Preparing the Workforce and Attracting Talent

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Preparing the Workforce and Attracting Talent

• State Policy Academy on Entrepreneurship
• Palm Springs, California
• November 15-17, 2000
• Mark Troppe (mtroppe_at_ncee.org)
• [phone] x195

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Todays Focus

• Tough HR Issues faced by Employers
• Recruitment
• Retention
• Policy Opportunities
• General Insights
• Recruitment
• Retention

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Tough HR Issues that face Entrepreneurs at the
Firm Level

• Recruitment/Attraction
• Finding the right people
• Matching to the right jobs
• Challenge
• Tight labor market
• Vision, tech skills?hiring skills
• No HR dept-need honest broker

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Tough HR Issues that face Entrepreneurs at the
Firm Level

• Retention Why do people stay?
• 1) Feel like they can contribute to a successful
  organization
• 2) Have good immediate surroundings (work team,
  boss)
• 3) Have some sense of control over their destiny
• 4) Have information/resources they need to
  succeed
• 5) Have interesting work with opportunities to
  learn/grow
• 6) Receive fair compensation.
• in no particular order

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Opportunities for Policy Makers General
Insights

• Where can you make a difference?
• Start with good data--gather more (environmental
  scan)
• Know your market and design targeted strategies
  for it
• Help firms establish good processes
• Partner with trusted intermediaries

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Opportunities for Policy MakersRecruitment

• Encourage regions to conduct audits
• Increase pipeline
• Promote Certification/Skill Standards
• Workforce Investment Act

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Pipeline

• Promote science and technology education
• Use nontraditional populations
• Create excitement about opportunities
• Enlarge the pool through community-wide effort
• Assess opportunities for tele-work
• Improve performance on CED indicators

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Certification/Credentials

• Can you do the job?
• Develop internships, co-op programs, experiential
  and on-the-job learning opportunities
• Www.Tekxam.com measures technology and
  problem-solving skills within technology
  environment-technology literacy

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Broad Workforce Investment Act

• Major public investment/opportunity
• Need to establish credibility
• Convenor/link to intermediaries
• DOL funding more flexible (H-1B, RSAs)

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Opportunities for Policy Makers Retention

• Clusters/consortia addressing common needs
• Be strategic with limited resources
• Support intermediaries
• Electronic infrastructure
• Customized job training funds

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State Customized Job Training Funds

• Training of current workers
• 48 out of 50 states
• Are they accessible to entrepreneurs?
• Are they useful to entrepreneurs?