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On the Ground Arizona’s Unfinished Business in Human Capital

On the Ground Arizona’s Unfinished Business in Human Capital. trends, economies , and work. To Learn and Earn: Arizona’s Unfinished Business in Human Capital questions now on the ground Planning and Good Jobs: K-12 Education Experiences from School to Work Workforce Learning

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On the Ground Arizona’s Unfinished Business in Human Capital

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  1. On the Ground Arizona’s Unfinished Business in Human Capital

  2. trends, economies, and work • To Learn and Earn: Arizona’s Unfinished Business in Human Capital • questions now on the ground • Planning and Good Jobs: K-12 Education • Experiences from School to Work • Workforce Learning • Decisions, Attitudes, and Knowledge

  3. talent, diversity, and choices

  4. innovation, science, and technology

  5. skills and achievement

  6. counting on people in the global race

  7. where we are: selected international comparisons Nominal GDP per employee, AZ/selected nations of similar population/economic size Source: A Comparison of Arizona to Nations of Comparable Size, W. P. Carey School of Business, ASU

  8. what do you think? • How knowledgeable do you think Arizonans are about the skills needed to meet global economic challenges? • --Very knowledgeable • --Somewhat knowledgeable • --Not at all knowledgeable

  9. where we are: employment Arizona and U.S. Nonfarm Employment Change % Change Source: Arizona Workforce, Sept. 17, 2009

  10. where we are: arizona and u.s. occupations % Difference Between Arizona and U.S., 2008 Source: Arizona Workforce Informer and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2009.

  11. what we know:growth, employment, and economic development • Growth will come from technology and innovation. • Arizona’s current/future strengths: aerospace, optics, electronics, sustainable systems, info and communications technology, biosciences and medical sciences. • Arizona has above-average shares in low-paying sectors and below-average shares in high-paying ones. • P-20 and adult re-entry systems both must function. • Labor force growth will be great among groups suffering gaps in educational access and achievement. • Quality firms have to be grown, attracted, and retained.

  12. where we are: selected rankings* of business climate • 18 – Milken Institute State Science and Technology Index(6th for tech and 33rd for human capital) • 36 – Forbes The Best States for Business (7th in economic climate and 47th in quality of life) • 8 – CEOS’ Best, Worst States for Job Growth and Business (6th in business friendliness and 43rd in education) *1 is best in all. Each of these is a multi-part index. See morrisoninstitute.asu.edu for details.

  13. not standing stillselected milestones • 1991 – Arizona Strategic Plan for Economic Development • 1996 – State Job Training Program • 2000 – Proposition 301 • 2002 – Bioscience Roadmap • 2005 – “Angel” tax credits • 2006 – Science Foundation Arizona • 2007 – WIRED • 2008 – STEM at SFAz • 2009 – Pathways • 2009 – AIMS Task Force • 2009 – Tough Choices or Tough Times • 2009 – Solar energy incentives

  14. what do you think? • Agree/Disagree 1-5 with 5 high • Arizona will enter the top tier nationally in educational achievement in the next 20 years. • Arizona will enter the top tier in income in the next 20 years.

  15. what we hear: feeling insecure • 47% of workers were “very secure” in their jobs in June 2008. By June 2009, only 16% felt the same. • Just 6% of Arizonans rated job opportunities in their community as “very good” in the Gallup/Arizona poll. 11% rated communities as “very good” for young college graduates. • Explosion of interest in training and retraining.

  16. the black box of employment

  17. caught in the in-between

  18. what do you think? • What is Arizona’s most important workforce issue to you? • --K-12 • --STEM • --College readiness • --Literacy and English for adults • --Training for dislocated workers • --Postsecondary affordability • --Skill upgrading

  19. not enough talent

  20. what do you think? • Arizona’s recent college graduates are ready for the workforce. • Very ready • Somewhat ready • Not at all ready

  21. aspiring and preparing but…

  22. what do you think? • For Arizona, the most important transition time to learn more about is • --High school to Postsecondary • --Postsecondary to work • --Job to job • --Welfare to work • --Family care to paid work

  23. Our actions today will determine whether we realize our hope for a competent and prosperous workforce tomorrow. Workforce 2020

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