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VIRGINIA WORKFORCE NETWORKS

VIRGINIA WORKFORCE NETWORKS. Michael Somers, Business Development Manager, Department of Rehabilitative Services, Commonwealth of Virginia Blue Ridge Region. Business Friendly Employer Outreach Tool Businesses demand single point of contact from employment programs

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VIRGINIA WORKFORCE NETWORKS

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  1. VIRGINIA WORKFORCE NETWORKS Michael Somers, Business Development Manager, Department of Rehabilitative Services, Commonwealth of Virginia Blue Ridge Region

  2. Business Friendly Employer Outreach Tool • Businesses demand single point of contact from employment programs • Filling job orders with qualified applicants

  3. Bills Barbecue Boddie-Noell Enterprises Masonic Home Manpower Colortree Chesterfield County Educational Credit Management Corporation Home Depot Onmi Richmond Prudential Cleanroom Services Kroger Hawkeye Manufacturing Spherion World Access Aramark Westminster Canterbury Alliance for Seniors Richmond ARC 7-Eleven Suntrust Internal Revenue Service TruGreen Chemlawn ServiceMaster Services Imperial Plaza RideFinders Corman Construction Federal Express WAWA Bank of America Charter One Mortgage Owens & Minor STAT Employment Services You’re in good company... • Target • Wal-Mart • Peoples Financial Services • Jefferson Hotel • Ranstad • PARI • Virginia Capitol Police • Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. • Chick-Fil-A • Unistaff • City of Richmond • Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Services • BB&T • Ronson Communication & Information Systems • Ukrops

  4. “NETWORKING” “A group of people who exchange data or information to gain a common goal or cause”

  5. MEETING The members of the network (Workforce professionals) Meet with Businesses (Employers)

  6. Workforce Professionals • Social services • Vocational rehabilitation • Schools (transition specialists, counselors) • Employment commission • WIA – one stop • Corrections • Aging • Supported Employment • Veterans, Military Programs • ARC • Etc, Etc

  7. EMPLOYERS • Human resources • Regional managers • Managers • Foremen • Owners • New start-ups

  8. Our Vision • To provide and avenue for dialogue with the area business regarding employment information • To share job leads and information • To disseminate local labor market information

  9. Mission Statement “To enhance partnerships among workforce development professionals and the business community”

  10. Our Ground Rules Please bring job leads that you are aware of to share with the group Bring a business card. . . We will give you a list of those present to facilitate ongoing communication Please be on time out of consideration for our guest speakers No discussion of individual agency and client information

  11. POP QUIZ • Speaker or Guest Employer • The JOB SWAP • Business Card Information

  12. Develop contacts Develop employer knowledge (Perks and Quirks) Establish oneself as a resource for workers Network with other agencies Share job leads Learn names and faces of HR persons in the community Benefits for Members

  13. Profile and showcase the company at no cost Access to prescreened applicants Clearly state expectations of employees Tax credits OJT, internships, job coaching and other training options Learn names and faces of workforce professionals in the community Benefits for employers

  14. Benefits for School Personnel • Validate actual jobs and job requirements in community to share with career development and training staff • Develop potential internship sites • Develop potential situational assessment/shadowing sites • Recruit potential career/vocational advisory committee members

  15. Types of Networks • Meeting on the Employers job Site • Same location each meeting • Mixed

  16. Does it Work? VA has 20 Networks Average of 25 Members Average of 10 meetings a year Average of 2 speakers per meeting Average of 15 job leads at each meeting

  17. Does It Work? 500 people meeting each month 5,000 Each Year 40 Businesses are showcased each month 400 Each Year 340 Job Leads discussed each month 3,400 Each Year

  18. Yes, It Works! If each of the Members (25) use only five Of the 3,400 job leads each year 2,500 New Hires Each Year

  19. FAQ’S • Who owns the networks? • Who Manages the networks? • What tools are necessary to start a network? • Do the Networks ever do anything else other than host speakers?

  20. Page-Luray Workforce Network Prince William County Workforce NetworkPD-9 Workforce Resource NetworkRegion 2000 Area Network for Employment (RANE)Rockingham/Augusta Workforce NetworkShenandoah County Employment Resource GroupSouth Central Workforce NetworkWinchester/Frederick/Clarke Workforce NetworkWorkforce Network – RoanokeCharlottesville Area WorkforceNetworkGreater Fredericksburg Workforce NetworkHampton Roads Workforce NetworkLoudoun Workforce NetworkMartinsville Area Disability Employment NetworkMetro Richmond Workforce NetworkMiddle Peninsula/Northern Neck Employment ConnectionNew River Valley Employment NetworkNorthern Virginia Workforce Network

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