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Employment Success Notes from Nov 21 Meeting

Last modified 2006-12-19 11:43

A summary of things discussed in the Employment Success breakout session, as prepared by David Boulay the team leader of this area of focus.

Employment Success

K. Econ Meeting Notes

November 21, 2006

 

 

The group discussed general ideas about the knowledge economy and employment success. Then we each took time to discuss what interested us in the topic and what experiences we had related to employment success.

 

 

Topics of interest

Joseph Maiorano

Fit to be Fathers – Employment aspects; both human and social capital. Focus on corrections audience & includes an individual and community piece. Understanding the role of justice.

Bill Harris

Sustainability; sustainable education for individuals, communities, and businesses. Understanding the role of greed and how much money is enough.

Cindy Torppa

Parenting education. Creating human capital within context of family’s social capital. The role of family in creating human capital and social capital. Interested in work/life balance.

Graham Cochran

4H workforce prep; soft skills and applied skills

Kirk Bloir

Interpersonal skills; parenting is foundational; interests in role of child care/ day care

Cyndi Renn

Really Money, Real World; financial literacy in all aspects including paying bills.

Karen Bruns

STEM areas – Science, Technology, Engineering, Math. How to support and connect university resources with initiative efforts.

Larry Hall

4H volunteers; opportunities in citizen development; interested in home schooling population.

Joe Lucente

Make businesses successful. Understand their needs and create the environment that supports a reliable workforce that will stick around. Educating businesses about the available resources.

Pat Holmes

Pulling together leaders; networking to help develop win-win’s. Involved with the Women’s Business & Professional Group. Looking to develop mentoring program for young women.

Sharon Seiling

Low income rural families. Understanding and researching the various aspects necessary to find living wage work.

David Boulay

Involved in research project on career pathways and how they are working. Interested in Employee Development and how business practices impact investments in employee training. Interested in the role of competence in the workplace.

 

 

Comments and suggestions from discussion on employment success:

 

  • We need to pick apart the environment and find the place we can make some changes.
  • We must better understand what employment success is in the knowledge economy before we can say what we do.
  • Knowledge economy employment requires a blend of skills.
  • Opportunity to work with community colleges and adult education schools.
  • Should we examine/ develop a hierarchy of skills. Can we break down the new basic skills?
  • Need to ask employers what they need. This needs to be driven by employers.
  • We can serve as a knowledge broker role.
  • Focus on awareness of employment success in knowledge economy. Use literature reviews, secondary data sources, and educational programs to make Ohioans aware of issues/ opportunities in knowledge economy.
  • Consider developing on-line skills assessments. Provide skills assessment resources.
  • May be able to provide role in evaluation of programs that address some aspect of employment success.
  • Think global; act local – based on local needs.
  • Take one thing and go.
  • What is important for employer AND employees? Do we have enough information?
    • Need to gather relevant information to have better decision-making
    • Survey business needs from workforce.
      • Can we use existing BR&E data.
  • Perhaps we need a position paper; our accumulation of information and resources to state how we view Employment Success in the Knowledge Economy.

 

 

Initial comments related to logic model

 

  1. Situation

§         Opportunity –

o       Change attitudes within communities regarding employment success.

o       Something we (Extension) do needs to change; need to be connecting.

§         Need –

o       Enhancing new basic skills for employers and employees

o       Communication

o       Awareness

o       Needs for business and people who work with these businesses in order for both to be successful.

§         Resources –

o       Collaborations/ partnerships (Commissioners; Workforce system, businesses).

o       OSU CARES

o       Website/technology

§         Consolidate efforts

§         List of facts/ points of interest

o       Assessments