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Addressing Workforce Education Needs in Central Texas through Collaboration

This snapshot discusses the workforce education needs in Central Texas and presents opportunities for collaboration to improve literacy and educational skills. It also highlights employer needs and values, as well as the importance of training in various industries.

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Addressing Workforce Education Needs in Central Texas through Collaboration

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  1. Achieving Business Results through Literacy and Education: A local snapshot!Meg Poag, Executive Director PO Box 41567 Austin, Texas 78704 (512) 320-4505 www.willread.org mpoag@willread.org

  2. Work-Based EducationEmployer Needs Assessment • Focused on the following industries • Manufacturing • Professional and technical services • Retail trade, including grocery stores • Health care • Information technology • 48 employers submitted responses

  3. Responses regarding prospective workers…

  4. Are you having difficulty filling jobs due to. . . • Lack of English-language literacy skills: 56.7%Reading, writing, speaking, listening and mathematics in English • Lack of soft skills: 50.0%Participating as a team member, teaching others, serving clients or customers, negotiation • Lack of technical skills: 50.0% Using machines and/or computers to monitor or perform tasks • Lack of basic education/literacy skills: 43.3%Reading, writing, speaking, listening and mathematics

  5. Would it be useful to have pre-employment training? Yes (n = 32) No (n = 10)

  6. Responses regarding incumbent workers…

  7. What kinds of training would benefit your current employees? • Soft skills: 73.7%Participating as a team member, teaching others, serving clients or customers, negotiation • English-language literacy skills: 57.9%Reading, writing, speaking, listening and mathematics in English • Technical skills: 52.6% Using machines and/or computers to monitor or perform tasks • Basic literacy skills: 42.1%Reading, writing, speaking, listening and mathematics

  8. Employer Need + Values

  9. Which statements are true about your company? (Top 5 Responses) Employer Needs Employer Values General training philosophy. Internal promotions in hiring practices. Tuition reimbursement program in place. Good Communication Skills for front-line workers. Front-line workers are in key customer contact roles.

  10. Common Ground: Opportunities to address employer needs.

  11. To what extent would you be willing to invest in training? • Offer classes during work hours: 76.0% • Paying an organization to provide classes or training for employees: 60.0% • Providing child care for classes: 4.0% • Transportation to the classes: 8.0%

  12. Consider the possibilities… Challenge: Consider ways you could collaborate to address the workforce education needs in Central Texas. • No matter how BIG or small!

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