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Preparing Houston to Skill Up
Carolyn Watson, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Houston’s Workforce Gaps
Awareness of middle skills opportunities
Lack of basic skills & employability issues
Poor coordination among resources
Lack of reliable data on supply and demand
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D For a copy of the Task Force plan: http://www.houston.org/upskillhouston/
National Promising Practices
http://gobuildalabama.com/
Go Build Alabama Recipient of the 2014 Construction Users
Roundtable (CURT) Award of Excellence
Results to date: The Alabama Department of Education
reported a 51% increase in first-year Career and Technical education (CTE) class enrollments in the 2013-14 school year.
Out of that group, 33% of CTE students said Go Build played a direct role in their decision to enter the skilled trades.
According to a recent survey, 70% of community college instructors feel their students entered the program because of a GoBuild marketing campaign.
Houston’s Business Community Responds
GOALS Raise awareness about middle skill opportunities Increase access to relevant education and training
Improve coordination among stakeholders
https://www.houston.org/upskillhouston/
FUEL
HOUSTON
BUILD
HOUSTON SHIP
HOUSTON
HEAL
HOUSTON
POWER
HOUSTON
ENERGIZE
HOUSTON
CREATE
HOUSTON
Houston’s Business Community Responds
Sector Councils Petrochemical
• Chaired by ExxonMobil and Shell
Commercial and Industrial Construction • Chairs
– Laura Bellows, President and Chairman of the Board at W.S. Bellows Construction
– Steve Mechler, Division President, Houston, Balfour Beatty Construction
Awareness Committee Chairs
• Susan McEldoon, President ,General Manager, KHOU – TV
• David Loving, SVP, General Manager, Houston Univision
https://www.houston.org/upskillhouston/
JPMorgan Chase’s Commitment
Features Five year timeline $250 million global initiative
Results to date: Contributed $50 million to nonprofits in
more than 130 cities, counties, regions and countries across the globe
Thousands of job seekers have completed training programs and now are working in good jobs, earning significantly better pay than they were making before.
www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Corporate-Responsibility/new-skills-at-work
Houston’s Skills Gap Report
Houston’s Skills Gap Report
Solution: Sector Councils Energize Houston Petrochemical Sector Council
Led by ExxonMobil and Shell, with partners such as: • EHCMA • Economic Alliance • Baytown/West Chambers County Economic Development Foundation • San Jacinto College • Lee College • Workforce Solutions, and others
Community College Petrochemical Initiative (“CCPI”) • Launched by ExxonMobil, led by Lee College • Covers all 9 community colleges in the region • An average of 7,000 viewers/month on website for a total 84,000 visitors
– 11,500 click-throughs to date
• 14% increase in enrollment in petrochemical courses over past 2 years – 18% increase in pipefitting – 17% increase in welding – 15% increase in process techs
EnergizeHouston: www.energizehouston.org
ENERGIZE
HOUSTON
Solution: Fast Track Training
• Accelerate Lone Star
Featured programs of study Electrician HVAC Technician Welding Automotive Technician
Results 83% received certificates 76% found jobs and/or continued
education Accelerate is also offered at Brazosport,
College of the Mainland, Galveston, Houston Community College, Lee College.
• Other Fast Track approaches are available at community colleges across the region.
http://www.lonestar.edu/acceleratelonestar.htm
Solution: Target Marketing
San Jacinto College Features
• Parent engagement • Financial presentations • Multiple touch points with
counselor once enrolled • Employer presentations by
young and/or female employees
Results • 163 students recruited to
middle skills programs • 131 persisted to this spring
semester.
http://www.sanjac.edu/
Solution: Intensive Career Awareness
Middle Skills Summer Institutes Features
• Academic, technical & soft skills • Career exploration • College campus based • Hands-on • Parent engagement
Results • Attending two institutes places a
student with a 2.0 GPA on the same college enrollment trajectory as at student with a 4.0 GPA.
• Increases in students' perceived ability to complete projects with precision and accuracy
• Increases in students’ in drive to embrace and engage in challenging work
http://www.projectgradhouston.org/
Get Involved
Join the Build Houston Construction Sector Council Led by Laura Bellows and Steve Mechler
• Key support from S&B Engineers and Constructors, Jacobs, and Marek Brothers Systems.
• Other partners and leaders include: Associated Builders and Contractors, Associated General Contractors, Construction Career Collaborative
Near term priorities • Development of key construction career profiles for the
high demand occupations • Creation of an awareness platform
Contact:
• Peter Beard, SVP, Regional Workforce Development, GHP, [email protected]
BUILD HOUSTON
Construction Citizen: http://constructioncitizen.com/crafts
Get Involved
Develop partnership(s) with community college(s)
Learn about fast track programs for recruiting
Offer internships, tours, interviews
Provide scholarship support
Get Involved
Volunteer for Project GRAD’s 2015 Summer Middle Skills Institute Industry partners needed for tours, mock career
fairs, soft skills training and as instructors
Contact:
• Ann B. Stiles, Executive Director, [email protected]
Volunteer for San Jacinto’s Great Jobs program Industry partners needed for tours, interviews,
internships
Contact:
• Ludith Gonzalez, Project Coordinator
For a copy of the report: http://www.houston.org/upskillhouston/
Carolyn Watson, VP Corporate Responsibility [email protected]
