NewsWIB July 2018

Summer Repairs forOMJ Center Parking Structure

Procurement f or the repair of the OMJ Center parking structure was f inalized inmid-July and work began in late July. Repairs of both the top lot and the lowerlev el parking area are underway and expected to be complete inSeptember. The SWORWIB giv es thanks f or the partner employ ees at theOMJ Center f or handling the parking restrictions and adjusting schedules toav oid more cars than can be accommodated on the property lot and throughparking agreements with the Riv er of Lif e Church, FOP and PetWantsCincinnati. Due to the ongoing sizable attendance at the SWORWIB QuarterlyBoard meetings, the August 9, 2018, 8:00 a.m. Quarterly Board Meeting isbeing hosted by and at the Reading Library 8740 Reading Road, Reading.Ohio. There is a parking lot on property and street parking on both SouthernAv enue and Koehler Av enue across f rom the building and lot. See y ou inReading on August 8th.

Department of Labor Stats

Employer SpotlightGreen Building Consulting was ref erred to OMJ by the SWORWIB. The companyneeded assistance in recruiting two project managers. During discussion about thetalent needs, the employ er shared that generally when they are hiring a projectmanager, they are only achiev ing 60% of the skillset required and need to betrained f or the other 40% of essential skills. The OMJ team explained that in thiskind of a situation, On-the-Job (OJT) training support can be v ery usef ul as partof the recruitment ef f ort. Since the employ ees would receiv e industry recognized

certif ications and learn skills that would be usef ul in this job and their next if theyhad to f ind another position, the OMJ center inv ested $10,000 in training f undsf or two new employ ees.

Barb Yankie, Founder of Green Building Consulting, expressed her f rustration withrecruitment because of the imbalance of essential skills while also recognizinghow the On-the-Job training support could dramatically improv e skill-building mostrelev ant f or the f irm’s needs. She explained, “It can be extremely dif f icult to f indpeople that hav e the training and certif ications we require. We inv est a lot of

money into training bef ore they are f ully prepared f or the position. The OJT program allowed us to hirethe candidates with strong potential but with a lack of skills in certain areas. The OMJ staf f made theprocess easy and answered questions quickly ”.

Focus on Youth

Spotlight on In-School YouthJCG Graduate

Accepted into Beauty College &Mentoring Opportunity at a local Spa

At the SWORWIB May Quarterly Board meeting, Jada Carter,Jobs f or Cincinnati Graduates’ City wide President shared herpath to high school completion and interest in one day owningher own salon. New SWORWIB Board member, ShanelGentry, owner/operator of Primo Serv ices Spa, at the Boardmeeting of f ered Jada the opportunity to come to work f orPrimo Serv ices af ter her graduation on May 29.

Primo Serv ices Spa owner and president commented, “Meeting Jada at the May SWORWIB meeting isa blessing and gif t to both of us. I am excited to be helping her learn about and pursue her passion whileshe is doing great work at the Primo Serv ices Spa in College Hill. It is great that she will be able to starther f ormal certif ication training while also learning lif e and work skills to adv ance her interest in salonserv ices and ev entually salon ownership.”

CYC Names 2018 Outstanding StudentScholarship Receipients

On June 4th, Jada Carter and Bry an Madrid-Cortez, our twof eatured Jobs f or Cincinnati Graduates Seniors who presented atthe May Quarterly Board Meeting, were among the f our students ofthe Cincinnati Youth Collaborativ e named as 2018 OutstandingStudent Scholarship Recipients. President Marshall v isited Jada toget an update on her summer work experience. During theirdiscussion, Jada receiv ed a telephone call conf irming herenrollment with Moeller Beauty College with classes starting July30th. Jada was understandably excited as she explained her f irstpursuit f or an esthetician credential.

Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates (JCG’s)Summer Work Experience Opportunity (SWEO) Post-Event

Cincinnati Youth Collaborativ e’s JCG program celebration and dinner f or y outh who participated in theSummer Work Experience Opportunity (SWEO), their guests, representativ es f rom their work sites andcommunity partners.

