1. Working Your Way Back Home: Mississippi-Manpower Partnership Rollout
March 24, 2006

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4. Practice
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5. Meet the Partners Christine Kulick, Director, Adult Services Division,
Office of Workforce Investment, USDOL
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6. Agenda Objectives of this Webinar Panelist Introductions
Partnership Overview
Participant Pipeline
Tools for Implementation
Troubleshooting Process
Next Steps
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7. Polling Question #1 Who is on the call?
Representatives of the Mississippi Public Workforce Investment System
Representatives of Manpower
DOL Regional and Federal Staff
Others (Please identify yourself using the chat feature)
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8. Objectives As a result of this webinar, you will be able to:
Locate and register evacuees who would like to return home for employment
Refer evacuees for employment
Offer relocation and other assistance to eligible individuals
Reach out to your local Manpower Colleagues
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9. Panelists
Tommye Dale Favre, Executive Director Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES)
Melanie Holmes, Vice President, Corporate Affairs North America, Manpower
Nancy Hawkins, Director of Discretionary Programs, Atlanta Region, Employment and Training Administration
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10. Key Working Group Participants
Mississippi Department of Employment Security:
Les Range, Deputy Executive Director
Stan McMorris, Director, Customer Operations and Field Services
Gloria Neal, Department Chief, Rapid Response
Wanda Land, Director, Office of Grants Management
Manpower:
Bojan Cubela, Regional Program Manager/Team Lead Workforce Development Department
Jack Quinlan, Regional Director – Memphis/Mississippi Region
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11. Partnership Overview
Mississippi and Manpower have committed to providing state-of-the-art employment services that match dislocated workers from Mississippi with opportunities in high growth, high-demand careers
Manpower is a national business partner that has worked with the public workforce system since 2003, and has experience with National Emergency Grants as well as a national footprint
This public-private partnership is designed to serve as a model for other hurricane-impacted states
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12. Mississippi Department of Employment
Meet the Partners
Tommye Dale Favre,
Executive Director
Mississippi Department of Employment
Security (MDES)
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13. Meet the Partners Mississippi Department of Employment Security
49 Comprehensive WIN Job Centers
18 Affiliate WIN Job Centers
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14. Corporate Affairs North America
Meet the Partners
Melanie Holmes,
Vice President
Corporate Affairs North America
Manpower
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15. Meet the Partners Manpower Introduction / Manpower Commitment
Why Partnership? Why Now?
Manpower Role in the New World of Work
Comprehensive placement, assessment, and training services
Manpower Mississippi Office Network
11 Branches:
Batesville, Greenville, Grenada, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Laurel, Meridian, Pascagoula, Southaven, and Tupelo
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16. Meet the Partners Nancy Hawkins,
Director of Discretionary Programs Atlanta Region Employment and Training Administration
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17. Role of ETA’s Atlanta Region
Provide TA to ensure that creative approaches to demand-driven services are in compliance
Ensure success of partnership for sake of survivors and workforce system
Assist and support State and Manpower to implement innovative measures to bring survivors home
Encourage replication: region-wide/system-wide
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18. Measures of Success
An innovative model for bundling workforce resources
Coordination of benefits, eligibility requirements, and outreach across geographic and political boundaries
Partnership goals: 1,000 Mississippians participate in the partnership, and 500 are put to work
Manpower placements and services leverage the company’s existing One-Stop relationships
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19. Polling Question #2
Which best describes the predominant situation individuals are experiencing in your area?
Lots of jobs, but where do I live?
