1. Sector Strategies Coming of Age
Denver, Colorado
October 16, 2012 |

2. New Realities: There is increasing evidence of a widening skills gap.
EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
There is increasing evidence of a widening skills gap.
We are witnessing deep and long-term impacts from stagnant job growth.
We must address these challenges with fewer resources.

3. New Realities: Skills Gap
EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
64% of companies say they cannot find qualified applicants for management, scientific, engineering or technical positions.
-McKinsey Survey
67% of small and midsize manufacturers report moderate to severe workforce shortages, and they predict this will get worse not better.
-National Manufacturing Institute Survey

4. New Realities: Skills Gap
EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
By 2020, nearly two out of every three U.S. jobs will require some postsecondary education and training.

5. New Realities: Skills Gap
EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
High School-Educated Workers Represent a Decreasing Share of the Middle Class
(Middle class includes all workers with annual income between $35,000 and $70,000)

6. New Realities: Stagnant Job Growth
EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

8. Stagnant Job Growth

9. Stagnant Job Growth

10. Stagnant Job Growth

11. New Realities: Stagnant Job Growth
EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

12. New Realities: Fewer Resources
EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
By comparison, DOD had $228 Billion in 1984 during the peak of the cold war, and has more than $700 Billion today in 2012.

13. New Realities: Fewer Resources
EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

14. New Realities: There is increasing evidence of a widening skills gap.
EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
There is increasing evidence of a widening skills gap.
We are witnessing deep and long-term impacts from stagnant job growth.
We must address these challenges with fewer resources.

15. Sector Strategies Coming of Age:
EDUCATION, WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Education Career Pathways
Workforce Development Sector Strategies
Economic Development Industry Clusters
Career Pathway System

16. Sector Partnership

19. Partnership Synergies Reverberate Back

20. Today Over 25 States are Designing or Implementing Sector Strategies
State Career Pathway Initiatives
So what does this mean?
It means Describe model, describe state role, describe WA, CA, CO, PA, GA as a good mix of examples/approaches/similarities/differences

21. Sector Strategies Coming of Age
Denver, Colorado
October 16, 2012 |