Councilwoman Tamay a Dennard spoke to the y outh encouraging them to f ollow their passion, to be trueto themselv es and to ov ercome challenges. Sen. Sherrod Brown, through a taped message, spokeabout the summer opportunity and congratulated the y outh on spending their summer thinking abouttheir careers and getting their f oot in the door. He recognized Carnajah Collins, Western HillsUniv ersity , who worked her internship at Senator Brown’s Cincinnati of f ice.

The 8-week Summer Work Experience Opportunity introduced participants to the actual workplaceenv ironment, responsibilities and prov ided a learning opportunity f or how to be successf ul in theirchosen career. This opportunity serv ed to conf irm, redef ine or change the y outh’s expectations,interests or direction. Malik Bates f rom Woodward Career Technical High School said he learned to beopen-minded; “I thought I knew ev ery thing in high school. But when I got into a real lif e opportunity inthe f ield I want to go into, I realized I didn’t know any thing!” This experience exposed the y outh to real-world env ironments and positioned the y outh to make better career choices. The primary intent of thework experience is to help the y outh understand proper workplace behav ior and what is takes to obtainand retain employ ment. At the end of the program, sev eral y outh were of f ered employ ment at theirinternship sites.

This y ear 40 y outh participated in SWEO at sites in their career f ield of interest. Additionally, six y outhparticipated in construction training program through a partnership with Allied ConstructionIndustries. Four y outh earned NCCER, OSHA 10 and Bobcat certif ications and are now busy apply ingonline f or entry -lev el construction positions. One y outh is preparing to enter the IBEW Apprenticeship inAugust.

The f ollowing partners welcomed the summer experience y outh: Art Bey ond Boundaries, Aiken NewTech. High School, Be the Match – National Marrow Donor Program, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital: MainCampus – Occupation and Phy sical Therapy and Reach Out and Read Program; Liberty Campus –Proton Therapy Center, CILO (Center f or Independent Liv ing Options), Cincinnati Cooks, Cincinnati FireDept., Cincinnati Police Dept., Cincinnati Health Dept. Cincy Smiles, Dawson Heating & Cooling, DrakePlanetarium, Elementz, G.C.M.I. (Greater Cincinnati Microenterprise Initiativ e), Health Care AccessNow, Hearing Speech & Deaf Center of Greater Cincinnati, Hoxworth Blood Center, Karla LouiseDesigns, Primo Spa Serv ices, Rockdale Academy, Sabercomm, Sen. Sherrod Brown’s Of f ice, WA Inc.Architects, and Western Hills Univ ersity High School.

CYC-JCG thanks the f unders of this opportunity : SWORWIB, Hamilton County Jobs and FamilyServ ices and a grant f rom Citi Bank Foundation that allowed JCG to serv e additional y outh this y ear.

Mark Romito, ATT, Director of External Af f airs presented a $30,000 check to Jobs f or CincinnatiGraduates to support and recognize the outstanding work and outcomes achiev ed by JCG. ATT andJobs f or America’s Graduates hav e had a long-standing partnership both locally and nationally .

View the v ideo of Senator Sherrod Brown presented at the Cincinnati Youth Collaborativ e reception:https://www.brown.senate.gov /download/cincinnati-y outh-collaborativ e

Spotlight on Out-of-School YouthServed by Santa Maria

Cherokee enrolled in the Comprehensiv e Case Management and Employ ment Program(CCMEP) at Santa Maria with the intent of obtaining her State Tested Nurse Aide (STNA).Cherokee completed the STNA training at Great Oaks Health Prof essions Academy andreceiv ed her certif ication. Cherokee became employ ed at Seasons in Kenwood once shereceiv ed her certif ication making $12.00/hour. She likes the assisted liv ing atmosphere andlikes that there are many dif f erent env ironments that she can work in with her STNAlicense. Cherokee will be participating in the Wage Pathway Program this upcoming y ear.

