- 2006_Vision_Business_Council.doc (MS Word®) — Vision and Goals of Business Advisory Council on
implementation of vocational training & placement services
- BUSINESS_ADVISORY_COUNCIL_List.doc (MS Word®)— Members of Business Advisory Council, Goodwill Industries
of Greater Detroit
- Expanding_Employment_Networks.pdf (PDF) — How can organizations integrate networking strategies throughout
their programs? This report examines how employment networks function for
low-income jobseekers. It looks at the role of employment organizations in
expanding and improving the networks of their program participants and features
profiles of four promising approaches. Public/Private Ventures also developed a
companion publication, a program training guide, which offers specific ideas
— including lesson plans and strategies — that can be incorporated
into workforce programs. More information is available on our Web site, www.ppv.org.
- Goodwill_Soft_Skills_Curriculum_Outline.doc (MS Word®) — Moving Men & Women to Economic Independence,
Goodwill's Soft Skills Curriculum
- Goodwill_Vision_Integrated_Service_Options.doc (MS Word®) — Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit Initiative called
Moving Men and Women to Economic Independence in Michigan: Descibes vision for
and components of comprehensive, customized, service delivery system for people
who are chronically unemployed. Components include intake and assessment,
coaching, work identity and soft skills development, hard skills development,
academic preparation, transitional employment opportunities, job development
and placement services, post placement and retention, and partnership with
employers.
- Goodwill_Within_Reach.doc (MS Word®) — This Program assists people who are chronically
unemployed in collaboration with a Business Advisory Council. It reaches out to
individuals with learned dependence on entitlements, inadequate environmental
supports, & underdeveloped socialization skills.
- Goodwill_Within_Reach.ppt (MS PowerPoint®) — Presentation, May 24 Conference Call with Goodwill
Industries of Greater Detroit
- Sample_Curriculum_Employability_Skills.pdf (PDF) — Jobs for Life, formerly The Jobs Partnership, has produced a
curriculum of its job readiness course so it can be replicated by churches and
faith-based organizations who want to help people secure employment and build
healthy lives. The 16-week training course is designed to be a combination of
classroom instruction and individual and group application activities. The
attached curriculum is a sample only designed as a guide for instructors. You
can order the complete toolkit at
- www.ahaprocess.com — Devoted to educating professionals and community leaders about the
effects of class and poverty on our society, aha! Process, Inc. was founded as
RFT Publishing Co. in 1994 by Dr. Ruby K. Payne. The company began with an
emphasis on education and the difficulty children from poverty experience in
most schools. The company expanded its focus to include information for
government officials, churches, and social service agencies serving people from
poverty. The company spreads the message that in all types of social
interaction, poverty creates obstacles that require specific tactics to
overcome. Experts from aha! Process, Inc. work with school districts, social
service groups, and businesses to help people better understand these related
issues. We recommend Dr. Payne's books, A Framework for Understanding Poverty
and Bridges out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities, which
you can find on the Web site.
- www.worknettraining.com/tools/bookNOIU.html — No One is Unemployable by Debra L. Angel and Elisabeth Harney (published
by WorkNet Publications, 1997 is an upbeat, practical, positive book that
offers tremendous guidance and hope to anyone involved in the job searching
process. The book gives a ten-step process for overcoming barriers to
employment, from the crucial first step of identifying the employment
candidate's barrier to the final step of carefully matching the candidate to
appropriate employers. Each step is explained thoroughly, and examples are
given. The book also gives advice about job searching from the employer's
perspective, and includes a lengthy "encyclopedia" of barriers that notes
common real-life barriers and how they can be overcome.
- Achieving_Results_Cascade_Engineering.ppt (MS PowerPoint®) — Presentation, May 30 Conference Call with Cascade
Engineering
- AspenWSI_FlintProfile.pdf (PDF) — Flint Healthcare Employment Opportunities Profile offers insights
into the challenges of collaboration in the context of operating a sectoral
employment development program and shows the keys to maintaining employer
involvement.
- Business_Value_Assessment_Handbook.pdf (PDF)— The Business Value Assessment toolkit includes a planning handbook,
an automated Excel file for tracking specific business value outcomes, and
basic guidelines for using questionnaires to assess business value outcomes.
Developed in manufacturing and health care workplaces, the toolkit is adaptable
and can be applied to a variety of workforce development services, settings,
and industries. This toolkit is A Product of The Aspen Institute, Workforce
Strategies Initiative, www.aspenwsi.org
- Business_Value_Assessment_Tool.pdf (PDF) — Overview of Tool: What to consider when quantifying the value of
your workforce development program. List the key questions you need to ask in
doing your assessment.
- Cascade_University_Brochure.pdf (PDF) — Cascade Engineering, one of the top medium-sized companies to work
for, believes that people make organizations successful and CE University is
dedicated to the development and growth of people, while striving to create
value through knowledge and increase individual and organizational competence.
Learn practical ideas and proven techniques to help your organization increase
its effectiveness by improving retention. For more details on training and
class offerings, go to http://www.cascadeng.com/about/ceu/classes.htm
- CASESTUDY_Cascade_Engineering.pdf (PDF) — Stanford Case Study, Bridging the Cultures of Business &
Poverty: Looks at what makes hiring and retaining welfare recipients difficult;
presents the keys to successfully retaining employees who are from poverty; and
asks is there a business case for hiring welfare employees.
