CDSWG Report: 2010

1. Information Gathering and Analysis of Employer Engagement and Needs in Career Development Activities CDSWG Report: 2010

2. Outline • Background and Importance of project • Primary focus • How was it done? • Results • Literature / Website Review and Key Informants Interviews • What’s Working? / What’s Not? • Next Steps: Recommendations • Impact on Career Development

3. Background and Importance • Limited information on workplace-based career development practices • Need for Increased understanding of workplace-based career development practices • Research set out to: • Gather, document, and analyze information about government-funded workplace-based career development initiatives, in Canada and internationally • Identify common approaches, programs and services, and employer needs • Showcase exemplars • Make recommendations for further work related to this priority

4. Primary Focus • Financial incentives (e.g., wage subsidies supporting employers to hire someone who otherwise wouldn’t be considered) • Workplace-based training to develop skills of employees, resulting in them being more employable, and • Consulting services/resources that support employers to develop their workforce.

5. How was it done? • Literature and Website review • Set the context • Resources form all jurisdictions • Key informant interviews • Canadian and International key informants

6. Results: Literature / Website Review and Key Informant Interviews • Employers look for employees who: • Are motivated • Have the skills, knowledge, and competencies to achieve business goals • Employers plan strategies: • Recruitment • Skill Development • Employee engagement/productivity • Retention

7. Results: Literature / Website Review and Key Informant Interviews con’t Challenges • Lack of understanding of the fit of career development activities • Career development activities aren’t fully utilized • Clear and explicit link needed between employer goals and career development programs/services Successes • Examples of successful initiatives • Comprehensive services • Recruitment • Retention • Transition

8. Comprehensive Services

9. Recruitment

10. Retention

11. Transition • Rapid Response Services • Rapid Response Teams (SK) • Rapid Response Services for Employers (US)

12. Results: What’s Working? • Workforce Development Focus • Reaching Out • Training • Rapid Response Initiatives

13. Results: What’s Not Working? • Terminology • Segmented Programs and Services • Inconsistent or Incomplete Information • Website Navigation • Employer Realities

14. Next Steps: Recommendations • Improvements to existing services • Be employer-focused • Speak the same language • Market effectively • Respond quickly • Proposed new initiatives • Build a portal • Create a career development program • Make a case • Share resources

15. Impact on Career Development • Results of study • Informs on employer engagement and needs • Offers important information on how to improve and expand current programs • Emphasizes the need to become more employer-focused

16. Contact Information For full report and additional questions: Forum of Labour Market Ministers Heather Collier Carol Forster Director Senior Policy Analyst Ph. 780-427-3975 Ph.780-427-4741 Fax. 780-427-0354 Fax. 780-427-0354 Email. Heather.collier@gov.ab.ca Email. Carol.forster@gov.ab.ca