The CCMEP program took a f ield trip to the zoo last monthwith many students that are currently in High SchoolEquiv alency (HSE) tutoring or hav e already obtained theirHSE. The students were giv en a presentation by the CloseEncounters Zoo Careers Program where they learned aboutthe many dif f erent career options within the zoo. Zoo staf fshared their stories of their own careers, and emphasizedthat f inding out what y ou don’t like in a job is just asimportant as f inding out what y ou do like. The zoo staf falso highlighted sof t skills that y outh would need in order to excel within jobs at the zoo! Students wereable to enjoy lunch af ter the presentation and had the opportunity to explore and meet many dif f erentanimals.

Spotlight on Out-of-School YouthServed by ResCare

Cortez Baker entered the ResCare Youth program with a host of barriers. Cortez wasinv olv ed with the legal sy stem, had y et to obtain his high school diploma and lackedany real work experience. Cortez knew he had to turn his lif e around and ResCarehelped him.

Cortez f irst went through the Project CEO orientation and was one of the mostinquisitiv e participants and alway s asking questions to help prepare himself to be anef f ectiv e employ ee. He then began working in a subsidized employ ment program atthe Super Laundry, where the site manager, Mr. Curtis Fairbanks, f ound him to be av ery solid worker. While there, Cortez decided he wanted to address perhaps hisbiggest barrier, obtaining his high school diploma. Af ter looking at all his options,

Cortez chose to enter Job Corps. Less than a y ear later, Cortez had not only obtained his diploma, hehad gained multiple trade certif ications in logistics and material handling. Since then, Cortez has takenhis newf ound skills and credentials into employ ment with Graeter's. He works 3rd shif t at theirdistribution plant earning $10.00 an hour with expectations of increasing his income through hard workand dedication.

Career Exploration for HEMI Youth“Could y ou come and tell people in my school about this OhioMeansJobs?” asked one enthusiastic highschool student at the HEMI Education & Career Summit. He was excited to share that theOhioMeansJobs site and OMJ staf f could not only help people f ind jobs but could possibly prov ide toolsto explore careers and f uture training f unds.

Af ter letting the student know that Ohio Department of Education staf f could v isit his school, OMJCincinnati-Hamilton County Business Serv ice staf f members Kathleen Busemey er and RosemaryPeterson continued to connect with students attending the 2018 HEMI “Unlock Your Potential” ev ent.HEMI (the Higher Education Mentoring Initiativ e) mentors and their mentees (y outh ages 14 and up inthe HCJFS f oster care sy stem) v isited booths sponsored by educational and workf orce partners. Moststudents attended with their HEMI mentors who commit to work with them a minimum of two hours perweek and are also av ailable f or additional texts, email or phone conv ersations. The mentors also guidetheir y outh mentees through the post-secondary school application process, including apply ing f orf inancial aid.

HEMI was started in 2009 by Hamilton County Job and Family Serv ices (HCJFS) Director, Moira Weir.Ov er her y ears as a line worker herself , she realized that f or many y oung people in f oster care, highereducation was not considered a v iable option. She also realized that if these students were to mov ef orward in their challenging y oung liv es they would need additional education and help along the way .Impressiv ely enough, Hamilton County f oster y outh are def y ing national odds in attending andgraduating f rom post-secondary institutions across the country .

HEMI is a partnership between Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners, Hamilton CountyDepartment of Job and Family Services, the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati State Technical andCommunity College, Great Oaks Career Campuses, Mount St. Joseph University and OhioMeansJobs.

Spotlight on Partner SuccessesCINCINNATI JOB CORPS GRADUATEJOINS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

Isabell Achgill was a model Job Corps student. She enrolled intothe Cincinnati Center in December, 2017. Because she wasinterested in the welding program, Isabell enrolled and completedthe program by May .

