OVERVIEW To maintain a competitive edge in the 21st century, New Jersey must develop a highly productive workforce that has the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by employers in the state’s key industries. Workforce development and education programs that are directly aligned with the needs of employers will ensure that more New Jerseyans have pathways to economic opportunity and successful careers and that employers receive the talent required to drive the growth of their businesses.

The Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) is working closely with employers, other state departments, local Workforce Development Boards, educational institutions, and community-based organizations to increase the number of residents with industry-valued credentials or degrees through high-quality partnerships and integrated investments.

At the center of this effort is the expansion of high-quality, employer-driven partnerships.

EXPANDING HIGH-QUALITY, EMPLOYER-DRIVEN PARTNERSHIPS

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TALENT DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

LIST OF INDUSTRY-VALUED CREDENTIALS

Building on New Jersey’s commitment to align the state’s workforce with the needs of employers, LWD has launched three new Talent Development Centers to promote partnerships between key industries and the state’s colleges and universities. The three Talent Development Centers will serve as “centers for excellence” for providing workforce training and skill development focused on a specific, key industry in New Jersey: Advanced Manufacturing at Camden County College; Health Care at Rutgers University; and Transportation, Logistics & Distribution at Union County College. The Talent Development Centers will:

• receive $900,000 of state funds to provide workforce development training programs in their respective industries.

• serve as anchors for expanded high-quality, employer-driven partnerships.

• further build the capacity of the state’s higher education institutions to provide education and training aligned with the needs of the state’s key industries.

• provide industry-focused training for dislocated workers and currently employed/incumbent workers.

LWD is currently developing a list of industry-valued credentials and degrees that will be the focus of the occupational training investments of the state’s workforce programs. This list will be based on an analysis of a variety of labor market information sources, along with extensive input from employers and the state’s Talent Networks. This list will be made available in fall 2016.

LWD’S Talent Development System wants to connect with business leaders and industry experts throughout New Jersey.

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• Advanced Manufacturing

• Life Sciences

• Health Care

• Financial Services

• Transportation, Logistics & Distribution

• Technology

• Retail, Hospitality & Tourism

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FOCUSED ON NEW JERSEY’S KEY INDUSTRIES

• private-sector employers, actively working with their public and nonprofit colleagues, to focus on the specific jobs and skills in demand by the region’s leading sectors.

• a clear mission and well-defined roles for all partner organizations.

• distinct career pathways, defined by a series of degrees, certificates, and other credentials that employers value and look for when hiring.

• widespread use of timely industry and workforce data, ensuring that partner employment and training investments target authentic job opportunities—not declining occupations and obsolete skills.

• practical, collaborative learning experiences where trainees apply lessons from the classroom in real-world settings through internships, mentorships, or apprenticeships.

• clear measures of program effectiveness, so partners can see meaningful outcomes in terms of trainee job placement and credentials earned.

• reliable, sustainable funding streams.

New Jersey’s efforts are focused on seven industries that form the foundation of the state’s economy:

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Talent Development Centers Contact Information

Advanced Manufacturing Talent Development Center Carol McCormick 856-374-4908 | cmccormick@camdencc.edu

Health Care Talent Development Center Padma Arvind 848-445-4531 | Padma.Arvind@smlr.rutgers.edu

Transportation, Logistics & Distribution Talent Development Center Lisa Hiscano 908-965-2358 | hiscano@ucc.edu

Advanced Manufacturing Talent Network Raymond Vaccari, Director 973-596-3065 | raymond.vaccari@njit.edu

Financial Services Talent Network Vann Holland, Director 609-571-1607 | vholland@aaccnj.com

Health Care Talent Network Padma Arvind, Director 848-445-4531 | padma.arvind@smlr.rutgers.eduArati Chaudhury, Co-Director 848-445-4748 | achaudhury@smlr.rutgers.edu

Life Sciences Talent Network Matthew Alcalde, Director 609-890-3185 | malcalde@BioNJ.org

Retail, Hospitality & Tourism Talent Network (North) Sandra Bleckman, Director 201-692-7266 | bleckman@fdu.edu

Retail, Hospitality & Tourism Talent Network (South) Stacy Forman, Director 609-626-3456 | stacy.forman@stockton.edu

Technology Talent Network Karen Richards, Co-Director 973-596-5423 | karen.e.richards@njit.edu Joseph Tetteh, Co-Director 973-596-5886 | joseph.tetteh@njit.edu

Transportation, Logistics & Distribution Talent Network John Taggart, Co-Director 973-642-7975 | taggart@njit.eduCarmen Pichardo, Co-Director 973-877-3172 | pichardo@essex.edu

Talent Networks Contact Information

NEW JERSEY’S TALENT NETWORKS

For the past four years, New Jersey has supported the development of Talent Networks focused on the state’s key industries. These Networks, led by colleges, universities, and business organizations with knowledge and expertise in their specific industry, have built partnerships with employers, educational institutions, and workforce organizations while providing assistance to students and jobseekers.

In 2016, the Talent Networks are focused on the following key efforts:

• Developing industry intelligence to inform workforce investments: Effective workforce and education programs are informed by an accurate and timely understanding of the needs of employers. The Talent Networks, working closely with LWD’s labor market analysts, will be a crucial source of information on the workforce needs of their specific industry. Each Talent Network will host an Industry Summit to gather intelligence and inform key workforce stakeholders of essential employer needs and will produce an annual Industry Workforce Report. Additionally, Talent Networks will engage employers and industry associations to contribute to the development of an industry-valued credential and degree list.

• Developing high-quality, employer-driven partnerships: Talent Networks will work closely with employers, local Workforce Development Boards, educational institutions, and other stakeholders to develop high-quality, employer-driven partnerships known as Targeted Industry Partnerships (TIPs) across the state. Each Talent Network will focus their efforts on areas of the state that have a concentration of employers in their specific industry.

To build these partnerships, the Talent Networks will:

• engage and convene employers to identify common skill gaps and workforce needs and identify the skills, abilities, and credentials that are in demand.

• facilitate the development of a workforce plan for each TIP to respond to identified workforce needs and opportunities.

• create a strategy for building and sustaining the partnership through commitments from employers, Workforce Development Boards, educational institutions, and other key stakeholders.

The Talent Networks will focus on creating TIPs in the following areas of the state. The Technology Talent Network will work closely with all Talent Networks to support TIP development.

LEAD AGENCY: New Jersey Institute of Technology

LEAD AGENCY: New Jersey Institute of Technology

LEAD AGENCIES: Stockton University (South)

Fairleigh Dickinson University (North)

LEAD AGENCY: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

LEAD AGENCY: BioNJ

LEAD AGENCY:African American Chamber of Commerce

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LEAD AGENCIES: New Jersey Institute of Technology

Essex County College

TARGETED INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP FUNDLWD is committing a minimum of $5 million, from a variety of sources, to support the implementation of the strongest workforce investment ideas developed by the Targeted Industry Partnerships.

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