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Skills Gap SummitApril 12, 2017
Recap
• Defined the skills gap in the community
• Developed Recommendations - Dynamic
Education & Training Framework
• Implementation Plan
• Create Change
Interviews Surveys Focus Groups Report
Jobs
Health Care = 1404Manufacturing = 230Trades = 251
FUTURE HIRING?Health Care = 95%Manufacturing =- 92%Trades = 98%
NEW JOBS
1,885
Difficulty Hiring? Health Care 69% Manufacturing 62% Trades 94%
Soft Skills
Top Skills4.57 4.39 4.38 4.29 4.28 4.20 4.15 4.07 4.03 4.02 3.86 3.83 3.69 3.61 3.60 3.58
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Soft Skills/Traits
Soft Skills Needed By CompaniesAll Industries
Q31
Recruitment/Retention
Lack of experience/applicants
Lack of technical skills
Low participation in skills programs
Negative image of Trades & Mfg.
College vs Industrial
Internships/Apprenticeships
Salary expectations
Internal training
Recruitment
Retention Aging workforce
Competitive salaries
Leave for higher salary
Need for continuous training
Initiatives
Expansion of IRSC Industrial & Technical Center
Financial Assistance for corporate involvement
Communication & Expanded Partnerships
Business needs to actively communicate workforce skills with education and discuss strategies for incorporating the new information into an Academic (credit) and
Workforce (non-credit) framework.
Shared Curriculum
Internships and Apprenticeships
Externships
Scholarships
Recommendations
Skills Development Methods
Boot Camps to increase job readiness
The building of the Dynamic Education & Training Framework and the Middle Ground, offers opportunities to identify learning strategies that can
accelerate the inclusion of new skills training to augment the student learning.
Expand Reality Education and MentoringCompany-Sponsored Student OrganizationsMeet-ups to increase informal industry
learningExpand access to national certifications SME in the Classroom
Recommendations
Marketing
1. SLEDC & companies are undertaking focused marketing campaigns to recruit staff from outside the region.
2. Trades and Manufacturing have negative image and impact ability to recruit workers.
Market efforts to define Skills Gap
Market Career Pathways to industries
Recommendations
Market region
The Process
• Goals
– To prioritize the recommendations
– To structure the implementation framework
– To prepare implementation plan
• Break into 3 groups
– Manufacturing
– Trade
– Health Care
The Process
• Three rounds of discussions – 40 minutes each
– Breakout #1 – Communication & Expanded Partnerships
– Breakout #2 – Skills Development Methods & User Experiences
– Breakout #3- Marketing
Complete this form for each set of recommendations.
Ongoing6 mos. to
1 year
1 to 2
years
Identify the leadership team
Industry HR/Trainers/recruitors,
Educators, Industry Association
Orgainizations - Manufacturers
Association,
x EDC
Identify companies with internal curriculum that can be
shared in part or whole and can be delivered in the
classroom as a tool to increase skills at graduation.
Industry HR/Trainers/recruitors,
Educators, Industry Association
Orgainizations - Manufacturers
Association,
x Sub committee & EDC
Identify the K-12 and Post Secondary programs that can
benefit from the added material and deteremine if delivered
by educators or SME's form the industry
Industry HR/Trainers/recruitors,
Educators, Industry Association
Orgainizations - Manufacturers
Association,
x Sub committee and EDC
Define schedule for implementation including deciding on a
pilot project to develop implementation strategy.
Industry HR/Trainers/recruitors,
Educators, Industry Association
Orgainizations - Manufacturers
Association,
x Sub committee & EDC
Define process for continuous updates and revisions to
content and process
Industry HR/Trainers/recruitors,
Educators, Industry Association
Orgainizations - Manufacturers
Association,
x Sub committee & EDC
Recommendation - Support the identification of shared curriculum
IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX-COMMUNICATION & EXPANDED PARTNERSHIPS
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBLE PARTIES
TIMEFRAME
RESOURCES/PROVIDERS
The Process
• Readout session – Each industry will share two critical recommendations that will create momentum
• Twitter comment- 147 characters to say why community should get involved
Communication & Expanded Partnerships
Business needs to actively communicate workforce skills with education and discuss strategies for incorporating the new information into an Academic (credit) and
Workforce (non-credit) framework.
Shared Curriculum
Internships and Apprenticeships
Externships
Scholarships
Recommendations
Action StepsResponsible PartyTimeframeResources
Skills Development Methods
The building of the Dynamic Education & Training Framework and the Middle Ground, offers opportunities to identify learning strategies that can
accelerate the inclusion of new skills training to augment the student learning.
Expand Reality Education and Mentoring
Company-Sponsored Student Organizations
Meet-ups to increase informal industry learning
Expand access to national certifications
SME in the Classroom
Recommendations
Action StepsResponsible PartyTimeframeResources
Marketing
1. SLEDC & companies are undertaking focused marketing campaigns to recruit staff from outside the region.
2. Trades and Manufacturing have negative image and impact ability to recruit workers.
Market efforts to define Skills Gap
Market Career Pathways to industries
Recommendations
St. Lucie EDC
The St. Lucie EDC workforce committee will lead discussions with partners on the following recommendations:
Lead agency capacity building
Create written participation agreements
Expansion of IRSC Industrial & Technical Center
Market region
Boot Camps to increase Job readiness
Support smaller companies
Financial Assistance for corporate involvement
Recommendations
Read Out SessionTask - Each group provides a summary of the Implementation Strategy for two high priority/high impact recommendations for each category.
• Communication• Skills• Marketing
Next Steps
Mary Jane Stanley, CEcDStanley Advisory & Associatesmaryjanestanley@earthlink.net(813)205-2674Economic Development
Patricia K Gehant, CCIOGehant & Associatespatriciagehant@gmail.com(727)-742-5144Workforce & Talent Development
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