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Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways – Lessons from Towards Employment's WorkAdvance Initiative (12/11/14)
In this webinar offered as part of the 2014 NNSP Virtual Conference, Towards Employment, a community-based nonprofit organization in Cleveland, OH, shared three innovations in programming developed through its regional, sector-specific career pathway program in manufacturing, WorkAdvance. Drawing on case studies developed through a Strategic Venture Fund grant from NNSP, Towards Employment highlighted the role it has played in (1) an industry association partnership that led to accelerated outcomes; (2) a training cohort customization that increased access to training for low-skill individuals; and (3) a partnership with a local business to create a strategy for low-wage incumbent worker up-skilling and backfill with candidates from distressed neighborhoods. Each of the efforts highlighted broadened career pathway access through deeper collaborative partnerships and created additional advancement opportunities for low-wage and low-skill participants, and each case study presented realistic, complex, and contextually rich situations that showcase specific sector partnership opportunities that the WorkAdvance team leveraged to advance programming.

Panelists:
- Rebecca Kusner, Director of Policy and Special Initiatives, Towards Employment
- Mike Hoag, Vice President of Workforce Development, WIRE-Net
- John Baker, Production Manager, Hose Master
- Tim Duffy, President, Cleveland Industrial Training Center
Webinar recording
Slides
Business-workforce agency partnership case study
Workforce intermediary partnership case study
Training partnership case study
Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways – Policy Lessons from the Alliance for Quality Career Pathways (12/11/14)
The Alliance for Quality Career Pathways, led by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), has worked with partners in ten leading career pathway states to establish a common understanding of quality career pathways and systems – a framework that explicitly incorporates elements of the sector approach and provides a basis for integration of the two models. In this webinar offered as part of the 2014 NNSP Virtual Conference, representatives of CLASP and NNSP shared the characteristic strengths of sector initiatives and career pathways, and how these strengths can be combined for the benefit of both workers and their employers. Then, leaders from two participating states – California and Oregon – shared information about policy and practice in their states that support a sector-based career pathways approach in the context of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the increasing importance of the sector and career pathways models.

Panelists:
- Judy Mortrude, Director, Alliance for Quality Career Pathways, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
- Manuela Ekowo, Research Assistant, Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
- Shalee Hodgson, Education Division Director, Community Colleges and Workforce Development, State of Oregon
- Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor of Workforce and Economic Development, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
Recording
Slides
Alliance for Quality Career Pathways framework
State of Oregon career pathways resources
Bridge programs report
Sector Initiatives and Youth – Lessons from Per Scholas and District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund (12/10/14)
Well-implemented sector initiatives have been proven through rigorous, random-assignment research to increase the earnings of their participants – including specifically for youth. Young adult participants at Per Scholas, a sector initiative providing IT skills training in the Bronx, NY, earned 45% ($6,625) more than randomly-selected controls during the second year of the two-year study. In Philadelphia, the District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund has developed a model sector initiative to introduce young people to careers in healthcare. In this webinar offered as part of the 2014 NNSP Virtual Conference, participants learned from both Per Scholas and the District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund about their youth-serving sector programs, how they work, and the outcomes they have achieved for young people.

Panelists:
- Cheryl Feldman, Executive Director, District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund
- Makeeda Holley, Director of Workforce Development, District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund
- Angie Kamath, Executive Director, Per Scholas
Recording
Slides
Tuning in to Local Labor Markets report
Sector Initiatives and Youth – Lessons from JobsFirstNYC’s Young Adult Sectoral Employment Project (YASEP) (12/9/14)
In this webinar offered as part of the 2014 NNSP Virtual Conference, participants learned about the Young Adult Sectoral Employment Project (YASEP), an initiative of JobsFirstNYC that is accelerating opportunities to successfully connect out-of-work and out-of-school young adults to the economic life of New York City. YASEP has provided resources (both financial and technical assistance) to five pilot sites to plan and implement youth-serving sector initiatives in healthcare, transportation, the food industry, IT, and employment at the Bronx Zoo. In this webinar, participants learned how the YASEP initiative builds on the five common programmatic characteristics of effective sector initiatives and what the project has learned about applying the sector approach to employment for out-of-work and out-of-school young adults.

