Welcome Presentation by Jim Duane Regional Center for Education & Work MoCRC Marketing

MoCRC The Missouri Career Readiness Certificate is a new economic development tool being promoted throughout the state. It is a way to define our workforce for both new and existing companies.

MoCRC Rollout Two simultaneous events: 1.Build an inventory of job seekers 2.Build an awareness with public and private companies/organizations

The MoCRC Difference  Demand Driven  Economic development tool  Coordinated multi-level marketing effort (national, state, & local)

PowerPoint Approach Presentation to groups of companies or groups within companies!

“We can certify that the people you interview have the learning skills to do your job – does that interest you ?”

How can we do that? By matching applicant learning-skills to Job-Skills

The tool designed to help you determine the appropriate Learning-Skills… The Missouri Career Readiness Certificate!

The C areer R eadiness C ertificate is based on the nationally known WorkKeys® learning-skills assessment system developed by American College Testing, Inc. ACT

ACT’s WorkKeys System Job Profiles Individual Skills Assessment Matching Process

WorkKeys® Assessments Foundational Skills –Reading for Information –Applied Mathematics –Locating Information

WorkKeys® Assessments Advanced Skills – Applied Technology – Observation – Teamwork – Listening – Business Writing

Career Readiness Certificate Levels of Readiness: GOLD – A person can perform in over 80% of more than 2000 occupations already profiled by ACT SILVER – A person can perform in over 60% of more than 2000 occupations already profiled by ACT BRONZE – A person can perform in over 30% of more than 2000 occupations already profiled by ACT

New Method of Communicating Skills Mathematics – Gold Level In addition to the skills at the previous levels, persons with Level 5 skills can: Look up and calculate single-step conversions within English or non-English systems of measurement or between systems of measurement. Calculate using mixed units and several steps of logic. Calculate perimeters and areas of basic shapes. Calculate percentage discounts and markups. Determine what information, calculations, and unit conversions are needed to find a solution.

Employers - W.I.I.F.M. Identifies skill sets of specific occupations; Evaluates job applicant Learning skills to match your jobs; Evaluates the Learning skills of current employees for promotions and future training; An approach already approved by EEOC.

Who Regionally Uses WorkKeys Companies –Anheuser Busch Metals –Eagle Packaging –Rubbermaid –Boeing –Dierbergs –ConAgra –Clayton Corp –Killark Electric –3M –Your Regional Competition In KS, IL, IN, KY, ETC… Schools –Cleveland High School –Construction Career Center –North County Tech –South County Tech –Carpenter Joint Apprenticeship Program –Insulators Apprentice + MO. Career Centers…

Identified ROI after Using WorkKeys Rubbermaid: –Reduced scrap by $250,000 within the first year of implementing WorkKeys. Creative Extruded Products: –Training time shortened from 6 months to 2 months. –Overtime hours reduced by 95% –Turnover decreased from 33% to 5 % –Scrap expenditures lowered by 21% –Profits up 50 times the cost of WorkKeys.

Occupational Profiles Certificate Level Gold Silver Bronze Clinical Lab Tech Maintenance Technicians Medical Assistants Stock. Clerks Accounting Clerks Home Health Aides

What are the Next Steps ?

Pre-hiring (Options) 1)Decide which Profile to use - Occupational OR Job Specific - (call the RCEW for help) 2) Decide whether to place a CRC Placard in window

Ready to Interview (Options) Use the Missouri Career Centers System Refer people for assessments Sponsor assessments in local community Conduct assessments at company site

MoCRC Elevator Speech What you can say to someone about the CRC in a minute and a half!

What question about your employees keeps you up at night? How do we identify the Work Ready applicants we need? How do we shorten on-the-job training time and lower training costs? How do we reduce employee turnover? How do we develop our current employees for advancement?

These are critical questions for most businesses—and there’s been no easy way to determine the answer until now. Missouri’s Career Readiness Certificate is designed specifically to answer questions about a potential or current employee’s skills in three important areas: applied mathematics, reading for information, and locating information. These skills are required by more than 85% of jobs in the country.

Employers now have a clear, standardized tool to assess the skill level of potential and current employees. That means choosing the right person for the job just got easier. Employer Benefits:  Eliminate the guess work about core learning skills  Evaluate job applicant employability skills to match jobs;  Evaluate the skills of current employees;  Provide training needs focus to meet organizational goals

 Aid communication among employers, labor, educators and trainers.  And Finally - An approach that could meet EEOC guidelines

Updated CRC Resource Information: Questions

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