Workforce Development Agency Professional Development Training Institute

1. Workforce Development Agency Professional Development Training Institute Industry Clusters

2. Everybody’s Talking Clusters • Agriculture • Energy • Health Care • Information Technology • Manufacturing

3. Targeted Industry Clusters

4. Matrixed Organization

5. Success Contingent on Partner Alignment • Alignment • Align state and local policies and programs with clusters • Integration throughout the workforce system • Identified/coordinated roles for all at state and local level • MWAs prioritize funding around target clusters • Educational programs to meet cluster needs • Economic development create strategies to focus on cluster needs

6. Cluster Development StrategyRecruitment and Training is the Issue • Need a commitment at the local level • Need employer champions and partners addressing needs for each cluster • Identify local needs within clusters • High priority occupations and skills • Needs to be data based • Develop and implement a recruitment and training plan • Needs to be demand driven

7. Issues • Does industry have unmet needs? • Could jobseekers be trained to meet these needs? • Are there solutions to these issues? • Who is measuring needs and proposing solutions? • Are we promoting careers with employment potential to young people? • Are we ready for the tidal waves of retirements that is upon us? • Is there a need for employer champions?

8. Every Cluster has its Story • Agriculture • Energy • Health Care • Information Technology • Manufacturing

9. Manufacturing is Back! • Added 27,000+ jobs in past year and more jobs coming • 4,500 job vacancies now • Talent shortage now and for foreseeable future • Skills mismatch • No pipeline of young workers • Aging workforce • Too little training for demand occupations

10. Energy is Stable & Growing! Global demand for energy continues to increase. 4% job growth 2005 – 2010 & 2011 – 2016. Annual electricity demand expected to increase 30% by 2035. 46% of the skilled workforce may need to be replaced due to attrition or retirement. www.mitalent.org

11. Information Technology & Media • 6000+ firms employing more than 67,000 workers earning $5B+ in total wages • More than 70% of Michigan’s IT Cluster workforce consists of skilled workers • Nearly 60% of all IT related jobs require a college degree • Expected to grow by more than 12% by 2018 with much of the growth being projected in the areas of computer systems design and software/web development www.mitalent.org

12. Factors Contributing to Talent Shortages • Demand for experienced IT professionals • Emerging technologies/innovation • Low enrollments in 4-year IT related programs • Not enough K-12 students focused on STEM • Skills mismatch within the existing labor force • Lack of awareness www.mitalent.org

13. Talent: Attract, Retain & Develop • Attract talent... • Establish Michigan as a center of technology excellence • Promote MI opportunities with programs offered through the MEDC, like MichAGAIN and MI Virtual Career Fair • Retain talent... • Increase capacity of community colleges to provide effective, low cost IT training programs • Engage college students/graduates with programs like LiveWorkDetroit! • Develop talent… • Promote internships, on-the-job training, etc. • Support career transition programs offered through MEDC, like Shifting Code www.mitalent.org

14. Questions?

15. Cluster Contacts Workforce Development Agency, State of Michigan Diana Carpenter, Agriculture Market Talent Director carpenterd2@michigan.gov Marcia Black-Watson, Energy Market Talent Director black-watsonm@michigan.gov Jeanette Klemczak, Health Care Market Talent Director klemczakj@michigan.gov Chris Knapp, Information Technology Talent Director knappc1@michigan.gov Bob Sherer, Manufacturing Market Talent Director shererr@michigan.gov