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Dislocated Worker Showcase:
April 17-18, 2017
Dallas, Texas
AMERICA WORKS!
Welcome to the
Dislocated Worker Showcase
Dallas, Texas
Frank Stluka
Region IV
Director Office of State Systems, U.S. Department of Labor
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WIOA Vision of Integrated Services
“The purposes of this Act are the following:
(1)To increase access to, and opportunities for, the employment ,
education, training, and support services that individuals need
to succeed in the labor market, particularly those with barriers to
employment.”
- WIOA Sec. 2
This is accomplished by connecting all customers with the full
range of services available in their communities.
- Vision for the One-stop Delivery System under WIOA (joint policy guidance)
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Integrated Services are a Process
• The process of accessing the full range of services –
the full force of the workforce system -
• and individually selecting from and organizing those
services
• to provide, in a coherent and seamless way,
• the specific combination of services each individual
needs
• to succeed in the labor market
-- That is what we mean by integrating services.
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Stone Soup: The Ancient Wisdom
beyond WIOA
• The process of accessing the full range of services –
the full force of the workforce system -
• and individually selecting from and organizing those
services
• to provide, in a coherent and seamless way,
• the specific combination of services each individual
needs
• to succeed in the labor market
-- That is what we mean by integrating services.
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Keys to Reemployment:
April 17-18, 2017
Dallas, Texas
The Business
Engagement Approach
Good Morning!
Thanks for inviting us to talk with you about
reemployment
We want to have this discussion in the context of
business engagement
Let’s make this a conversation—don’t be shy, if
you have comments or questions, just let us
know!
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Today we will talk about:
Elements of Reemployment
A Holistic View of Reemployment
Business Engagement as the foundation for
successful reemployment
Rapid Response in a Business Engagement
environment
Layoff Aversion—both sides of reemployment!
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Let’s start with some engagement
Before we start, a few questions to get our
brains going:
– What does “reemployment” mean to you?
– When does reemployment begin?
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Elements of Reemployment
Reemployment is about limiting unemployment:
1. New employment as quickly as possible
2. Preventing job loss in the first place
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Reemployment: Thinking Holistically
– Reemployment is a continuum and reemployment is a mindset
– Need to build the environment in which reemployment can thrive
– Critical element: jobs (there is no reemployment without jobs)
– Therefore the critical component is: business engagement
– But it is impossible to separate great business engagement from our specific program activities, including Rapid Response and layoff aversion
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Business Engagement:
Lifeblood of Reemployment
Vision for business engagement—the
driver is building long-term, sustainable,
and mutually-beneficial relationships with
the business community
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Business Engagement Occurs Across
the Business Lifecycle
Bullet Level 1
– Bullet Level 2
• Bullet Level 3
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An Example:
The Mass BizWorks Approach
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A Few Additional Thoughts on
Business Engagement
Much bigger than just the workforce system—
requires a comprehensive partnership
Occurs at points all across the business cycle—
business engagement is not just placements!
Providing valuable solutions to the needs a
business has will help ensure that they see us
as a valued partner
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Rapid Response in a Business
Engagement Environment
Rapid Response at its core is about business
engagement
Rapid Response has always been about
business engagement
Rapid Response has more interactions of value
with businesses than most any other part of the
workforce system
New language in Rapid Response regulations
promotes business engagement focus
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Business Engagement Focus in
Regulations
A successful Rapid Response includes “delivery
of solutions to address the needs of businesses
in transition, provided across the business
lifecycle (expansion and contraction), including
comprehensive business engagement and layoff
aversion strategies and activities designed to
prevent or minimize the duration of
unemployment” 682.300(b)(2)
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Layoff Aversion: Both Sides of
Reemployment Coin
Layoff aversion IS reemployment:
– Prevent unemployment
– Limit unemployment duration
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Layoff Aversion: WIOA Requirements
682.330(a): Rapid response activities must
include: (a) Layoff aversion activities as
described in § 682.320, as applicable
This means that you have to focus on layoff
aversion in every aspect of your Rapid
Response process
Layoff aversion activities can be highly valuable
to businesses
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Partnerships for Reemployment
Develop network of partners to address all potential
reemployment needs
Build your partnerships before you need to access them
Use whatever resources are available and applicable to
ensure that workers can keep their current jobs or move
to new jobs as quickly as possible
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Questions/Comments/Thoughts?
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Thank you!
Ken Messina
Statewide Rapid
Response/Business
Engagement Coordinator
MA Dept of Career Services
617-626-5703
Jeff Ryan
Business Engagement
Specialist
US DOL/ETA
202-693-3546
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