Delivering DemandDriven Business Services

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Delivering Demand-Driven Business Services

• A proposal from the

Willmar WorkForce Center
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Central MN WIB Mission
To provide leadership that integrates workforce,
education, and economic resources for our
community
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WorkForce Center Challenges
How can we improve services to job
seekers businesses communities to contribute
to the vitality of our economy?
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3 Steps to Delivering Demand -Driven Services

• Listen to business needs/challenges
• Coordinate with job seekers
• Plan for the future
• Labor shortages
• Growing local employers
• Coordinating resources

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Business Challenges Are

• Globalization
• Diversity/Immigration
• Technology
• Literacy
• High-skilled workers

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Willmars First ResponseIdentifying Local
Demand Occupations

• Occupations in Demand in Willmar are
• Value-added Agriculture
• Food Manufacturing
• Healthcare and Social Services
• Truck Transportation
• Retail Sales
• Professional/
• Technical

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Willmar WFC ResponseResource Area
HOT JOBS

• Inform the job seeker
• Run listing of demand occupations on the marquee
  at the front desk
• Run listing of demand occupations as a screen
  saver on computers in resource area
• 2. Post on-line application web addresses and
  tips in the resource area

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Willmar WFC ResponseResource Area

• 3. Develop handouts and posters about
  demand-driven occupations
• For each local demand occupation
• Area businesses who typically hire within the
  occupation
• Sample of job titles within the occupation
• Typical skills needed for these jobs
• Including soft skills
• Typical education needed
• for these jobs

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Willmar WFC ResponseResource Area

• 4. Build library of training videos on
• business topics for businesses to check
  out.
• i.e. Policy manuals
• HR practices
• Employee reviews
• Hiring processes
• Retention practices

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Willmar WFC ResponseJob Clubs

• 5. Develop New Job Club Topics
• Online Applications
• Identifying Soft Skills
• Jobs and Java
• invite area employers from demand occupations to
  speak to job club
• promote to community on WRAC 8 and in UI packets

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Willmar WFC ResponseComputer Lab

• Computer Lab
• (Staffed by WFC)
• Open existing computer lab
• for people to
• Use Minnesotas Job Bank
• Practice keyboarding
• Complete online applications
• Work on resumes

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Willmar WFC ResponseIntra-Office Communication

• 7. Five Minute Morning WFC Meetings
• Updates regarding projects/programs
• New business information
• New job listings

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Questions?