October 22, 2012

1. October 22, 2012 STRATEGICALLY APPLYING LABOR MARKET INFORMATION: AN OVERVIEW OF JFF’S WORK IN THE FIELD

2. ABOUT JFF • JFF’s mission is to help young people and adults struggling most in today's world succeed in education and careers. We are committed to ensuring that all low-income youth and adults attain postsecondary credentials with value in the labor market. • To accomplish this, JFF focuses on three key goals: • Accelerate the number of low-income high school students who graduate college and career ready with postsecondary momentum • Accelerate postsecondary attainment and career advancement through education and career pathways leading to credentials with value in the labor market • Significantly alter the national conversation so that aligned education and career advancement systemsare the expected norm and supported in national and state policy and capacity

3. Overview of Credentials That Work • Overview of the Credentials That Work Services

4. DATA DRIVEN AND RESPONSIVE DECISION MAKING • Credentials That Work utilizes the latest innovations in labor market intelligence to support: • Strategic Planning • AUDIENCE: Board of Trustees, Senior Institutional Leadership • SOURCE: Long Term Projections, State and Regional Economic Analysis, Industry and Trade Studies, Real Time LMI, Employer Input • Demand Driven Programming • AUDIENCE: Boards, Senior Institutional Leaders, Deans, Department Chairs, Instructors • SOURCE: Long Term Occupational Projections, Job Vacancy Studies, Real Time LMI, Regional Economic Analysis, Employer Input • Curriculum Modification • AUDIENCE: Instructors, Department Chairs, Deans • SOURCE: Real Time LMI, Traditional LMI (O*NET), Employer Input, Postsecondary Program Review • Student Career Guidance • AUDIENCE: Counselors, Workforce Development Staff, Department Chairs, Deans, Lenders, Students • SOURCE: Occupational Employment Statistics and Projections, Real Time LMI, Employer Input, Postsecondary Program Review JFF’s Credentials That Work services are proprietary and confidential

5. STRATEGIC PLANNING & DEMAND DRIVEN PROGRAMMING • RESPOND TO THE MARKET: We help colleges and workforce entities respond to the market by streamlining programs to emphasize employability, driving long-term strategic planning and more immediate pathway development. • Long-Term Strategic Planning • Identify emerging skills and occupations • Interview employers • Form recommendations based on current and projected market demand • Drive new curriculum investments INFORMS PATHWAY DEVELOPMENT AND REVISIONS JFF’s Credentials That Work services are proprietary and confidential

6. CURRICULUM MODIFICATION MAKE CURRICULUM RESPONSIVE: We provide a methodology that incorporates traditional and real time labor market information to help determine how responsive course content is to employer requirements. JFF’s Credentials That Work services are proprietary and confidential

7. STUDENT CAREER GUIDANCE • IDENTIFY BEST BETS: We implement a curriculum and training to help our partners connect their students with “best bet” career opportunities and the academic track that will provide the skills and credentials to get them there. Localized Labor Market Analysis Analysis of Employer Needs Postsecondary Program Fit JFF’s Credentials That Work services are proprietary and confidential

8. Overview of Credentials That Work • Overview of the Credentials That Work Services

9. CREDENTIALS THAT WORK OFFERS THREE SERVICES CREDENTIALS THAT WORK LABOR MARKET INTELLIGENCE SERVICES • Innovators Network • Access to Real-Time Labor Market Resources, Technical Assistance to Build Capacity with These Resources, and a Network of Innovative Community Colleges • Consulting Services • Customized Analysis to Answer Specific Labor-Market Related Questions • Capacity-Building Services • Resources and Training to Build Organizational Capacity • Counseling to Careers • Dynamic Skills Audit JFF’s Credentials That Work services are proprietary and confidential

10. INNOVATORS NETWORK JFF’s Credentials That Work services are proprietary and confidential

11. CAPACITY-BUILDING SERVICES • JFF offers two capacity-building services: Counseling to Careers (CTC) Dynamic Skills Audit (DSA) A curriculum and training to identify “best bet” postsecondary programs; has broad applicability to colleges and their partners – especially around student career guidance A web-based tool that draws on real-time occupational demand, along with the skills and certifications in demand, to map these against program-level course offerings JFF’s Credentials That Work services are proprietary and confidential

12. CONSULTING SERVICES • JFF engages in customized research to provide just-in-time solutions to colleges’ pressing challenges. • For example: • In Connecticut, we examined how the state should go about monitoring, understanding, and responding to its growing and increasingly dynamic health care workforce needs • Our Sources: • In Connecticut, we utilized traditional and real-time labor market information, along with interviews and focus groups • We also turn to secondary resources and practices of our partners across the country JFF’s Credentials That Work services are proprietary and confidential

13. Questions? JFF’s Credentials That Work services are proprietary and confidential

14. Jeremy kelleyjkelley@jff.org TODD WEISSMAN tweissman@jff.org TEL 617.728.4446 FAX 617.728.4857 info@jff.org 88 Broad Street, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02110 122 C Street, NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20001 WWW.JFF.ORG