Upon completion, she decided to pursue a career in the military.Isabell studied f or the ASVAB (Armed Serv ices VocationalAptitude Battery.) This test is used to determine qualif ication f orenlistment in the United States Armed Forces. The minimumpassing score is 36; howev er, Isabell scored 70.

Isabell was sworn into the United States Air Force on July 2,2018. She chose the Air Force because she is v ery interested in av iation. Af ter completing the JobCorps program, Isabell returned home and is awaiting the call f or her basic training report date. She willbe stationed in San Antonio, Texas.

Isabell’s adv ice to current Job Corps students is, “Stop f ocusing on the negativ e because it’s a wasteof time…be positiv e and work hard.” The center staf f is v ery proud of Isabell and we expect that shewill do great things. Job Corps works!

Dohn Mentorship Program DevelopsScholarship and Employment

A f ew months ago, Techtricians was inv ited to the Cincinnati, OhioDohn Community High School 2018, 22+ Graduation brunchprogram and Career Prep Rally. During the ceremony, Dohn Schoolrecognized Techtricians’ f irst Mentorship scholarship recipient andthen announced LeVar Wilson as the second recipient of thescholarship. Since then, Le Var has completed the Fiber OpticAssociation (FOA) Certif ied Fiber Optic Technician course andsuccessf ully passed the certif ication test. Training took place atAllied Wiring headquarters (a partner in the mentorship program)alongside Allied Wiring employ ees. The mentorship program willsoon select a third person f or the scholarship program. In order f orthe Dohn School-Allied Wiring-Techtricians mentorship program to

expand, more employ ers need to join – and as this story is being released, two additional employ ersstepped up to participate in the mentor-ship program. Our Mentor-ship program is an importantemploy ment link f or skill training by our high school 22+ graduates.

Dohn Community High School is a tuition free public charter school whose goal is to provide a highschool program in a safe, disciplined and caring environment. They have implemented the Ohio 22+Program. The program supports individuals over the age of 22 to achieve their goal of obtaining a highschool diploma along with courses that will help develop a career pathway.

Allied IT Wiring offers free estimates and competitive quotes. Their technicians are certified by FOA(Fiber Optic Association)

Techtricians is an international training organization that delivers fiber optic certifications designed byThe Fiber Optic Association (FOA) and other electrical training.

In the News"Find Your Pathway" Video of the America's

Graduate: Getting to Work GrantThe "Find Your Pathway " v ideo is now av ailable on Facebook athttps://www.f acebook.com/CETconnect/v ideos/10160584199965246/.The key idea behind social media is to share inf ormation and this v ideois designed to inf orm y oung people about the importance of a highschool diploma as a stepping stone to f urther education and training and getting to work.

Ohio Libraries Partner with Lynda.comfor Online Training

Library cardholders will now be able to access a library of high-quality ,current, and engaging v ideo tutorials taught by recognized industry experts.For more inf ormation click here.

Jane Oates, f ormer assistant secretary in the Department of Labor and f ormer staf f leader in theof f ice of Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, United States Senator f rom Massachusetts, was recentlynamed President of WorkingNation. WorkingNation is a story -telling organization that seeks to galv anizethe public will and mobilize critical resources to mitigate the growing employ ability gap in America.

Adv ancements in technology, globalization, and longev ity are prof oundly changing the way our societyoperates, leading both to enormous progress and to a disruption of the v ery nature of employ ment.Through original content and partnerships with a coalition of engaged stakeholders - includingcorporations, nonprof it organizations, thought leaders, philanthropists, policy makers and localgov ernments - WorkingNation draws attention to the grav ity of the current technological, economic anddemographic challenges being f aced globally and highlights the promise of solutions that will help createa world-ready U.S. workf orce.

WorkingNation is producing high-quality, non-f iction short- and long-f orm f ilm programing and marketingcontent that make v iv id the underly ing causes of the growing employ ability gap. Working withacclaimed directors and producers, WorkingNation is highlighting the dramatic impact of these globalf orces on real people, as well as the organizations and leaders that are leading the charge towards thenew economic reality. WorkingNation seeks to create a mov ement to help America build, restore andshape sustainable pathway s to prosperity and the Middle Class so that, as a nation, we are all ready f orthe inev itable challenges and opportunities of the f uture.

