Skills Gap SummitApril 12, 2017

Recap

• Defined the skills gap in the community

• Developed Recommendations - Dynamic

Education & Training Framework

• Implementation Plan

• Create Change

Interviews Surveys Focus Groups Report

Jobs

Health Care = 1404Manufacturing = 230Trades = 251

FUTURE HIRING?Health Care = 95%Manufacturing =- 92%Trades = 98%

NEW JOBS

1,885

Difficulty Hiring? Health Care 69% Manufacturing 62% Trades 94%

Soft Skills

Top Skills4.57 4.39 4.38 4.29 4.28 4.20 4.15 4.07 4.03 4.02 3.86 3.83 3.69 3.61 3.60 3.58

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Soft Skills/Traits

Soft Skills Needed By CompaniesAll Industries

Q31

Recruitment/Retention

Lack of experience/applicants

Lack of technical skills

Low participation in skills programs

Negative image of Trades & Mfg.

College vs Industrial

Internships/Apprenticeships

Salary expectations

Internal training

Recruitment

Retention Aging workforce

Competitive salaries

Leave for higher salary

Need for continuous training

Initiatives

Expansion of IRSC Industrial & Technical Center

Financial Assistance for corporate involvement

Communication & Expanded Partnerships

Business needs to actively communicate workforce skills with education and discuss strategies for incorporating the new information into an Academic (credit) and

Workforce (non-credit) framework.

Shared Curriculum

Internships and Apprenticeships

Externships

Scholarships

Recommendations

Skills Development Methods

Boot Camps to increase job readiness

The building of the Dynamic Education & Training Framework and the Middle Ground, offers opportunities to identify learning strategies that can

accelerate the inclusion of new skills training to augment the student learning.

Expand Reality Education and MentoringCompany-Sponsored Student OrganizationsMeet-ups to increase informal industry

learningExpand access to national certifications SME in the Classroom

Recommendations

Marketing

1. SLEDC & companies are undertaking focused marketing campaigns to recruit staff from outside the region.

2. Trades and Manufacturing have negative image and impact ability to recruit workers.

Market efforts to define Skills Gap

Market Career Pathways to industries

Recommendations

Market region

The Process

• Goals

– To prioritize the recommendations

– To structure the implementation framework

– To prepare implementation plan

• Break into 3 groups

– Manufacturing

– Trade

– Health Care

The Process

• Three rounds of discussions – 40 minutes each

– Breakout #1 – Communication & Expanded Partnerships

– Breakout #2 – Skills Development Methods & User Experiences

– Breakout #3- Marketing

Complete this form for each set of recommendations.

Ongoing6 mos. to

1 year

1 to 2

years

Identify the leadership team

Industry HR/Trainers/recruitors,

Educators, Industry Association

Orgainizations - Manufacturers

Association,

x EDC

Identify companies with internal curriculum that can be

shared in part or whole and can be delivered in the

classroom as a tool to increase skills at graduation.

Industry HR/Trainers/recruitors,

Educators, Industry Association

Orgainizations - Manufacturers

Association,

x Sub committee & EDC

Identify the K-12 and Post Secondary programs that can

benefit from the added material and deteremine if delivered

by educators or SME's form the industry

Industry HR/Trainers/recruitors,

Educators, Industry Association

Orgainizations - Manufacturers

Association,

x Sub committee and EDC

Define schedule for implementation including deciding on a

pilot project to develop implementation strategy.

Industry HR/Trainers/recruitors,

Educators, Industry Association

Orgainizations - Manufacturers

Association,

x Sub committee & EDC

Define process for continuous updates and revisions to

content and process

Industry HR/Trainers/recruitors,

Educators, Industry Association

Orgainizations - Manufacturers

Association,

x Sub committee & EDC

Recommendation - Support the identification of shared curriculum

IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX-COMMUNICATION & EXPANDED PARTNERSHIPS

RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

TIMEFRAME

RESOURCES/PROVIDERS

The Process

• Readout session – Each industry will share two critical recommendations that will create momentum

• Twitter comment- 147 characters to say why community should get involved

Communication & Expanded Partnerships

Business needs to actively communicate workforce skills with education and discuss strategies for incorporating the new information into an Academic (credit) and

Workforce (non-credit) framework.

Shared Curriculum

Internships and Apprenticeships

Externships

Scholarships

Recommendations

Action StepsResponsible PartyTimeframeResources

Skills Development Methods

The building of the Dynamic Education & Training Framework and the Middle Ground, offers opportunities to identify learning strategies that can

accelerate the inclusion of new skills training to augment the student learning.

Expand Reality Education and Mentoring

Company-Sponsored Student Organizations

Meet-ups to increase informal industry learning

Expand access to national certifications

SME in the Classroom

Recommendations

Action StepsResponsible PartyTimeframeResources

Marketing

1. SLEDC & companies are undertaking focused marketing campaigns to recruit staff from outside the region.

2. Trades and Manufacturing have negative image and impact ability to recruit workers.

Market efforts to define Skills Gap

Market Career Pathways to industries

Recommendations

St. Lucie EDC

The St. Lucie EDC workforce committee will lead discussions with partners on the following recommendations:

Lead agency capacity building

Create written participation agreements

Expansion of IRSC Industrial & Technical Center

Market region

Boot Camps to increase Job readiness

Support smaller companies

Financial Assistance for corporate involvement

Recommendations

Read Out SessionTask - Each group provides a summary of the Implementation Strategy for two high priority/high impact recommendations for each category.

• Communication• Skills• Marketing

Next Steps

Mary Jane Stanley, CEcDStanley Advisory & Associatesmaryjanestanley@earthlink.net(813)205-2674Economic Development

Patricia K Gehant, CCIOGehant & Associatespatriciagehant@gmail.com(727)-742-5144Workforce & Talent Development