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SEMCOG/MAC Talent Task Force

SEMCOG/MAC Talent Task Force. October 21, 2010. Agenda. Welcome and Introductions Overview and Objectives Presentation of Talent Data What does Business need? Growth Industry Discussion Key Challenges and Opportunities Any Other Business Adjournment. Talent Strategies.

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SEMCOG/MAC Talent Task Force

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  1. SEMCOG/MAC Talent Task Force October 21, 2010

  2. Agenda • Welcome and Introductions • Overview and Objectives • Presentation of Talent Data • What does Business need? • Growth Industry Discussion • Key Challenges and Opportunities • Any Other Business • Adjournment

  3. Talent Strategies • Educating our workforce • Retooling our workforce • Creating an entrepreneurial culture • Advancing innovation and technology.

  4. Priority Action Step • Link workforce development agencies and training providers (community colleges, public/private universities and colleges, labor organizations, technical schools, etc) with businesses and emerging industries.

  5. Objectives • Implementing the workforce priority action step • Identifying best practices • Undertaking a pilot project

  6. Measuring Success • Formalized, strategic arrangements • equipping incumbent workers • Growth in selected sectors. • Placing workers in jobs

  7. Principles • Rationalize the cost and provision of training • Focus on growth industries  • Focus on training in skill areas where jobs are projected • Developing a pipeline of workers

  8. Questions • What are the main talent issues facing business in the region? • What sectors do you see as providing the most job opportunities in the region in the future? • What are the main challenges for matching talent with business/job growth? • Do you know of any successful initiatives in the region or elsewhere to address this challenge

  9. Products • Blueprint of Best Practices • Pilot project that tests how coordinated collaboration between stakeholders increases jobs and job placement in a selected industry/sector

  10. Next Steps • Meeting Schedule • Additional Resources • Anyone missing???

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