Panelists:
- Lou Miceli, Executive Director, JobsFirstNYC
- Keri Faulhaber, Project and Operations Director, JobsFirstNYC
- Jodi M. Sturgeon, President, PHI
- Angelina Drake, Executive Coordinator, PHI
Recording
Slides
Young Adult Sectoral Employment Project report
Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Criminal Records – Lessons from Per Scholas and New Century Careers (12/5/14)
Over the last two decades, sectoral employment has emerged as a proven approach to workforce development that results in unemployed and underskilled workers earning significantly more, increasing their likelihood of consistent work, and working in jobs with higher wages and benefits. Sector initiatives have been shown to be effective with a wide range of job-seekers and workers, including people with criminal records. An impact study of sector initiatives performed by Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) showed that people with criminal records who participated in mature, well-implemented sector initiatives earned on average $5,947 more (and, in one initiative, as much as $11,522 more) than a randomly-selected control group with similar characteristics over a twenty-four month period. In this webinar offered as part of the 2014 NNSP Virtual Conference, participants heard from one of the sector initiatives studied (Per Scholas) about how they achieved these results for participants with a significant barrier to employment – their criminal record. Participants also heard about a model partnership between a manufacturing sector initiative and a jails collaborative to provide formerly incarcerated people the training and supports they need to get good jobs – and to work with employers to hire them.

Panelists:
- Plinio Ayala, President & CEO, Per Scholas
- Kelly Richardson, Vice President of Operations, Per Scholas
- Paul Anselmo, President, New Century Careers
- Amy Kent, Training Team Member, New Century Careers
- Kathy McCauley, Principal, McCauley Consulting
- Amy Kroll, Administrator of Re-entry Services, Allegheny County Jail
Recording
Slides
Tuning in to Local Labor Markets report
Dealing with "The New Scarlet Letter": What Research Tells Us about Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record (12/5/14)
In this webinar offered as part of the 2014 NNSP Virtual Conference, author and U.C. Berkeley professor of public policy Stephen Raphael shared relevant highlights from his book The New Scarlet Letter?: Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record. Key topics included what is known about impact of criminal records and incarceration on people’s employment prospects, including employers’ perceptions of former inmates, and about the effectiveness of programs to help connect these job-seekers with employment. Professor Raphael also shared observations about the implications of increasing levels of incarceration and background checks on the U.S. labor market, including disparities in employment by race and ethnicity, and policy recommendations to improve employment prospects for formerly incarcerated people and those with criminal records.

Panelists:
- Steven Raphael, Professor of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
Recording
Slides
"New Scarlet Letter" report
“Fair Chance” Practices to Support Employment of People with Criminal Records (12/4/14)
In this webinar offered as part of the 2014 NNSP Virtual Conference, participants learned about best practices for employers in the proper use of criminal records in hiring – and about why it is their best interests to adopt a “fair chance” approach to employment of people with criminal records. Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law shared highlights from their best practices guide for considering criminal records in hiring decisions – an invaluable tool for employers seeking both to comply with employment law and to expand their pool of available talent. Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area shared materials and findings from their recent Alameda County Business Leaders Summit on Reentry, which brought together employers, business leaders, and human resources professionals to discuss challenges and opportunities related to hiring people with past criminal records as a means of strengthening both businesses’ bottom lines and the local economy – and where many participating employers came to express an increased willingness to consider hiring candidates with criminal records. Finally, one such employer, Johns Hopkins Health Systems, described the changes they have implemented to increase their hiring people with criminal records, the business and civic reasons for doing so, and the positive results so far.

Panelists:
- Meredith Desautels, Staff Attorney, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Ray P. McClain, Director, Employment Discrimination Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Pamela Paulk, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Johns Hopkins Health Systems
Recording (Part 1)
Recording (Part 2)
Recording (Part 3)
Slides
Best practice standards report
Best practice standards checklist
Findings from a business leaders summit on reentry
Pamela Paulk video testimonial
65 Million "Need Not Apply" report
Sector Initiatives and Apprenticeships: Policy and Practice Lessons from WRTP/BIG STEP (12/4/14)
WRTP/BIG STEP, a nationally-recognized sector initiative in manufacturing and construction, has demonstrated effective and innovative practices for bringing together employers, labor unions, public and private education resources, workforce development agencies and key stakeholders from both the construction and manufacturing industries to develop real workforce solutions that meet the needs of both job-seekers/workers and employers in its target industries. Among its innovations as a regional workforce intermediary has been the development of a successful multi-craft apprenticeship model in manufacturing. In this webinar offered as part of the 2014 NNSP Virtual Conference, participants learned the basics of WRTP’s apprenticeship model, the best practices that make it successful, and WRTP’s policy recommendations regarding how WIOA rules can be designed to further access to registered apprenticeships for underserved groups.