- Engaging_Employers_Benefit_Low_Income_Job_Seekers.pdf (PDF) — Engaging Employers to Benefit Low-Income Job Seekers is based on
nine-years, multi-site research conducted among employers engaged with the
Annie E. Casey Foundation Jobs Initiative. The report presents lessons learned
and looks at what factors constrain or promote employer practices and policies
favorable to the hiring, retention, and advancement of low-income workers. It
also examines employer attitudes toward workforce intermediaries: What
intermediary activities do employers value, and why? How do the activities of
intermediaries benefit low-income jobseekers and workers? What is the "customer
feedback" from employers regarding the services of intermediaries?
- EngagingEmployers_Summary.pdf (PDF) — Executive Summary for Engaging Employers to Benefit Low-Income Job
Seekers: Lessons from the Jobs Initiative (Annie E. Casey Foundation) addresses
these key questions: What kinds of employers are likely to be open to doing
business with workforce intermediaries? To what extent are employers willing to
support low-income workers — for example, by modifying their human
resources policies? What factors constrain employer decisions about low-income
workers? Conversely, what factors promote employer practices and policies
favorable to the hiring, retention, and advancement of low-income workers?
- Private_Employers_Public_Benefits.pdf (PDF) — Why don't more employers and workers take advantage of public
benefits? In this report, Jobs for the Future, the National Association of
Manufacturer's Center for Workforce Success, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's
Center for Workforce Preparation present research on employer's knowledge or
experience with public benefits for low income-families, including benefits
aimed directly at increasing employer's hiring and retention of workers from
low-income families.
- TURNOVER_worksheet.doc (MS Word®) — Worksheet to Help You Determine How Turnover Affects an
Organization's Bottom Line
- CAMW_June_06_Presentation.ppt (MS
PowerPoint®) — June 7, Presentation, Capital Area Michigan Works, 2004
DOL WIB Grantee
- Employer_Supports_Finance_Project.pdf (PDF) — Work Supports and Low-Wage Workers: The Promise of Employer
Involvement, published by the Finance Project, 2005, aims to increase the
knowledge base among researchers, practitioners, policymakers, program
developers, as well as employers themselves, on how to involve employers in
work supports for low-wage workers. It describes current issues, challenges,
and directions in work supports that affect workers and employers. Drawing from
employer practices, it makes an important contribution to the field by
presenting promising models and strategies for engaging employers in extending
the reach of critical work supports to low-wage workers.
- Retaining_Good_Workers.pdf (PDF) — Welfare to Work: An Economic Boost, The Journey to Finding and
Retaining Good Workers contains a set of recommendations and brief profiles
from the Center for Workforce Preparation, an affiliate of the US Chamber of
Commerce.
- State_Policy_Initiative_Retention_Advancement.pdf (PDF) — Public/Private Ventures launched the State Workforce Policy
Initiative to determine how states would structure workforce development
systems to alleviate poverty for the working poor in the wake of welfare
reform. Promoting Opportunity provides a detailed discussion of the results and
suggestions for state and local policymakers interested in strengthening
employment retention and career advancement services. Working with the premise
that although low-income individuals with limited work experience and skills
may be able to obtain jobs, they could gain longer-term economic benefit from
support to minimize barriers to steady employment and to seek advancement
opportunities. P/PV used the initiative to explore the potential of retention
and advancement strategies and stimulate state interest in associated policies.
Five states were interested in this approach: Colorado, Florida, Oklahoma,
Oregon and Washington.
- Tools_Turnover_Reduction.pdf (PDF) — About the Making Work Work Project was facilitated by Goodwill
Industries International, Inc., to develop a model to improve employee
retention, particularly that of entry-level employees. Which internal business
practices affect business retention? What creative strategies can businesses
adopt to strengthen those business practices? If adopted, will these strategies
reduce turnover and promote employee retention? This practical guide contains
lessons learned and tools designed for businesses, employment and training
service providers, and local chambers of commerce. This publication includes
assessment tools and can be used to inform the action planning process.
- Resources_Jobs_Workforce_Development.pdf (PDF) — This catalog includes reports and products that resulted from the
Annie E. Casey Foundation's eight-year Jobs Initiative and other investments in
workforce development. The Initiative was designed to connect inner-city young
men and women to family-supporting jobs in the regional economy and to improve
the way urban labor market systems work for low-income, low-skilled
workers.
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www.enterprisefoundation.org/resources/WSS/index.asp — The
Enterprise's Workforce Support System (WSS) is an online tool for organizations
that want to improve their existing workforce development program or are
considering starting one up. WSS links you to tools, strategies, Internet
resources and suggestions for improving program performance. It has six
sections and each section addresses key strategies and tools related to its
theme. The sections are: community outreach and recruitment; intake, assessment
and identifying barriers to employment; preparing job seekers for the
workplace; job development and placement; job retention; and career advancement
- www.workforceusa.net/ — This Web site is a virtual library of resources for workforce
development practitioners of all kinds, providing access to over 2100 of the
best tools and materials available from hundreds of organizations. It is
organized into 11 major workforce development functions and topics and
subtopics within each function. Each function area houses different kinds of
resources for a broad spectrum of uses (data, analysis, examples, tools, Web
sites, etc.) If you register on the site you can indicate your interests and
receive updates based on those choices. Additionally, once registered the site
allows you to create your own favorites section, storing resources for future
reference. This site has been funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, the Ford
Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.
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