Workforce System Improvements

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Workforce System Improvements

• CWI Meeting
• June 10, 2008

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UP THE PATHWAY TO SKILLS, BETTER JOBS AND EARNINGS
K 12 Tech / College
K-12 Econ Disadv Low Skilled Dis Workers TANF
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Wisconsin Workers Ages 26 and Over, by Education,
(COWS, 2008)
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Workers Ages 26 and Over ACS, 2006
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Current Low Skilled Workforce Needing Training
Skills (500,000 citizens) Farm Team

• Low wage adults stuck in low-paying jobs or
  unemployed
• Female dominated
• Limited skills, education training
• Often no transportation or license
• Often no/limited work history
• Often AODA
• Criminal record (primarily adult males)
• Ill-prepared youth
• DPI study MPS-31 proficient in reading 18
  proficient in math 32.5 poor
• Dislocated workers
• generally male, low or out-of-date skills, high
  school ed only, middle age
• needs Some ESL, basic ed/remediation, skills
  upgrade job search training, income support

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DWDs Focus Low-Skilled Job Seeker
DevelopmentRegional Career Skills Centers
will

• Assess (common assessments measurements, K-12
  through workplace)
• Value of supporting a universal tool, such as
  WorkKeys?
• Advise (unified career information based on
  employer/industry soft skills and training needs
  labor market used by multiple systems DPI,
  WTCS, DWD)
• Train (to level needed)
• Advance (career pathway progression especially
  through technical colleges)

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Workforce System-Bridge to Success
ABE, GED, HSED, Assessment, career advise,
soft-skills training
Skills training and certifications career and
family-supporting job
Low-skill, low-income worker
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Connecting Education Workforce Development to
Help Workers

• Connect farm team to state resources
• Wisconsin Technical College System
• 16 districts
• University of Wisconsin System
• 13 four-year 13 two-year campuses
  UW-Extension
• Private colleges universities
• 20 private schools serve 54,000 students
• Private Training School Programs
• 122 private post-secondary schools (EAB)

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Tackling this Problem on Many Fronts

• CWI Executive Committee Budget Recommendations
• Virtual Job Center Design and Feedback Forums
• NGA Sector Policy Academy
• RISE
• WIRED

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