Panelists:
- Mark Kessenich, President and CEO, WRTP/BIG STEP
- Rhandi Berth, Vice President, WRTP/BIG STEP
Recording
Slides
Sector Initiatives and Apprenticeships: Lessons from Partners for a Competitive Workforce (12/4/14)
Partners for a Competitive Workforce (PCW), a workforce intermediary in Cincinnati, OH, recently launched a new apprenticeship program in manufacturing in partnership with regional manufacturers, educational institutions, and workforce investment boards. In this session offered as part of the 2014 NNSP Virtual Conference, PCW shared the lessons they have learned (and documented through an NNSP Strategic Venture Fund grant) in the development, funding, and implementation of the machine operator and welding apprenticeship programs. Specifically, PCW shared the best practices and strategies they incorporated to improve recruiting, candidate quality, employer referral processes, and employer matching to maximize candidate fit and to eliminate employer poaching. An overview of the registered apprenticeship model was also included.

Panelists:
- Stephen Tucker, Senior Manager of Industry Partnerships, Partners for a Competitive Workforce
- Sherry Kelley Marshall, President, Southwest Ohio Region Workforce Investment Board
- Sam Bellamy, American Fan, Welding Employer
- Chelsee Reese, Welding Apprentice
- Jeff Hodges, Thyssenkrupp Bilstein, Machine Operator Employer
- Christopher Kinney, Thyssenkrupp Bilstein, Machine Operator Apprentice
- Dennis Beam, Butler Tech, Education Provider
- Jim Bax, Cincinnati State, Education Provider
Recording
Slides
Employer-Based Career Pathways and Sector Initiatives: Helping Workers Get In and Move Up (1/30/14)
In this free NNSP webinar, participants learned about a successful employer-based career pathways effort in Cleveland initiated by University Hospitals in partnership with Towards Employment. Topics to be addressed include why University Hospitals (UH) made a commitment to invest in advancement of its front-line workers, how Towards Employment (TE) leveraged its experience and track record of success in the healthcare sector to help UH meet that commitment, and the positive outcomes for the partnership, for the hospital, and for participating workers.

Panelists:

Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways (1/23/14)
In this free webinar co-sponsored by NNSP and the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), participants learned about sector initiatives and career pathways, two successful and complementary approaches that states and communities have adopted to help individuals attain skills and credentials, help meet employers’ workforce needs, and strengthen the economic vitality of communities. Participants learned about the characteristic strengths of each approach and how these strengths can be combined for the benefit of both workers and their employers. Participants also heard from one sector initiative, Instituto del Progreso Latino, about how it has implemented a sector-based career pathways approach to help workers get jobs and advance in healthcare and manufacturing.

Panelists:
- Vickie Choitz, Director, Alliance for Quality Career Pathways, CLASP
- Tom DuBois, Director of New Initiatives, Instituto del Progreso Latino
- Jim Torrens, Program Manager, National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP), Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Recording:
- Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways
Slideshow:
- Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways
Selected Resources:
- How to Build Bridge Programs that Fit into a Career Pathway, Instituto del Progreso Latino
- Alliance for Quality Career Pathways, CLASP
- Funding Career Pathways and Career Pathway Bridges: A Federal Funding Toolkit for States, CLASP
Building a "Career Expressway" in Healthcare by Providing Supports for Participant Success (11/5/13)
In this webinar, Capital IDEA and Austin Community College described the "career expressway" they are building, through a combination of skills training and supports to address the wide variety of barriers life can throw in the way. Topics addressed included:
- What support services are provided, why are they needed, and what has the impact been?
- How are support services funded, and how has the program adapted as funding has shifted?
- How does Capital IDEA, a community-based non-profit, partner effectively with Austin Community College, an educational institution?
Host: Jim Torrens, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP
Panelists:
- Steven Jackobs, Executive Director, Capital IDEA
- Dr. Alice Sessions, Project Director, Health Professions Academy and Professor of Biology, Austin Community College
Recording:
- Building a "Career Expressway" in Healthcare by Providing Supports for Participant Success
Slideshows:
Selected Resources:
- “Jackobs: Forging a new career path requires training and support,” Austin American-Statesman
- Helping Adult Learners Navigate Community College and the Labor Market, The Aspen Institute Workforce Strategies Initiative
- Research Brief: Return on Investment from Capital IDEA, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources
- Tuning In to Local Labor Markets: Findings from the Sectoral Employment Impact Study, Public/Private Ventures
Achieving Employment Equity: What Employers Can Do (and How Sector Initiatives Can Help) (10/24/13)
Employment disparities by race and ethnicity in the U.S. are widespread and persistent. In this webinar, attendees learned about an employer-led partnership that is making a difference for workers of color in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Butterball Farms, the nation's leading producer of embossed and specialty butter and margarine for the hotel and restaurant industry, as made a commitment to the diversity of its workforce and works with The SOURCE, an employer-driven sector initiative in manufacturing, to provide coaching and support services to support retention and advancement of its diverse employees.

