Partnering
with Employers
State and local workforce
investment systems are partnering with businesses nationwide. Wokforce
development professionals are building effective collaborative efforts
to prepare youth to respond to business needs and skill demands in
the labor market.
Benefits of Hiring Youth
- Hire youth in
entry level positions
- Acquire employees
who are open to careers in nontraditional occupations
- Receive incentives
for hiring special targeted populations of youth
- Contribute to
positive outcomes of young people
What Employers
Can Do
- Hire youth in
entry level positions
- Establish work-based
internships
- Serve as mentors
- Participate in
local workforce system meetings, forums, workshops, etc.
Partnerships
in Local Communities
Connect with:
- One Stops
- Workforce Investment
Boards and Youth Councils and
- Community and
Faith Based Organizations
Highlights of
Employer and Workforce Collaboration
- Northern
Virginia Workforce Investment Board (WIB) sponsors "Job
Hut" at the Manassas Mall.The center offers youth opportunities
for career exploration, information on advanced training and education.
This project represents a collaborative effort between the local
business community and the WIB's Youth advisory board. Businesses
offer support, materials, discounts, and time. Community service
providers offer program participation, workshops and classes.
For more information contact David Hunn, director of the Northern
Virginia WIB at 703-752-1606.
- CVS Regional
Learning Centers
CVS/pharmacy has established a partnership with the District of
Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES). As a result
of this partnership, DOES has created a Regional One Stop Employment
Center co-located within a fully functional corporate learning
center.
This project has been replicated in several other key markets,
such as, Atlanta, Baltimore, New York City, and Detroit. Youth
from the Youth Opportunity Grant sites in the District of Columbia
and Detroit have gone through the career training offered through
this partnership. It is a freestanding prototype unit that houses
a mock CVS store and pharmacy (electronic registers, on hour photo
la processor, a picture maker copy machine, greeting card fixtures,
cosmetic displays, merchandised gondolas, and pharmacy lab with
terminals) that trains all associates through the director level.
The Regional Learning Center also includes multipurpose community
and training rooms for continuing education and training and health
and safety issues important to the public.
- One Stop CRAFT (Community
Restitution, Apprenticeship-Focused Training) is operated
by the Home Builders Institute (HBI) located in Davidson County,
Tennessee where HBI has established a consortium of agencies to
provide support to young offenders. The consortium consists of
representatives from correctional, education, workforce development,
health and mental health, including substance abuse, social services
and housing. CRAFT is industry driven and training is provided
in residential construction trades using a validated Pre-Apprenticeship
Certificate Training program.For more information contact Donny
Sloan, Project Coordinator, at (615) 255-6007.
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