Goldsmith,
Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and Workforce Development, West Hills Community College District
Moderators:
Diane Walton and Todd Yamamoto, ETA – Region 6

8. Agenda A Few Questions Your Job Placement Plan – Worksystems, Inc.
Participant Job Placement Plan – West Hills Community College District
Other Strategies You Are Doing
Resources (WARNING: you will be asked to contribute…)

9. Have you had to make course corrections?
Question #1
Have you had to make course corrections?

10. What did you add (or subtract)?
Question #2
What did you add (or subtract)?

11. Your Job Placement Plan
Jesse Aronson, Worksystems, Inc. Portland, OR
The Green Careers Initiative
Region awarded three HGEI grants
Multi-phase placement strategy developed to support all three grants
Creation of a “Green Industry Team”
Direct demand cohort training model
Phase I
Business Outreach/Marketing
Phase II
Data Collection
Phase III
Business Commitment
Phase IV
Placement & Retention

12. Results of Data Collection
Over 70 green industry businesses responded to survey
Fragmented results
Businesses unable to project employment demand
Informed mapping of green training list

13. Course Corrections Planning vs. Implementation
Targeted Job Development for Pathways out of Poverty
People Specific
Agency Specific
Industry Specific

14. Everyone Owns Placement
Job Seeker
Community Based Organization
Public Workforce System
WIB Centralized Coordination to Achieve Placement

15. Raise your hand Type in Chat Q&A
Discussion
What are some other strategies to work with employers to get people placed?
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16. West Hills Community College District
Dr. Carole Goldsmith
West Hills Community College District

17. Pathways Out of Poverty
Promising Practices
Pathways Out of Poverty
A little background…
Rural,
2 colleges
2 satellite sites
Partners – K-12, WIBs, Westside Institute of Technology and… Employers

18. Education challenges…

19. Promising Practices: Value added supportive services
Mobile green training
Pre-training assessments
Pre-employment workshops
GED support
Applied Basic Skills
Spanish speaking recruiters
Bilingual education and training resources

20. Promising Practices: Get your WIB on your side!
Partnership building
Define roles
Trust
Start small
Deliver big
Frequent dialogue
Informal & formal
Co-locate

21. Promising Practices: Bridging the gap…
Proactively seeking partners…include municipalities, county agencies and EDCs
Provide the necessary resources for employers
Politely persistent…
Follow-up
Use two-person team

22. Promising Practices: Go the extra mile…
Provide liaison services
Know your community
Be where you are needed
Give them what they need

23. Promising Practices: Always be one step ahead…
Green energy industry is continuously changing
Stay close to your employer partners
Identify emerging needs
Prepare your clients

24. Type in Chat Q&A Raise your hand
Discussion
What are some other strategies to work with job seekers to get people placed?
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25. WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR THE KIT?
Resource Starter Kit
Meetings
ETA Fall Institute
Sept 13-14, 2011
Washington DC
Materials
Toolkit and Virtual Chat on
WOTC and Bonding
June 29, 2011
Miscellaneous
RAD Reporting Webinar
WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR THE KIT?

26. RAD POLL
Do you have lingering RAD reporting issues? YES NO
If yes, what?

27. DOL Communities of Practice https://www.workforce3one.org/
Web Resources
DOL Communities of Practice
Job Fairs in your area
Job-Fairs_and_Events.htm
Ask the Fiscal Expert Webinar – Part II

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29. Share Your Ideas with Your Peers!
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31. Stay Informed, Get Connected!

32. THANKS! www.workforce3one.org
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