Host: Jim Torrens, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP
Panelists:
- Mark Peters, CEO, Butterball Farms, Inc.
- Randy Osmun, Executive Director, The SOURCE
Recording:
- Achieving Employment Equity: What Employers Can Do (and How Sector Initiatives Can Help)
Slideshows:
- Achieving Employment Equity (NNSP)
- Achieving Employment Equity (The SOURCE and Butterball Farms)
How to Improve Job Readiness with the Hard-to-Employ (10/8/13)
In the webinar, nationally-known workforce development expert and trainer Larry Robbin shared effective strategies for improving the job readiness of those who have significant barriers to employment, limited connection to the labor force, and low motivation to go to work. Specific topics included:
- Why "job readiness" is actually a moving target
- The four key mindset shifts that move the hard-to-employ toward job-readiness
- The hidden assets of the hard-to-employ and how to engage a pro-work support team
- How to establish trust with prospective participants and get them to come to your program
- The important role of community champions, drop-in activities, and workplace, training, or apprenticeship tours
- How to organize a job readiness coalition that will provide wrap-around, comprehensive barrier removal services to those who need them most
This webinar was not recorded. To request this webinar be repeated, e-mail NNSP.
Six Ways to Measure and Improve Business Customer Satisfaction with Your Services! (8/22/13)
In this webinar, nationally-known workforce development trainer Larry Robbin shared easy-to-use and revealing ways for sector partnerships and other workforce development initiatives to measure and improve their work with businesses. Attendees learned how to evaluate what businesses think of their services in order to serve those businesses better. Specific topics included:
- Why meeting your funding source goals is no proof employers are satisfied
- Common problems with business satisfaction surveys - and how to fix them
- Easy-to-use business satisfaction measures that really mean something
- How to manage failures and "recapture" dissatisfied business customers
This webinar was not recorded. To request this webinar be repeated, e-mail NNSP.
Adressing Work-Readiness Gaps for Employers and Job-Seekers (6/12/13)
In this NNSP webinar, attendees learned about Southwest Tennessee Community College's acclaimed Industrial Readiness Training model - and how it helps get job-seekers ready for manufacturing careers while allowing employers to see them in action before they hire them. Participants heard from the program's leader about why it was developed, what makes it so successful, and how it is being replicated in other areas. Participants also heard from one of the program's employer partners about how the program has helped them solve an important problem: recruiting work-ready candidates who will "stick" on the job.

Host: Jim Torrens, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP
Panelists:
- John Churchill, SPHR, Executive Director, Workforce Development, Southwest Tennessee Community College
- Elizabeth Domas, Senior Manager, Human Resources, Electrolux
Recording:
- Addressing Work Readiness Gaps for Employers and Job-Seekers
Slideshow:
- Addressing Work Readiness Gaps for Employers and Job-Seekers
Selected Resources:
- Hard Work on Soft Skills: Creating a Culture of Work in Workforce Development, Public/Private Ventures
- Work Readiness Competency Guide and Work Readiness Competency Guide worksheets, Greenville Works (shared by Laura Bogardus, Greenville Technical College)

From Jails to Jobs: How to Help Youth and Adults with Criminal Records Get Jobs! (5/22/13)

In this webinar, nationally-known workforce development trainer Larry Robbin shared state-of-the-art practices to help people with criminal records overcome this challenging barrier to employment. Participants found out how innovative job-search tools like the incredible Turnaround Packet can win over employers to hiring ex-offenders. New ideas for what your participants can say in interviews that will help employers see beyond their history and into their future with the company were also shared. Particpants also learned how employers think about people with criminal records and why they will or will not hire them so you can position your program participants to be the employee employers want to hire.

