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Statewide Results to Date: 31809 Certificates Earned

Statewide Results to Date: 31809 Certificates Earned. Georgia Work Ready Survey. Conducted by: Shapiro Group – Telephone Surveys 445 Certificate holders 110 Participating Businesses 220 Non-participating Businesses Substantiates value of Work Ready.

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Statewide Results to Date: 31809 Certificates Earned

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  1. Statewide Results to Date:31809 Certificates Earned

  2. Georgia Work Ready Survey Conducted by: Shapiro Group – Telephone Surveys 445 Certificate holders 110 Participating Businesses 220 Non-participating Businesses Substantiates value of Work Ready

  3. Georgia Work ReadyParticipating Businesses

  4. Georgia Work ReadyNon-Participating Businesses

  5. State Work Ready Report • State WIB Award for Regions - When 80% of counties have 50% AW completion and Region is at 20% Gold • Accelerated Counties not at Goal to prepare 6 months action plans • New Website – before end of year – Regional focus • Shopping cart for outreach materials • At State WIB, Vice Chair Wendall Dallas and member Valencia Adams reported on WR assessment experience at Gwinnett Tech – Wendall scored Platinum

  6. Continued Best Practices • DeKalb – Workforce Board requiring of all who attend orientation and working to have proctors in each high school and test all 6000 seniors • Increased emphasis on targeting unemployed – Flyers at DOL, DFCS, Goodwill, Church networking groups • Articles in Oglethorpe paper showing School Supervisor taking the assessment spurred other counties to get incolved • Barrow successful in getting major industry – Rhodia as chair or Workforce Committee • Mayors of Duluth, Norcross, Lilburn in a challenge for the GOLD

  7. Regional Goals • Eastern IC Regional Goals • 9855 Certificates completed by 9/30/09 • 36.5% or 3855 completed through 10-31-08 • 6000 certificates to Go!!!

  8. Keeping Track at the County Level

  9. Keeping Track at the County Level

  10. Go for the Gold strategies • Awarding $20 gas card – may obtain up to $40 • Signs posted in Georgia Department of Labor, Goodwill, DFCS and Church Network Groups • Mass emails, follow-up phone calls • Gas card flyers handed out at job fairs/expos • Increased visibility through Georgia Trend • Increased traffic due to Billboards – Walton County • Increased visibility through use of Mobile Units (ARWB and NEGaWIB)

  11. Other Regional Strategies worth noting Heart of Georgia • Targeted industries paying $50 incentive to take assessments - $100 for earning Platinum • High Schools giving grade adjustments for WR and WR recognized at graduation West Georgia Advanced Manufacturing • Splitting advertisement costs • 50% split with preferred, required or logo • Limit $1000 depending on jobs

  12. Life Science Jobs Profiled/In Works • BioLab – initial Rockdale County > Gwinnett County • Rhodia, chemical company in Barrow County – early stages (Plant manager chairing WR committee) • Micromeritics - Gwinnett • WIKA – Gwinnett – additional profiles within company • DeKalb Medical - discussion stages • Kemira Chemicals – Cobb (R&D) • LifeLink – Gwinnett – discussion stages • Industry Network Group discussed Work Ready job profiling in detail on December 9, 2008

  13. Furthering the cause • Cinda Herndon-King speaking at Building BioTech Bridges in San Diego, October 29 on model programs • Association for Career and Technical Education in Charlotte, December 4 – GaBio, Biotechnology Institute, Athens Tech and Gwinnett Tech and Walton Career Academy are presenting a workshop on the IC as a model partnership in workforce development • Innovation Crescent Workforce group included technical colleges, Ga Bio and ARC selected to present workshop at the BioInternational Conference May 2009

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