The Working Nation cinematography team v isited Cincinnati ov er the weekend of July 20th obtaininginterv iews f rom business leaders, Inroad interns and others, such as SWORWIB President & CEOSherry Kelley Marshall. Working Nation President Jane Oaks, requested Marshall's participation f or aresearch v ideo f eaturing Inroad interns and companies inv esting in internships to help address thegrowing challenges of appropriate talent ready f or the next decade in the workplace. Marshall wasinterv iewed on Monday af ternoon about the workf orce challenges in our broad regional market andshared her experience as a mentor f or an Inroads intern during her role as the Workf orce SolutionsDepartment Director of the CincinnatiUSA Regional Chamber at the outset of the 21st century in2001. The v ideo story f rom Cincinnati will be released in upcoming months and posted atwww.sworwib.org.

Cincinnati's loss is New York's GainDuring v acation in the Northeast in early July, President Marshall touredNiagara Falls, New York while v isiting with Stephen Tucker and his wif e, Alisa,a dedicated educator in her own right. Marshall f ormerly partnered with Tuckerduring his roles at both the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati and Partnersf or A Competitiv e Workf orce (Manuf acturing and Construction pathway s). Ay ear ago, Tucker mov ed to Buf f alo to assume the inaugural role as President& CEO of the Northland Workf orce Training Center. Tucker is now responsiblef or the management, ov ersight and day to day operations of a soon-to-becompleted 90,000 square-f oot f acility f ocused on training and preparingWestern New Yorkers f or careers in adv anced manuf acturing and cleanenergy . Cincinnati’s loss is New York’s gain.

PodcastsEvaluating Training Providers

In this episode, Sherry Kelley Marshall discusses how and whythe SWORWIB has been ev aluating its eligible trainingprov iders since 2008, the policies they hav e in place abouteligible training prov iders, as well as the board committee thatov ersees Indiv idual Training Accounts and Eligible TrainingProv iders. Discov er what the WIOA requirements regardingev aluation will mean f or the SWORWIB’s historical self -ev aluation. Podcast Link:

http://traf f ic.libsy n.com/realworkf orceinnov ation/PMIE05.mp3

Short TakesOMJ August 2018

Hiring Events

The OhioMeansJobsCenter of Cincinnati-

Hamilton County has posted the August 2018Hiring Ev ents Calendar. To v iew the ev entsclick here.

OMJ August 2018WorkshopCalendar

The OhioMeansJobsCenter of Cincinnati-

Hamilton County has posted the July 2018Workshops Calendar. To v iew thecalendar click here.

Upcoming Events

The SWORWIB andOhioMeansJobs Center

Presents

Medical Marijuana& Your Drug Free Workplace Program

an Informational Seminar on

Friday, August 17th9 AM - 10:30 AM

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1916 Central ParkwayCincinnati, OH 45214

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Reverse Hiring FairAugust 17, 2018

So, what is a rev erse hiring f air? It is where y ou asthe job seeker set-up y our display table toshowcase y our skills to the companies that walkaround and engage with y ou and get a copy of y ourresume.

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Wednesday August 29, 20189 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

1916 Central ParkwayCincinnati, OH 45214

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Host a MFG Day EventJoin thousands of manuf acturers as theyopen their doors to show the public modernmanuf acturing in action and inspire thenext generation of skilled workers.

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Donations AppreciatedThe SWORWIB is a 501c3 non-prof it organization. Would y ou or y ourorganization like to support the continued success of the workf orceboard? To make a donation (tax deductible) to the SWORWIB insupport of Cincinnati-Hamilton County workf orce initiativ es, emailSherry Kelley Marshall at smarshall@sworwib.org.

Contact: Sherry Kelley MarshallPresident & CEOsmarshall@sworwib.org

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