Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference | June 2019 Building Data & Awareness Tools Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference | June 2019

Your Presenter Chris Engle, Principal Avalanche Consulting Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Agenda 01 About Avalanche & Partnership Strategy 02 Building the Data and Tools 03 ThreeRiversWorks.com 04 Q&A Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

About Us and Partnership Findings 01 About Us and Partnership Findings

About Us National economic development strategist Serving 150+ communities since 2005 Headquartered in Austin, Texas 85+ years of combined experience Services: Economic development strategies Workforce strategies and analysis Custom research Marketing and branding plans Organizational assessments HeadlightTM data portals Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

We are strategists for the nation’s top performing economies. Received feedback from partners across the region and through the manufacturers survey Also leverage research on trends in the region’s workforce and manufacturing sector Combined with our knowledge of national trends and experience working not only in Troup County but for communities across the US. Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Sector Partnership Strategy RE-ENGAGE DEVELOP ATTRACT RETAIN TALENT PIPELINE Critical Need: Ensure K-12 students, college student, and existing workers understand what jobs are available in our region, choose high-demand education, and remain here. Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Talent Portals are an growing part of talent development strategies Talent Portals are an growing part of talent development strategies. But, most are ATTRACTION focused. Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

And, their Career Information is VERY LIMITED. Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Or, they’ve invested significant $ in building a job board where companies post jobs and people post resumes. Greater St. Cloud JobSpot is an online talent portal that contains job postings available in the three-county St. Cloud, Minnesota region. The website also contains information such as resume and networking resources for job seekers as well as internship, higher education, and recruiting and retention resources for employers. Greater St. Cloud is home to seven higher education institutions with more than 30,000 students, but the region was having difficulty retaining students after graduation and students weren’t aware of job opportunities available in the region. Their role is to facilitate collaboration between business, education, and workforce around regional talent issues. Every local college and university in the region also participated in the development of the job portal.   To facilitate talent retention, the region hosts an annual Talent Summit. This one-day event allows job seekers to connect with local employers. The 2016 Talent Summit includes employer breakout sessions and a Career Fair of over 50 employers as well as alumni social events from local colleges and universities. Since its launch in May 2014, more than 900 job seekers and 260 employers have registered on JobSpot. More than 600 job openings are currently posted. Approximately 250 job seekers, 200 employers, and 50 education partners attended the 2016 Talent Summit. Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Our newest favorite is Upstate SC. Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

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Our Vision: The Talent Portal Live/Learn/Earn information to recruit but mostly retain talent Extensive local data on workforce and industries Jobs, internships and apprenticeship listings (not a job board) Career planning tool to help students pick careers that fit them and their home county. Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Career Planning Tool Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Regional Data Center Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Building the Data and Tools 02 Building the Data and Tools

Where to Start? State and Workforce Region forecasts ONET Center Data Vendors Free Software Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Where to Start? Drawbacks (Solutions) No county data for jobs or wages (get from vendors) Too much detail (compress it) Too difficult to process/update (automate it) Complex software (build standard templates) State and Workforce Region forecasts ONET Center Data Vendors Tableau Software Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Ultimate Goal(s) To put the right information in front of people to help them quickly learn something new and make better career choices. To help people take action to improve their lives and their career trajectory. Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Where We Are Coming From Three Rivers Regional HDCI Meetings

Ugly Reports, Too Much Detail Proposal: Labor Shed Study

Ugly Reports, Too Much Detail Proposal: Labor Shed Study

Too busy / low-density content. And it doesn’t work on a smartphone. Proposal: Labor Shed Study

03 Demo

DEMO Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Students learning it in college Free to host online Free basic software Students learning it in college Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

Proposal: Labor Shed Study

04 Q&A / Discussion

Links/Contacts Make it MSP makeitmsp.org Work in the Triangle workinthetriangle.com NC Works ncworks.gov Three Rivers Works threeriversworks.com Iowa Workforce iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov Centralina ED District centralinaedd.org Chris Engle, Principal, Avalanche Consulting 512-695-0100 chris@avalancheconsulting.com Business Services & Sector Partnerships Conference

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