OTTAWA COUNTY WORKING TO BECOME THE FIRST ACT CERTIFIED WORK READY COMMUNITY IN OKLAHOMA www.workreadycommunities.org Paul Marquez, Workforce Center Manager,

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OTTAWA COUNTY WORKING TO BECOME THE FIRST ACT CERTIFIED WORK READY COMMUNITY IN OKLAHOMA Paul Marquez, Workforce Center Manager, Miami Workforce Center Judee Snodderly, Executive Director, Miami Area Economic Development Service Carol Farris, ACT Authorized WorkKeys Profiler, Carol Snider Farris Consulting, Inc. Debra Lyons, VP-Community & Economic Dev. ACT

2006 WorkKeys Introduced First exam After 2006 WorkKeys Conferences Profiling Tracker Marine Certified Work Ready Communities oklahomaworks.gov/work-ready-communities

To date: Ottawa County has issued 4366 Career Readiness Certificates 3041 through the Miami Workforce Center 1325 from the Northeast Technology Center in Afton (Thank you Lisa Humble) Our area Profiler has completed 9 Profiles and 6 are in Ottawa County.

2013 MAEDS joins JRPI/JRP Mark Turnbull and ACT Certified Work Ready Communities CWRC Goals Superintendent Joy Hofmeister ACT has put together a website to help Site Selectors

ACT Work Ready Communities:  Help students find and move through Career Pathways.  Keep current employees marketable.  Give job seekers proof of skills and leverage for their job search.  Help Job Developers market their area.  Provide employers with an understanding of company needs.  Can be easily identified by Site Selectors.

Our Team Paul MarquezMiami Workforce Center Judee SnodderlyMAEDS Tony CordrayNE Tech Lisa HumberNE Tech James TaylorMiami Public Schools Russell EarlsOttawa County Commissioner Kristi McClainCity of Miami Mark TurnbullJRP Amber Robertson Ceradyne a 3M company Carol FarrisWorkKeys Profiler Ryan OrcuttNEO A & M College

OTTAWA COUNTY WORKING TO JOIN ACT WORK READY COMMUNITIES Paul Marquez, Workforce Center Manager, Miami Workforce Center Judee Snodderly, Executive Director, Miami Area Economic Development Service Carol Farris, ACT Authorized WorkKeys Profiler, Carol Snider Farris Consulting, Inc. Debra Lyons, VP-Community & Economic Dev. ACT

OTTAWA COUNTY WORKING TO JOIN ACT WORK READY COMMUNITIES ACT Certified Work Ready Communities Significance to Economic Development and Regional Development

Commuting Patterns Building Regional Workforce Regional Voice Retaining Regional Workforce OTTAWA COUNTY WORKING TO JOIN ACT WORK READY COMMUNITIES

REGIONAL WORKKEYS ATTAINMENT Data Driven Specialized Testing Excellent Recruitment Tool Validated Workforce Skills & Accreditation OTTAWA COUNTY WORKING TO JOIN ACT WORK READY COMMUNITIES

REGIONAL JOB PRODUCTION & FUTURE PLAN 300+ new jobs for two firms citing work ready competitiveness of Joplin region Strong education integration at area high schools and career-tech-ed centers Goal of work ready region and work ready corridors I-44, I-49, and US-400 NCRC/CWRC success as springboard for WIOA’s career pathways and sector partnerships OTTAWA COUNTY WORKING TO JOIN ACT WORK READY COMMUNITIES

CHOOSING A REGION: Umicore: Germanium Wafers Competition – Quapaw, Oklahoma, Phoenix & Albuquerque Deciding Factor

OTTAWA COUNTY WORKING TO JOIN ACT WORK READY COMMUNITIES ACT Certified Work Ready Communities The role of a WorkKeys Job Profile

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16 …means awareness of the potential value as an indicator of workplace skills in hiring and/or promotion practices

RECOGNIZE Ottawa County Employers are Recognizing the Career Readiness Certificate in support of this county achieving it’s CWRC goals: MARS Pet CareStaff Management (SMX) DESICity of Miami J-M Farms Inc.Ceradyne Inc. a 3 M Company Tote AlongU.S. Whip Miami Chamber of CommerceBolton Heating and Air Tracker Marine GroupChas. A. Neal & Company Security Bank and Trust CompanyPeoria Tribe Integris Baptist Regional Health CenterNewell Coach Ace HardwareScepter Manufacturing LLC Miami Public SchoolsCarol Snider Farris Consulting, Inc. Northeast Technology CenterOESC – Miami Workforce Center Precision Machine & ManufacturingMiami Area Economic Development Service

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RECOMMEND …is when an employer requests the NCRC in recognition of its value as an indicator of workplace skills in hiring and/or promotion practices 19

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21 …is when an employer requires the NCRC or specific WorkKeys skills in hiring and/or promotion practices based on the results of a profile.

RECOGNIZE / REQUIRE 20% REQUIRE Ottawa County Employers are Recognizing the Career Readiness Certificate in support of this county achieving it’s CWRC goals: MARS Pet CareStaff Management (SMX) DESICity of Miami J-M Farms Inc.Ceradyne Inc. a 3 M Company Tote AlongU.S. Whip Miami Chamber of CommerceBolton Heating and Air Tracker Marine GroupChas. A. Neal & Company Security Bank and Trust CompanyPeoria Tribe Integris Baptist Regional Health CenterNewell Coach Ace HardwareScepter Manufacturing LLC Miami Public SchoolsCarol Snider Farris Consulting, Inc. Northeast Technology CenterOESC – Miami Workforce Center Precision Machine & ManufacturingMiami Area Economic Development Service

OTTAWA COUNTY WORKING TO JOIN ACT WORK READY COMMUNITIES Paul Marquez, Workforce Center Manager, Miami Workforce Center Judee Snodderly, Executive Director, Miami Area Economic Development Service Carol Farris, ACT Authorized WorkKeys Profiler, Carol Snider Farris Consulting, Inc. Debra Lyons, VP-Community & Economic Dev. ACT

OTTAWA COUNTY WORKING TO BECOME THE FIRST ACT CERTIFIED WORK READY COMMUNITY IN OKLAHOMA Paul Marquez Judee Snodderly Carol Farris Debra Lyons