Fashion Begins in Our Color Labs PERFECTING THE ART OF COLOR FORMULATION

“Got Skills? Get good paying jobs” To be honest with you, my daughter told me it sounded “commercially and cheesy… A solution to reduce unemployment in America is to get work skills. In our consumer oriented society we are too used to the idea that working in fast food is a way to get a job quick. Can you survive on this? Long gone are the days when a high school diploma was enough to get a good paying job…. But don’t despair, help is on the way.

Personnel-recruiting mode… Need professional and technical personnel Chemists and Engineers Develop, test and analyze our products Qualified personnel to make the colors at the factory floor Not everyone needs to have a professional degree NOT the right work skills on the factory floor = costly to bottom line

The Quest begins! Lacking recruitment tools and its consequences Lost production pressure Lost sales Dissatisfied customers

NYC Hiring Field = Many Candidates Mostly from service industries Fast foods LOW PAY – NO BENEFITS Retail Stores LOW PAY – NO BENEFITS Security guards LOW PAY – NO BENEFITS

Our Industry: Requirements: Benefits: Basic Work Skills Full Time Materials Handling Good Pay Forklift Driving Full Benefit Package! Weighing Packing

Hired inexperienced workers from On-line applications Shelters Couldn’t find skilled workers fast enough and slowly trained them ourselves. Hired inexperienced workers from On-line applications Shelters Employment agencies

Here comes the cavalry… Local service provider organizations Recruitment of Candidates Recruitment of Employers Selection and training on basic skills >> employer-based

Similar Needs Nation-Wide Ohio, Minneapolis, Kentucky, Florida, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Maine…. Metal forming, Healthcare, Fan Fabricators, Tool-forming, Machine parts, Graphics, Boat Building, Precision Optics, System Integration, Electrical Installers…….   Business Leaders United, Washington DC Not a waste of time Lots to learn from business peers Same troubles finding skilled employees

Business sizes from 5 employees to 3,000 Many job openings >>>>>>>>>> Higher Paying Jobs! Manufacturing Production Construction IT   All require Employer-Oriented Work Skills

Employers formed New Work-Programs with help of Veteran Organizations – Community Colleges – Trade Schools – Sheriff Departments   Employers and trainers create curriculum Training classes tailored to employer needs Hands-on practice at employer location Test and practice hours accumulated Full time contract Another Win!

Work-Skills in Industry Not a Simple Issue Nation-Wide Movement

Government Sponsored Work-Skills Programs from 2014   Started with 500 million dollars Current employer-developed programs in place all over the US More to be done, get involved!

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