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State Report

State Report. State WIB Award for Regions - When 80% of counties have 50% completion and Region is at 20% Gold Accelerated Counties not at Goal to prepare 6 months action plans New Website – before end of year – in beta Job Profile Summaries on site – how many Gold job profiles?

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State Report

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  1. State Report • State WIB Award for Regions - When 80% of counties have 50% completion and Region is at 20% Gold • Accelerated Counties not at Goal to prepare 6 months action plans • New Website – before end of year – in beta • Job Profile Summaries on site – how many Gold job profiles? • Shopping cart for outreach materials • At State WIB, Vice Chair Wendall Dallas and member Valencia Adams reported on WR assessment experience at Gwinnett Tech – Wendall scored Platinum

  2. Team Leaders Meeting • Counties have issue with Category – Barrow – have to be coached on where to put “hash mark” • DeKalb – working to have proctors in each high school and test all 6000 seniors • Video presentation – correlation with HS grad rates • Incorporating WR is all dual enrollments • If having trouble with a high school, can report issue to Sue Snow (DOE) • Are Team Leaders talking to Graduation Coaches?

  3. Keeping Track at the County Level

  4. Tracking • Increased Emphasis on Targeting the Available Workforce, specially the unemployed has resulted in: • 737 jump from September to October with 91 Gold • Up from previous increases of 300+ available workforce each month and 67 Gold monthly • Numbers have increased with the new Workforce Board mandates for assessments – DeKalb requiring all attending orientation and ARC requiring of all applying for and attending training

  5. Increased Numbers Strategies in Counties less than goal • Articles in Oglethorpe County paper about School Superintendent taking the assessment has spurred other nearby counties to get school systems on board • Clarke School Systems Youth Apprenticeship coordinator working with English and Economics Teachers for student assessments • Barrow successful in getting major industry as chair of Workforce Committee • Gwinnett Mayors of Duluth, Norcross, Suwanee and Lilburn will be in a challenge for the GOLD – Gwinnett Leadership group to be challenged

  6. Go for the Gold strategies • Awarding $20 gas card – may obtain up to $40 • Signs posted in Georgia Department of Labor, Goodwill, DFCS and Church Network Groups • Mass emails, follow-up phone calls • Gas card flyers handed out at job fairs/expos • Increased visibility through Georgia Trend • Increased traffic due to Billboards – Walton County

  7. Other Regional Strategies Heart of Georgia • Targeted industries paying $50 incentive to take assessments - $100 for earning Platinum • High Schools giving grade adjustments for WR and WR recognized at graduation Chattahoochee Valley • Offering $100 Visa Cards for first 100 paying Gold

  8. Other Regional Strategies West Georgia Advanced Manufacturing • Split Advertisement Costs • Pay 50% of job advertisements with WR Preferred, Required or Logo • Limit for Company depending # of jobs ($500 - $1000) Example – Company runs 4 days of ads for WR Technician. Each ad costs $200 weekdays and $400 weekends (Total $1000). Region reimburses $500 to company upon hiring a WR certified technician

  9. Other Regional Strategies West Georgia Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Awareness Agent Agent to contact a minimum of 50 small or retail businesses to make them aware of WR Base Pay - $3000 Bronze to $5000 Gold plus incentive pay: $100 for each notarized agreement to advertise and hire WR $100 for each qualifying job profile $100 for 5% of current employees to be assessed 90 day service agreement (Trial)

  10. Life Science Jobs Profiled/In Works • BioLab – initial Rockdale County > Gwinnett County • Rhodia, chemical company in Barrow County – early stages (Plant manager chairing WR committee) • Micromeritics - Gwinnett • WIKA – Gwinnett – additional profiles within company • DeKalb Medical - discussion stages • Kemira Chemicals – Cobb (R&D) • LifeLink – Gwinnett – discussion stages • Industry Network Group will hear about Work Ready job profiling in detail on December 9, 2008

  11. Furthering the cause • Cinda Herndon-King speaking at Building BioTech Bridges in San Diego, October 29 on model programs • Association for Career and Technical Education in Charlotte, December 4 – GaBio, Biotechnology Institute, Athens Tech and Gwinnett Tech and Walton Career Academy are presenting a workshop on the IC as a model partnership in workforce development • Innovation Crescent Workforce group included technical colleges, Ga Bio and ARC selected to present workshop at the BioInternational Conference May 2009

  12. WIKI updates Added page for Resource, References and Links Presentations from Life Science Workforce Forum at CDC

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