1. Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference | June 2019
Building Data & Awareness Tools
Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference | June 2019

2. Your Presenter Chris Engle, Principal Avalanche Consulting
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3. Agenda 01 About Avalanche & Partnership Strategy
02 Building the Data and Tools
03 ThreeRiversWorks.com
04 Q&A
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4. About Us and Partnership Findings01
About Us and Partnership Findings

5. About Us National economic development strategist
Serving 150+ communities since 2005
Headquartered in Austin, Texas
85+ years of combined experience
Services:
Economic development strategies
Workforce strategies and analysis
Custom research
Marketing and branding plans
Organizational assessments
HeadlightTM data portals
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6. We are strategists for the nation’s top performing economies.
Received feedback from partners across the region and through the manufacturers survey
Also leverage research on trends in the region’s workforce and manufacturing sector
Combined with our knowledge of national trends and experience working not only in Troup County but for communities across the US.
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7. Sector Partnership Strategy
RE-ENGAGE
DEVELOP
ATTRACT
RETAIN
TALENT
PIPELINE
Critical Need:
Ensure K-12 students, college student, and existing workers understand what jobs are available in our region, choose high-demand education, and remain here.
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8. Talent Portals are an growing part of talent development strategies
Talent Portals are an growing part of talent development strategies. But, most are ATTRACTION focused.
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9. And, their Career Information is VERY LIMITED.
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10. Or, they’ve invested significant $ in building a job board where companies post jobs and people post resumes.
Greater St. Cloud JobSpot is an online talent portal that contains job postings available in the three-county St. Cloud, Minnesota region. The website also contains information such as resume and networking resources for job seekers as well as internship, higher education, and recruiting and retention resources for employers.
Greater St. Cloud is home to seven higher education institutions with more than 30,000 students, but the region was having difficulty retaining students after graduation and students weren’t aware of job opportunities available in the region. Their role is to facilitate collaboration between business, education, and workforce around regional talent issues. Every local college and university in the region also participated in the development of the job portal.
To facilitate talent retention, the region hosts an annual Talent Summit. This one-day event allows job seekers to connect with local employers. The 2016 Talent Summit includes employer breakout sessions and a Career Fair of over 50 employers as well as alumni social events from local colleges and universities.
Since its launch in May 2014, more than 900 job seekers and 260 employers have registered on JobSpot. More than 600 job openings are currently posted. Approximately 250 job seekers, 200 employers, and 50 education partners attended the 2016 Talent Summit.
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11. Our newest favorite is Upstate SC.
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14. Our Vision: The Talent Portal
Live/Learn/Earn information to recruit but mostly retain talent
Extensive local data on workforce and industries
Jobs, internships and apprenticeship listings (not a job board)
Career planning tool to help students pick careers that fit them and their home county.
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15. Career Planning Tool
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16. Regional Data Center
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17. Building the Data and Tools02
Building the Data and Tools

18. Where to Start? State and Workforce Region forecasts ONET Center
Data Vendors
Free Software
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19. Where to Start? Drawbacks (Solutions)
No county data for jobs or wages (get from vendors)
Too much detail (compress it)
Too difficult to process/update (automate it)
Complex software (build standard templates)
State and Workforce Region forecasts
ONET Center
Data Vendors
Tableau Software
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20. Ultimate Goal(s)
To put the right information in front of people to help them quickly learn something new and make better career choices. To help people take action to improve their lives and their career trajectory.
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21. Where We Are Coming From
Three Rivers Regional HDCI Meetings

22. Ugly Reports, Too Much Detail
Proposal: Labor Shed Study

23. Ugly Reports, Too Much Detail
Proposal: Labor Shed Study

24. Too busy / low-density content. And it doesn’t work on a smartphone.
Proposal: Labor Shed Study

25. 03
Demo

26. DEMO
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27. Students learning it in college
Free to host online
Free basic software
Students learning it in college
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29. Proposal: Labor Shed Study

30. 04
Q&A / Discussion

31. Links/Contacts Make it MSP makeitmsp.org
Work in the Triangle workinthetriangle.com
NC Works ncworks.gov
Three Rivers Works threeriversworks.com
Iowa Workforce iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov
Centralina ED District centralinaedd.org
Chris Engle, Principal, Avalanche Consulting
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32. Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference | June 2019
THANK YOU!
Building Data & Awareness Tools
Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference | June 2019