1. Women in Energy
April 25, 2012

2. Speakers
Valerie Taylor, Educational Consultant, CEWD Alison Motz, Consultant, Hard Hatted Women (Women in Energy Program Partner)

3. Who is Hard Hatted Women?
Hard Hatted Women (HHW) is a statewide nonprofit organization that accelerates women’s success in high demand occupations by matching women who need lifelong careers with employers who need a qualified, skilled workforce.

4. HHW’s Goals & Strategies
Accelerate women’s advancement in high demand careers
Programs designed to reach females over a longer period of time
Alignment with employers key focus
Creating mutually beneficial partnerships

5. HHW Programs Tradeswomen TOOLS (WISE Pathways Main Focus)
Supported with funds from the US Department of Labor, Union College of New Jersey’s Business Development Department, and with assistance and technical expertise from the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD)
Inspiring Girls to Greatness
Employer services

6. Women in Energy Initiatives
Get Into Energy Women web site
Women-focused postcard
Toolkit for Recruiting & Retaining Women in Nontraditional Positions
Women in Sustainable Employment (WISE) Pathways workshop kit
Get Into Energy Women pilot program

7. Get Into Energy Women Web Site

8. Women-focused Postcard

9. Toolkit for Recruiting & Retaining Women in Nontraditional Positions
Created by HHW
Tradeswomen TOOLS
Training, Outreach, Opportunity, Leadership and Support
Finding Out: Outreach and Education
Getting In and Moving Up: Supportive Services
Giving Back: Leadership Development

10. Toolkit Sections Recruitment: when, where and how to recruit women
Examples: messaging, media, establishing relationships
Retention
Examples: support, training, sexual harassment awareness

11. WISE Pathways

12. WISE Pathways Program
The overall goal of Tradeswoman TOOLS is to connect women to resources that will enable them to succeed in non-traditional careers.
WISE Pathways is the heart of this concept and includes WISE Pathways augmented with:
Orientation to Trade and Technical Careers
Industry Orientations
Leadership Development and Career Coaching

13. WISE Pathways Career Exploration Workshop
12 sessions, three hours each
Includes detailed instructor guides and PPTs
Practical, hands-on
Utilizes Kuder Journey
Includes action planning

14. Session Topics
Session 1: Strengths and interests, industry overviews, WorkKeys
Session 2: Kuder Journey interest inventory (customized for energy, manufacturing & construction)
Session 3: Skills and Values inventories

15. Session Topics
Session 4: Manufacturing, WorkKeys Reading Comprehension
Session 5: Construction, WorkKeys Applied Math
Session 6: Energy, WorkKeys Locating Information
Session 7: Resume writing

16. Session Topics Session 8: Resume feedback, WorkKeys practice test
Session 9: Workplace skills and behaviors
Session 10: Sexual harassment, conflict management and resolution
Session 11: Technical skills, applications
Session 12: Graduation

17. Get Into Energy Women Follows Get Into Energy Pathways model
Integrates career outreach, coaching and stackable credentials
Looking for state consortium to pilot the program

18. For more information, contact:
Valerie Taylor
Educational Consultant
Center for Energy Workforce Development
Alison Motz
Consultant
Hard Hatted Women