MSESP Grantee Webinar

1. MSESP Grantee Webinar March 5, 2013

2. Agenda • Record Webinar • Welcome • Administrative Updates • Job Placement/Retention Follow-ups • Getting to Know You: SW MN PIC – Get Into Energy • Participant/Outcome Projection Updates • Green Job Search Update: BlueGreen Alliance Foundation • RAD Update • Grantee Updates • Next Meeting

3. Administrative Updates • Video project Update • Regional meetings and statewide capstone event • SAVE THE DATE! May 1st at the State Capitol for our culminating event! • Incumbent Worker Survey • Project Summary/Booklet Update

4. Job Placement/Retention Follow-ups • Update from WDI • Remember to send details of those you would like help with

5. Getting to Know You… • SW MN Private Industry Council – Get Into Energy Career Pathways • Eriann Faris

6. MSESP Get Into Energy Career Pathways (GIECP) Program Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council

7. Background • Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • MN Energy Consortium (MEC)

8. Overview • Utility Industry driven project • Assist low-income students in energy hire degree programs. • Provide job search, connections to employers/industry leaders. • Help participants through a series of stackable credentials. • Offer supports: • Training • Test Taking • Transportation • Child Care

9. Career Coaches • Help with Job Search • Blue Green Alliance Green Job Search Workshop • Introduce participants to people in the industry. • Assist them through a series of stackable credentials. • The National Career Readiness Certificate • Energy Industry Employability Skills Certificate • MN GIECP Certificate • Boilers License • OSHA 10/30

10. Success Story • Altec, Duluth, MN • Electrical Technician • $18.83 with full benefits

11. Systems Change • Industry Recognition • Student Recognition/Understanding • Post Secondary Education Institutions

12. Sustainability • Easily integrated

13. Challenges • Getting started • Geographic distance between partners • Systems Change

14. Questions

15. Participant Update

16. March 4, 2013

17. Green Job Search Update • Jerome Balsimo • BlueGreen Alliance Foundation • 612-466-4515 jeromeb@bgafoundation.org

18. Green Job Search Strategies Workshop • 2013 Spring Schedule • Mon, March 4th Rochester Workforce Center • Fri, March 8th Fond Du Lac Tribal & Comm. College • Wed, March 13th Faribault Workforce Center • Fri, March 15th Grand Rapids Workforce Center • Mon, March 18th Anoka County Workforce Center • Fri, March 22nd America’s Woodshop, Burnsville

19. Green Job Search Strategies Workshop • FACT: An Average of 250 Resumes Are Submitted For Every Job Opening! • The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation’s Green Job Search Strategies Workshop teaches job seekers how they can use their ‘green skills training’ to stand out from other job applicants, allowing them to get themselves out of the resume pile and into their perfect job. • This FREEone-day, six-hour workshop covers: • • Green Jobs- What Are They? • • Best Green Job Prospects and Career Alternatives • • What Do Solid Waste, Energy Use and Water Reductions Mean to Employers? • • The Importance of Branding • • How to answer the question, “Tell me about yourself?” • • Job Search Strategies • • Interview Techniques • For more information, or to schedule a class, contact: • Jerome Balsimo at 612-466-4515or jeromeb@bgafoundation.org. • NOTE: Trainer will travel, please call to coordinate and schedule a class.

20. RAD Updates • Job Placements – make sure to report these • Job Retention Follow-ups

21. Grantee Updates • Let us know what is happening with your MSESP project

22. Next Grantee Webinar Tuesday, April 2, 2013 10:00 AM Presenter: Workforce Development, Inc.