Career Ready Alabama

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Career Ready Alabama

• 4th Annual Southeast WorkKeys Conference
• Chattanooga, TN
• January 23-25, 2008

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Past 2005-2006

• State Planning Council Committee investigates
  worker credentialing in 2005
• Council approves WorkKeys
• Governor and Chancellor support sought and
  received

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Important Dates in History

• August 15, 2006 Statewide Worker Credentialing
  Summit held
• Governor presents first Alabama Career Readiness
  Certificate

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Important Dates in History

• First Certificates printed 3rd week in February
  2007
• June 2007 Statewide Marketing campaign
  launched.

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Present 2007

• Partnerships
• Goals Achieved
• Clients Served
• Statewide Marketing

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Partner Agencies

• Alabama College System
• WorkKeys Testing Centers
• Adult Education
• Career/Technical Students
• ADRS
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Alabama Career Center System
• WIA clients and youth programs, Adult Ed., Voc.
  Rehab.
• K-12
• School Systems and Career Tech
• Family Service Centers
• Alabama Department of Senior Services

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Business Partnerships

• Business Council of Alabama
• Manufacture Alabama
• Alabama AFL-CIO

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Career Ready Champions

• 3M
• Alabama Center for Advanced Woodworking
  Technology
• MH Valve Company
• Neptune Technology Group
• Regitar USA
• Toray Carbon Fibers America
• Union Foundry Company

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Goals Achieved

• Survived ?
• 4 Chancellors
• 1st Office of Workforce Development Director
  Retiring
• Black Hole period (May September)
• Job Profiles Funded
• 17 New Profiles Conducted
• K-12 School Pilot Program
• 236 Students Tested
• 7 School Systems

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CRC Database

• Search feature (Public view)
• Current Numbers
• For 2007 (10 months)
• Total Issued 7,731
• Bronze 1,694
• Silver 4,349
• Gold 1,607
• Alabama Job Bank

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Clients Served

• ALL ALABAMA CITIZENS
• 2-year College
• Career Technical Students
• Adult Education
• Business job seekers
• WIA
• Adult
• Youth
• Voc. Rehab clients
• Youth Offenders
• Incarcerated

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MarketingCareer Ready Alabama

• Brochures
• Employers
• Job Seekers
• DVDs
• New Website
• Posters
• TV
• Radio
• Billboard
• Public Relations

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Website
Print Ad
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BILLBOARD
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The Future 2008 Beyond

• Special Populations
• CRC Issuance
• Business Outreach
• One Stop Career Center Clients
• WIN for WorkKeys

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Special Populations

• Continue to reach special populations
• Seniors
• Persons with disabilities
• Former justice system offenders
• Returning military veterans
• New immigrants
• Out-of-school youth

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CRC Issuance

• Increase number of CRCs issued
• 2007 (Feb. Dec.) 7,731 Issued
• 5,255 Earned
• Grandfathered 2476 (2004-2006)
• 2008 Goal 10,000
• Adult Education 5000 by 2009

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Business Outreach

• State Job Profiling
• Increase number of profiles done by 100
• Grant funds are available
• Up to 1,500.00 per profile with company match of
  at least 500.00
• Company can apply for up to two (2) profiles

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One Stop Career Center Clients

• Testing of One Stop Career Center Clients
• One Stop Career Centers can test 160 individuals
  with a partnership with their local WorkKeys
  Testing Site.
• 23 Comprehensive One Stops
• 23 x 160 3,680 individuals
• Each One Stop can request additional testing
  vouchers!

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WIN for WorkKeys

• www.wincareers.com
• www.aladulted.wincshost.com
• WIA Youth and K-12 site also available

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Contact Information

• Sarah Horton
• 334-353-1105
• Sarah.horton_at_dpe.edu