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Oklahoma's Work Ready Communities: Building Talent for Economic Growth

The mission is to increase job quantity and quality in Oklahoma by providing skilled workers, impacting business decisions, and improving workforce planning through Certified Work Ready Communities. The program vision is to have sustainable pipelines delivering the right workers with the right skills at the right time. The program criteria include CRC credentialing achievement, high school achievement, and commitment to improving graduation rates. Marketing tools provide a clear advantage for talent pools, with a coverage process that includes annual renewal. Individuals, education/training providers, employers, and communities can benefit from participating in the program.

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Oklahoma's Work Ready Communities: Building Talent for Economic Growth

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  1. DOCUMENTING TALENT For Economic Advantage

  2. COMMERCE MISSION Increase the quantity and the quality of jobs in Oklahoma.

  3. SKILLED WORKERS The availability of skilled workers is the #1 factor in business location decisions.

  4. BUSINESS IMPACTS Business decisions made due to lack of talent

  5. WORKFORCE PLANNING Education Employment Economic Development

  6. PROGRAM VISION Oklahoma’s Certified Work Ready Communities are recognized and rewarded for having a sustainable, reliable pipeline that delivers • the right workers with • the right skills at • the right time to meet the changing needs of employers.

  7. WORK READY COMMUNITIES • Objective, documented set of standards • Certification process • quantify the capability of a significant portion of an area’s workforce • document High School performance and the commitment to improve it • Marketing tool for Economic Development • differentiate our product; place-specific

  8. TOOLS • KeyTrain® (curriculum) • ACTTMWorkKeys® (assessment) • Applied Mathematics • Reading for Information • Locating Informatio • NCRC

  9. PROGRAM CRITERIA • CRC – credentialing achievement • 3% of existing workforce and • 25% of available workforce • High School Achievement • Commitment to improve Graduation Rate and • Either 85% graduation rate or 82% of High School seniors have CRCs

  10. DATA SOURCES for CRITERIA • # of CRCs awarded,by WF category • OK CRC database • Graduation Rate • Office of Accountability, OK State Regents for Higher Ed • Available Workers • OESC – JobLink – job seekers • Existing Workers • Bureau of Labor Statistics – Quarterly Workforce Indicators

  11. MARKETING TOOL For counties/regions For site selectors & employers “Seal of Approval” for Talent Pool Clear Objective Verifiable Current • Certified areas differentiate themselves from their competitors • Annual renewal requires sustained commitment

  12. COVERAGE

  13. PROCESS STEPS • Enlist & organize partners • Review data • Apply • Reach thresholds for certification • Renew annually

  14. PROGRAM VISION Oklahoma’s Certified Work Ready Communities are recognized and rewarded for having a sustainable, reliable pipeline that delivers • the right workers with • the right skills at • the right time to meet the changing needs of employers.

  15. WIIFM?

  16. FOR INDIVIDUALS • Increases value of their NCRC • Recognizes importance of retaining & developing talent

  17. FOR EDUCATION/TRAINING • Helps achieve mission and goals • Deepens relationships with existing partners • Product differentiation • Builds new partners

  18. FOR EMPLOYERS Widening the use of NCRCs: • Quantifies skills of a larger portion of the labor pool • Diminishes unknowns • Reinforces importance of retaining & developing talent

  19. FOR COMMUNITIES & Regions • Self determination • Recognition for local & regional achievements • Product differentiation • Additional marketing by Commerce • Strengthened regional cooperation

  20. Hot off the Presses • Oklahoma’s Work Ready Communities 4th criteria Four Job Profiles per application

  21. FOR MORE INFORMATION • www.OKcommerce.gov/WorkReady • Jeane Burruss, 405-815-5256, Jeane_Burruss@OKcommerce.gov

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