Still living day to day
I’m happy to work here now, but I can’t wait to go home
Things are starting to go my way
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20. Participant Pipeline Identification of Workers:
Determine where impacted workers are located
Referral:
WIN Job Centers and Manpower cross-refer displaced workers (as appropriate)
Services and Employment:
Identify potential services
Place into jobs or training
Bridge to Employment:
Manpower assesses job readiness and skill attainment (qualifying candidates only)
Reintegration Counselors, WIN Job Centers, and Manpower
Joint Referral Process and Pre-registration Form
Relocation Form, Working Your Way Back Home Portfolio, and Employment Assistance
Career Passport
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21. Tools for Implementation
Stan McMorris
Director Customer Operations and Field Service Mississippi Department of Employment Security
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22. Tools for Implementation
Identification of Workers:
Reintegration counselors have been identifying displaced workers
Manpower has been collecting data where they know Mississippi workers are currently located
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23. Tools for Implementation
Jack Quinlan,
Regional Director Memphis/Mississippi Region Manpower
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24. Tools for Implementation
Cross-Referrals:
Pre-Registration & Referral Form
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25. Making the Referral Referrals from WIN Job Center to Manpower
Ask the applicant: Are you interested in obtaining a job? Are you available for work? Are you interested in going back to your home area?
If meets Manpower criteria, ask if they are interested in working with Manpower (provide Manpower Fact Sheet)
Fill out the Pre-registration Form
Fax completed form to local Manpower branch (If appropriate for placement, Manpower will schedule an interview within three days)
Upon satisfactory completion of assessment, Manpower provides Career Passport
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26. Making the Referral
What Kind of Candidates Are Appropriate for Manpower Referral? Just 6 Requirements!
Legal to Work: Does the candidate meet legal requirements to work in the United States?
Reliability: Do they express an interest in working? Are they available to start work immediately? Has the candidate shown up as scheduled? Do they have a good work history?
Following Instructions: Has the candidate followed the application processes as instructed, including filling out paperwork and operating the computer?
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27. Making the Referral (cont.)
What Kind of Candidates Are Appropriate for Manpower Referral? (continued)
Attention to Detail: Is the candidate able to stay focused during the application and interview? Do they ask appropriate questions related to the job?
Background Checks: Is the person willing to submit to a criminal background check and drug screen?
Job Description Match: Does candidate reasonably match Manpower job opening and/or job description?
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28. Making the Referral (cont.)
Referrals from Manpower to WIN Job Center
Ask the applicant: Have you in any way suffered and/or been affected by the Hurricane Katrina Disaster (including loss of job, loss of residence, and/or forced relocation)? Are you interested in going back to your home area?
Conduct initial screening and fill out the Pre-registration Form
Refer to local WIN Job Center to complete the Working Your Way Back Home Portfolio
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29. Tools for Implementation
Services and Employment:
Working Your Way Back Home “Fact Sheet” and “Action Plan”
DRAFT
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30. Tools for Implementation
Services May Include
Employment Assistance
Training Opportunities
Relocation Travel Assistance
Relocation Support
Readjustment Assistance
Services and Employment:
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31. Tools for Implementation
Services and Employment:
Working Your Way Back Home “Relocation Assistance Request” and “Applicant Relocation Allowance Certification Form”
DRAFT
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32. Tools for Implementation
Bojan Cubela,
Regional Program Manager/Team Lead Workforce Development Department Manpower
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33. Tools for Implementation
Bridge to Employment/Career Passport
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34. Where do we go from here? Next Steps
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35. Next Steps (cont.)
Start Now: The Pre-registration Form, Career Passport, and Working Your Way Back Home Portfolio will be official soon
Download the Forms: Visit to download partnership forms and supporting information
Job Information: Manpower should share its job postings with local WIN Job Center staff
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36. Next Steps (cont.)
Coming Soon: Local partnership-building meetings to introduce (or reintroduce) WIN Job Centers and Manpower branches
Partnership meetings in April
One meeting in each local workforce area
Learn about both organizations, services, and tools available to job seekers and employers
Designate champions / local point of contact
Commit to collaborate and promote partnership
Identify synergies and joint strategies for the benefit of Mississippi workers, public workforce system, and Manpower
Discuss four proven partnership models for collaboration
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37. Partnership Contacts Who do I contact if I’m having issues?
For Reintegration Counselors:
Your State Lead: Patricia Williams (601) ,
DOL National Office: Brent Weil, Business Relations Group (202) ,
Miriam Heppe, Division of Workforce System Support (202) ,
For Manpower Regional Directors and Branch Managers:
Workforce Development Team: Bojan Cubela (305) ,
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38. Questions and Answers We welcome your questions!
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