This training included a valuable Reentry Employment Resource List that is packed with reports, web sites and more that will help the people you serve leave the legal system behind them.

This webinar was not recorded. To request this webinar be repeated, e-mail NNSP.
Matchmaker, Matchmaker: Improve Participant Assessment to Make Better Training Matches! (4/30/13)

In this webinar, nationally-known workforce development trainer Larry Robbin shared easy-to-implement yet powerful ways to improve your process for making good matches between applicants, training programs, and target occupations. Participants learned new assessment questions to ask that go beyond traditional questions to reveal hidden assets and barriers. Participants also learned about innovative ways job-seekers can determine their degree of compatibility with the career field they are considering and how to integrate the perspectives of employers, program alumni, and people working in the field to make your matches really work.

This webinar was not recorded. To request this webinar be repeated, e-mail NNSP.
How to Move from Placement to Partnership with Employers! (2/26/13)

In this webinar, nationally-known workforce development trainer Larry Robbin shared results-oriented strategies to position workforce development organizations for mutually-beneficial in-depth relationships with employers. Participants learned concrete ways to take their work with employers to the next level and get more money, more jobs, joint projects, and much more from their business customers.

This webinar was not recorded. To request this webinar be repeated, e-mail NNSP.
Achieving Employment Equity: What Sector Initiatives Can Do (1/31/13)
In this webinar, participants learned about the pervasive and persistent problem of disparities in employment and earnings by race and ethnicity. Then, leaders of sector initiatives that are addressing inequities in employment by race and ethnicity shared their innovative strategies and provided useful ideas for what you can do to promote employment equity.

Host: Jim Torrens, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP
Panelists:
- Algernon Austin, Director, Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy, Economic Policy Institute
- Saru Jayaraman, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, and Director, Food Labor Research Center, UC Berkeley Labor Center
- Hnin Hnin, National High Road Coordinator, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
- John Gardner, Director of Business Services, Worksystems, and Workforce Investment Manager, Construction Apprenticeship and Workforce Solutions (CAWS)
Recording:
- Achieving Employment Equity: What Sector Initiatives Can Do
From the National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP):
- Achieving Employment Equity: What Sector Initiatives Can Do (slideshow)
From Economic Policy Institute:
From Worksystems:
From Restaurant Opportunities Centers United:
- Surrounding the Industry: The Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (slideshow
- Behind the Kitchen Door (book release announcement)
- Behind the Kitchen Door (book release trailer)
Increase Effectiveness and Expand Impact by Changing Systems (1/29/13)
In this webinar, leaders of sector initiatives that have successfully promoted structural change in systems that affect employment in their region and industry of focus shared their strategies and how they were implemented. In addition, NNSP offered a useful framework for thinking about systems change you can pursue in your area - and how you can begin to go about it.

Host: Jim Torrens, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP
Panelists:
- Scott Sheely, Executive Director, Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board
- Jessica Goodheart, Director, Green Buildings, Good Jobs, LAANE
- Jack Mills, Director, National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP), Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Recording:
- Increase Effectiveness and Expand Impact by Changing Systems
Slideshows:
- Using a Sectoral Perspective to Drive System Change in a One-Stop Center, Scott Sheely, Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board
- RePower LA, Jessica Goodheart, LAANE
- Sector Initiatives and Systems Change, Jack Mills, National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP)
Selected Resources:
- Training for the Future: Workforce Development for a 21st Century Utility - Los Angeles' Utility Craft Pre-Trainee Program, UC Berkeley Labor Center
- Systems Change: A Survey of Program Activities, The Aspen Institute Workforce Strategies Initiative
- Changing Systems Is Like Moving a Mountain, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Sector Snapshot: A Profile of Sector Initiatives, 2010, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP)
Best Practices for Sector Initiatives: Partnering Effectively (11/28/12)
Host: Jim Torrens, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP
Panelists:
- Susan Craver , Co-Founder and Training Coordinator, Training Futures, Northern Virginia Family Services
- Bill Browning, Special Assistant to the President for Workforce Initiatives, Northern Virginia Community College
- Bill Kosanovich, Director of Community-Based Co-enrollment Programs, Northern Virginia Community College
In the webinar, the lead partners involved in Training Futures, a collaboration between a community college (Northern Virginia Community College) and a non-profit community-based organization (Northern Virginia Family Services), described their approach to partnering and how it has been successful at improving employment outcomes for low-income adults and engaging them in ongoing education. Topics included what's in it for each partner, how the partnership has developed over time, and keys to success (such as an innovative financial model for revenue-sharing).

