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How It All Started

How It All Started. “Our Crazy Idea”. Shawnee Economic Development Foundation . Points of Pain…. Not enough qualified or skilled applicants Greater competition for the available labor Aging workforce Short AND Long Term workforce concerns

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How It All Started

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  1. How It All Started

  2. “Our Crazy Idea” Shawnee Economic Development Foundation

  3. Points of Pain… • Not enough qualified or skilled applicants • Greater competition for the available labor • Aging workforce • Short AND Long Term workforce concerns • Difficult to access and maneuver workforce delivery systems • Harder to undertake workforce recruitment and attraction • Pressure to improve production or level of services • Corporate decision on where to invest capital, based upon labor

  4. What’s feeding the workforce pipeline?

  5. So many options… No roadmap • OESC/Workforce Ctr. • K-12 • Career Tech • Universities • Vet’s Rep • JobMatch.com • ECOWIB • On the Job Training • Gov’s Council on WF & ED • ODOC – Hot Jobs • OK Alliance / MEA • TIP Funds • FFA • Head Hunter – OESC/Private • Skills Training – Prisons • Funds to Retrain Vets • T.A.N.F. • D.H.S. • Adult Rehab Services • Tribal Programs • Temporary Agencies • COHRA • Formerly Incarcerated • Personal Networks • Media options • Faith-based Connections • Alternative Schools • Social Services • Work Keys/Key Train • Ecosystems Development • ?????

  6. Insanity is doing the same thing and… • Competing or Develop a collaborative process? • Stand alone efforts or A systematic focused approach? • Figure out the maze of services or Build a repository of resources? • Keep doing the same things or Utilize every option available? • Wait for the systems to fix the shortage or Take action?

  7. Identifying the Gaps… • Develop a database of who your employers are… • Ask the companies what skills they need… • Listen to them…no really…LISTEN to them…. • Separate soft skills from hard skills… • Know who your audience is… • Communicate to the targeted audiences… • Change the way you reach them… • Don’t take credit for anything… • Be innovative in your approach… • Silence doesn’t necessarily mean no one is listening…

  8. Baby steps • We didn’t get this way overnight. • What works for some might not work for you. • Grassroots is good. • Don’t wait for permission or others to do this. • Building greed mentality.

  9. But wait there is more… • Skills poster relevancy aid to all area schools. • QR Guide to all area guidance counselors. • WF Landing page with all things in the right file folders. • Determining who is willing to give business tours. • Getting businesses in the class rooms & assembly halls. • Continue to build partnerships and supportive efforts. • Forget who won last Friday night’s football game. • More non traditional methods of WF attraction & development. • Quit waiting on others to fix the shortages.

  10. WF Landing Page

  11. Saving the Planet… Shawnee Economic Development Foundation www.sedf.com tburg@sedf.biz 405-273-7490 “Those communities that consistently develop a skilled workforce will be prosperous for decades to come.”

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