Facilitating Workforce Development

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Facilitating Workforce Development
Uford A. Madden and Harriett Paul
Center for International Agriculture,
Trade, Developmental Research
and Training College of Engineering
Sciences Technology and
Agriculture
Florida AM University
Tallahassee, Florida
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MODULE 3 Workforce Development

• Unit 1  Awareness of cultural differences
• of new employees
• Have participants introduce themselves
• Name
• Family origin
• Places where each has resided
• Languages spoken
• Share a favorite holiday event e.g Christmas
• Use Module I -Building Cultural Competencies

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Building Awareness

• Record information based on introductions
• Begin with groups or two individuals
• Identify cultural practices and differences
• and discuss
• Suggest methods they can use to address the
  differences
• Express acceptance and evaluate understanding
• Use Module II. Assessing Strengths and
  Opportunities of a Cultural Community

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Employers/Employees Skills

• What types of skills do new workers possess?
• What types of skills do the employers need?
• What are the skills employers need that are not
  found in the new worker population?
• Are there programs to provide new workers with
  skills that employers need?
• Use information from Module VIII- American
  Engagement

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Unit 2  Employers/Employees relations

• What are the issues can affect employers/
  employees relations?
• What issues need to be addressed that will
• enhance understanding and improve the
• relationships between employees and employers
• What plan and strategies can be developed need
• to address issues that will enhance understanding
  
• and improve the relationships between employees
• and employers

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Biases of Employers/Employees

• What personal and institutional biases can affect
  
• employers/ employees relations/understanding?
• What personal and institutional biases need to be
  addressed that will enhance understanding and
  Improve the relationships between employees and
  employers?
• What plan and strategies can be developed need to
  address personal and institutional that will
  enhance understanding and improve the
• relationships between employees and employers?

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Cultural work ethics of new workers

• What personal and institutional cultural work
  ethics can affect employers/employees relations/
  understanding?
• What personal and institutional cultural work
  ethics need to be addressed that will enhance
  understanding and improve the relationships
  between employees and employers?
• What plan and strategies can be developed need to
  address personal and institutional cultural work
  ethics that will enhance understanding and
  improve the relationships between employees and
  employers?

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Expectations of Employees and Employers

• What are the personal and institutional
  expectations do employers have of employees on
  the job?
• What are personal and institutional expectations
  do employees have of employers?
• What plan and strategies can be developed to
  address personal and institutional expectations
  of employees and employers?
• Participants can make suggestions and use
  resource information to answer questions

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Expectations of Employees and Employers

• What are the institutional priorities/values do
  employers have for employees on the job?
• Are institutional priorities/values match with
  the those of employees?
• What plan and strategies can be developed to
  address priorities and values of employees and
  employers?
• http//www.bcs.uni.edu/idm/newiowans/PDFDocument/M
  anager20Training.pdf

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Awareness of Cultural Differences in the Work
Environments

• What are some cultural perceptions
• /misconceptions you can identify?
• Have participants list various conceptions
• Evaluate and discuss conceptions
• What are some potential effects of cultural
  perceptions/misconceptions you identify?

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Building Awareness of Cultural Differences in the
Workplace

• Suggest different methods they can use to
  address the differences
• Evaluate and discuss different methods they can
  use to address the cultural differences
• What strategies can be developed to overcome/
• address perceptions/misconceptions?

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Building Awareness of Cultural Differences in the
Workplace

• Assessment of cultural competence of
  employers/managers/owners/human resources
  personnel
• Potential effects of cultural competence of
  employers /managers/owners/human resources
  personnel
• Development of cultural competence training for
  employers/managers/owners/human resources
  personnel

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Unit 3  Education and training meeting the
needs of the new workers

• What are the education and training needs of new
  by employees?
• What education and training competences
• employers need that are not found in the new
• worker population?
• Is there a need to develop and implement
• programs to provide new workers with education
  
• and training competences that employers need?
• http//www.workingforamerica.org/news/story.asp?Ar
  ticleID67

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Education needs of new employees and employers

• What is education competence needed by employers?
• What is the education competence of new
  employees?
• What education competence employers need that are
  not found in the new worker population?
• Are there programs to provide new workers with
  education competence that employers need?

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Education and skills needed to meet the needs of
the employers

• What are the current education and training needs
  of new by employers?
• What are current education and training
• competences employers need that are not found
  in the new employee population?
• What strategies can be developed to provide
  education and training competences that are
  demanded by employers?

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Unit 4  Worker placement

• How can worker placement be maximized?
• What are the present trend in education
• training that will assist in addressing
  availability of opportunities for new worker in
  the future?
• http//search.msn.com/results.aspx?qEmploymento
  pportunitiesandagenciesFORMSMCRT
• http//www.spherion.com/corporate/careercenter/ca
  reerresources/job_mktg_intell.jsp

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Opportunities that are available for new workers

• Where do you get information about jobs that are
  available?
• How many jobs are available for workers?
• Where are the employers located?
• What is the trend of job availability for workers?

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Types of work available for new workers and
appropriate worker skills

• Where do you get information about potential
• employers and education and training skills
• needed for available jobs?
• What are the present trends in job market that
• will assist in addressing availability of
  opportunities for new worker in the future?
• Use Module VIII- Country as People- Workplace
  cooperation and partnership

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Developing employee skills

• How to develop a resume and/or complete
• a job application?
• How to search for job opportunities
• Language skills training/courses
• Interviewing strategies

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Developing employee skills

• Computer skills/Training
• Where do you get information about library and
  workforce development agencies
• Using the library
• http//www.workingforamerica.org/news/story.asp?Ar
  ticleID67

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Employees obtaining jobs and Employers recruiting
and retaining jobs

• How can employee be successful in
  obtaining/retaining jobs?
• How can employers be successful in
  recruiting/retaining jobs?
• Use resource information to find situations to
  fit

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Extension Professional as a conduit to Agency to
facilitate workers entry into the workforce

• How can Educators and Extension
• Professionals assist in fulfilling the needs
  of new workers?
• How will effectiveness in integrating new
• workers into the workforce be evaluated?
• http//www.bcs.uni.edu/idm/newiowans/PDFDocument/M
  anager20Training.pdf
• http//www.workingforamerica.org/news/story.asp?Ar
  ticleID67