Southeast Minnesota Workforce Investment Board in sector work

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Southeast Minnesota Workforce Investment Board
in sector work
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Workforce Development, Inc.

• Workforce Investment Board
• 10 counties in Southeast MN
• 6 offices are WFCs
• Staff of about 80

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SECTOR WORK IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

• We were doing project work within our program
  funding
• Depending on what the funding allowed
• Pilot projects ended when funding ended
• Limited to local offices with creative staff and
  ideas
• Effective for specific individuals

GRANTS
MFIP
WIA
Dislocated Worker
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Board Reorganization

• To increase business
• participation
• Better align shrinking resources with business
  needs

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SE MN WIB Board Structure
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SECTOR SKILLS ACADEMY

• Industry Clusters
• Target Industries
• Hot Jobs within Industries
• Sector Initiatives

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What is an Industry Cluster?

• A cluster is a geographically proximate group
  of interconnected companies and associated
  institutions in a particular field, linked by
  commonalities and complementarities.
• Michael Porter

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Overview of SE MN Industry Clusters and
Segments2001-2005 (NAICS)
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SE MN Industrial Cluster Segments
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SECTOR MAPPING

• A picture of what we know NOW about the
  conditions that affect the prospects of
  disadvantaged job seekers and workers in the
  sector.
• A way to identify key players to include in a
  strategy to improve the prospects for low
  wage/disadvantaged workers that can then lead to
  systemic change.
• A tool to use to share current thinking with
  colleagues.

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Identified 50 Hot Jobs
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SECTOR INITIATIVES

• Sector initiatives are industry-specific
  workforce development approaches. They share four
  common elements that distinguish them from
  conventional programs.

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SECTOR INITIATIVES

• 1. They are targeted to a specific industry,
  crafting solutions tailored to that industry in
  that region.
• 2. They offer the presence of a strategic partner
  with deep knowledge of the targeted industry and
  its companies linking them with organizations
  that may include community-based nonprofits,
  employer organizations, organized labor,
  community colleges, and others.

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SECTOR INITIATIVES

• 3. They provide training strategies that benefit
  low-income individuals, including the unemployed,
  non-traditional labor pools, and low-wage
  incumbent workers.
• 4. They promote systemic change that cultivates a
  win-win environment by restructuring internal and
  external employment practices to achieve changes
  beneficial to employers, low-wage workers and
  low-income job seekers.

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Sector Academies A National Model

• Targeted to entry level positions
• Basic understanding of specific work culture
• Short-term curriculum designed with employer
  input
• Emphasis on laddering opportunities available
  with more training
• ROI 11.05

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STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS For COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE
Albert Lea Schools
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7 Rivers Tri-State Partnership

• Labor markets across
• traditional borders
• Regional grant applications
• and resources
• Creative ideas and solutions

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WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?

• RELATIONSHIPS!
• PARTNERSHIPS!
• COLLABORATIVES!

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, INC.

• Becky Thofson
• Industrial Sectors Projects Manager
• 1302 Seventh Street, NW
• Rochester, MN 55901
• [phone]
• [phone] (cell)
• bthofson_at_wfdi.ws