1 / 14

Work Ready Communities: Certifying our workforce

This presentation is designed for local leaders to present to stakeholder groups within their own communities. A suggested script is provided in the notes section. If you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact us. THE PRESENTATION BEGINS WITH THE NEXT SLIDE.

garrison-noe
Download Presentation

Work Ready Communities: Certifying our workforce

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. This presentation is designed for local leaders to present to stakeholder groups within their own communities. A suggested script is provided in the notes section. If you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact us. THE PRESENTATION BEGINS WITH THE NEXT SLIDE

  2. Work Ready Communities: Certifying our workforce

  3. Why Work Ready Communities? WORKSmart Kentucky • Goals: • Align with Education • Align with Economic Development • Simplify the System • Customer-Centric

  4. 2010 Corporate Survey Availability of Skilled Workforce 87% ranked as Important or Very Important Top States for Business 2011 "When we talk to prospective clients, their No. 1 issue every time is workforce," says Jeff Anderson, head of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.

  5. 2010 Top 10 Site selection Factors 1. Workforce skills 2. State and local tax scheme 3. Transportation infrastructure 4. Flexibility of incentive programs (Tie)5. Availability of incentives (Tie)5. Utility infrastructure 7. Land/building costs and supply 8. State economic development strategy 9. Permitting and regulatory structure 10. Higher education resources.

  6. Strategic Question We can measure the quality of a worker, but how do we measure the quality of a workforce?

  7. Kentucky’s Program Economic Development Community Input Two Levels of Certification Certification for Meeting Six Criteria The Bar is High Benefits are Great Recertification

  8. Levels of Certification

  9. The Kentucky Criteria High School Graduation Rates National Career Readiness Certificates Community Commitment Educational Attainment Soft Skills Development Internet Availability

  10. The Process Organize locally Prepare application Panel review & recommend Kentucky WIB certifies

  11. Certification Benefits Economic Development Tool Community Dialogue/Accountability Jobs – Education Connection Life-long Learning/Break Cycle of Illiteracy & Poverty

  12. Benefits of the Process New & Enhanced Collaboration & Partnerships Common Ground - Shared Goals Leverage Resources Innovation Responsive

  13. ? www.kwib.ky.gov

More Related