Recording:
- Best Practices for Sector Initiatives: Partnering Effectively
Slideshows:
- Best Practices for Sector Initiatives: Partnering Effectively
Resources:
Building Basic Skills: Solutions for Sector Partners (11/14/12)
Host: Jim Torrens, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP
Panelist: Tom Dubois, Instituto del Progreso Latino

The webinar explored the approach of Instituto del Progreso Latino to contextualizing basic skills instruction and building industry-specific bridge programs to help participants access training and advance in their careers despite limited English proficiency and other barriers. Participants learned about Instituto's bridge and career pathways programs in manufacturing and healthcare, as well as the process instructors use to provide industry and occupation-specific context to English language learning.

Recording:
- Building Basic Skills: Solutions for Sector Partners
Slideshow:
- Building Basic Skills: Solutions for Sector Partners
Resources from our presenters:
- Adult Career Pathways Training and Support Center
- How to Build Bridge Programs That Fit into a Career Pathway, Instituto del Progreso Latino
- Learning in Context: Preparing Latino Workers for Careers and Continuing Education, National Council of La Raza
- Farther, Faster: Six Promising Programs Show How Career Pathways Bridges Help Basic Skills Students Earn Credentials That Matter, Center for Law and Social Policy
- General Lessons for Working with Immigrants, Instituto del Progreso Latino
- Developing Effective Bridge Programs, Adult Career Pathways Training and Support Center conference webcast (VIDEO)
Building "Strong Employer Involvement" in Sector-Focused Workforce Partnerships (10/4/12)
Host: Jim Torrens, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP
Panelists:
- Jack Mills, Insight Center for Community Economic Development/NNSP
- Janice Sneed, Southern University at Shreveport
The webinar presented a framework for building employer involvement, along with examples of sector initiatives from around the country that involve employers in innovative and exemplary ways. It shared the structures and practices used by Southern University at Shreveport's highly successful healthcare sector initiative to involve employers in development, design, delivery, and decision-making about programs.

Recording:
- Building 'Strong Employer Involvement' in Sector-Focused Workforce Partnerships
Slideshows:
- Strong Employer Involvement for Sector Initiatives, Jack Mills, Insight Center / NNSP
- Strong Employer Involvement for Sector Initiatives, Janice Sneed, Southern University at Shreveport
Resources from our presenters:
- Employer Engagement Model, Greater Cincinnati Workforce Network, from Janice Urbanik
- Employer Engagement Model, JVS (San Francisco)
- Basic Employer Recruitment, Greater Cincinnati Workforce Network, from Janice Urbanik
55 and Better: Helping Mature Workers Get Good Jobs Through an Industry Sector-Focused Approach (6/7/12)
Host: Jim Torrens, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP

Panelists:
- Barry Lott and Roger Leahy, National Council on Aging
- Stephen Bruner, Bruner Consulting and Training
- Ellen Schmeding, San Diego Aging & Independence Services
- Susie Smith and Jim Torrens, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
This webinar introduced the concept of a “mature worker sector initiative,” a new approach to helping mature workers get good jobs that is aimed at better connecting their talents with employer needs. After a brief overview, including background on the sector approach, NCOA shared results and lessons learned from a three-site pilot connecting older adults with jobs in healthcare. Then, Insight Center staff described findings from a research process involving mature job-seekers, employers, and service providers in San Diego, including recommendations for designing programs to help older workers enter in-demand occupations in healthcare.

Recording:
- 55 and Better: Helping Mature Workers Get Good Jobs Through an Industry Sector-Focused Approach
Slideshows:
- 55 and Better – About the Sector Approach, Insight Center / NNSP
- 55 and Thriving: Helping Seniors Get Good Jobs, National Counc

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