Workforce Readiness

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Workforce Readiness
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Objectives

• What is Workforce Readiness?
• What tools are available?
• How can the State Director assist?
• SHRM Conference Calls
• State Conference Calls
• How do I contact State Director?

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What is Workforce Readiness?

• Ensures that todays and tomorrows workforce has
  the skills, competencies and behaviors to succeed
  in todays and tomorrows workplace.

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What Tools are Available?

• www.shrm.org
• Volunteer Leaders Resource Center
• Affiliate Successful Practices Center
• Webinars/Webcasts
• Toolkits
• SHRM Conference Calls and Webinars
• State Conference Calls
• Workforce Readiness Related Web Sites
• Americas Promise
• Junior Achievement

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How Can State Director Assist?

• Refer to other Chapters for best practices
• Provide contacts of organizations that provide
  workforce readiness services
• Help with workforce readiness events in your
  chapter
• Serve as a liaison to SHRM
• Please ask for best practices from 2013
  Leadership Conference if you did not receive them

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SHRM Conference Calls/Webinars

• May 7, 2014 webinar
• August 20, 2014 webinar
• November 12, 2014 webinar
• Refer to the Volunteer Leader Webcast Series on
  the VLRC for archived webcast/webinars for Core
  Leadership Areas

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State Conference Calls

• Looking for feedback on the frequency (i.e.
  monthly, quarterly, bi-monthly, every 6 months)
• Sent an e-mail in late October and only received
  2 responses
• Good for idea sharing and current chapter
  initiatives
• Great follow up to SHRM calls/webinars

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How to Reach State Director

• Kimberly A. Boeheim, PHR, MBA Director, Human
  Resources, Starline USA Inc.
• Home Chapter Buffalo Niagara Human Resource
  Association (BNHRA)
• Work e-mail kboeheim_at_starline.com
• Home e-mail kboeheim4_at_verizon.net
• Work - 716-773-0100 extension 3337
• Cell - 716-207-3361
• I would love to help in any way

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Questions?

• How can I help you?