Whether you’re looking for good work or good workers The Role of Staff Development in Promoting Integrated Service Delivery in the PA CareerLink ® One-Stop System
Dec 24, 2015
Whether you’re looking for good work or good workers
The Role of Staff Development in Promoting Integrated Service Delivery
in thePA CareerLink® One-Stop System
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Labor & Industry
Bureau of Workforce Development Partnership
Staff Development Services
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Washington
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Beaver
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Butler
Armstrong
Somerset Bedford Fulton
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Union
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Lycoming
Montour
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DauphinLebanon
LancasterCounty
WIA
BerksCounty WIA
ChesterCounty
WIADelawareCounty
WIA
PhiladelphiaCounty
WIA
MontgomeryCounty
WIA
Bucks County
WIA
Lehigh
NorthamptonSchuylkill
Luzerne
LackawannaCounty
WIA
Carbon
Monroe
Pike
Fayette
Westmoreland
Clarion
Crawford
Erie
Venango
Warren
Forest
Allegheny
Lehigh Valley WIA
South Central WIA
Central WIA
Southern Alleghenies WIASouthwest CornerWIA
Tri County WIA
West Central WIA
Three Rivers WIA
Westmoreland/Fayette WIA
Northwest WIA North Central WIANorthern Tier WIA
Luzerne-SchuylkillCounties WIA
PoconoCounties
WIA
Wayne
PA’s 23 LWIAs
PA CareerLink®
Career Specialist
s
Veterans' Representativ
es
Career Counselor
s
E/T Staff
Job Developer
s
Acct Executive
s
Business Specialist
s
67 One-Stop Career Centers
Classroom Courses
Foundations of Workforce Development
Effective Interviewing Skills
Introduction to Business Services
Case Management Basics
Webinar Courses
O*NET Basics
Labor Market Information Concepts
System Navigation
LMI for Business Services Teams
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
Day 1 Topics• Foundations of Workforce Development
• Impact of Legislation• Industry Clusters and High-Priority Occupations• Pennsylvania’s One-Stop System (PA CareerLink®)• Job Ready PA
• Services and Programs• Informed Choice• Career and Workforce Plan Development• Labor Market Information
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101” PA CareerLink® System
State Workforce Investment
Board
Governor
“local WIB” 22
local Workforce Investment Boards
Deputy Secty
Workforce Developmen
tDept of Labor & Industry
PA CL Administrato
r
Operator/ Consortium
PA CareerLink®
Counselors Trainers
Specialists
Vet Reps
Acct Execs
Youth Reps
Developers
(titles here are representative only)
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
Plan DevelopmentCore
Intensive
Training
Orientation
Assessment Research
Search
Training
Job Development
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
Day 2 Topics• Service Delivery
• Partnerships within your PA CareerLink®
• Integrated Service Delivery
• Customers• Evaluation• Communication• Cycles of Service
• Teamwork
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
Integrated Service Delivery
What barriers might prevent full integration of services?
How might these internal barriers affect your customers?
How would you minimize or eliminate any barriers?
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
Cycle of Service (from Carl Albrecht)
Customer leaves/finds car
Customer pays
Customer gets in check-out line
Customer finds parking space
Customer goes to dairy aisle
Customer finds milk
END:Customer Need Fulfilled: Customer has milk
START:Customer Need: Customer needs milk
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
Day 3 Topics• Labor Exchange
• Training Resources
• Common Measures
• Strategic Measures
• Strategic Communication
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
Integrated PA CareerLink® System• Mandated by WIA 1998
• A “One-Stop” Approach
• Continue Toward Seamless Integration
• Align Workforce Programs
• Coordinate and Leverage Resources
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
Common Measures
1. How many people found jobs?
2. Did the people who found jobs stay employed?
3. If the people stayed employed, what did they earn?
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
5 Strategic MeasuresImprove competitiveness by building a skilled
workforce
Collaboration, shared learning, and leverage
Customer-friendly
Life-long learning
Removing barriers for disadvantaged individuals and the disabled
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
Strategic CommunicationLocal Workforce
Investment BoardLong-term Strategic PlanningMission, Vision, Goals
Operator/Consortium Short-term Strategic Planning
PA CareerLink® Administrator
Site Management and Cross-Program ManagementShort-term Goals & Objectives
Staff Program DeliveryMeasures & Results
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”Foundation
sServices & Programs Customers WIA 1998
PA CareerLink
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400 400 400 400 400
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800 800 800 800 800
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
WIA 1998 for 400
This Act is still part of the workforce system today as Title III of WIA 1998.
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
Services & Programs for 600
This is the combined cost to employer and employee of the Federal
Bonding program.
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
Customers for 200
Also known as body language, this includes such things as eye contact,
posture, and hand gestures.
Foundations: “CareerLink® 101”
WIA 1998 for 400What are:
One-stop delivery system
Private-sector participation
Performance accountability
Enhanced youth services
Market-driven training
Universal access
Whether you’re looking for good work or good workers
PA CareerLink 211
Effective Interviewing Skills
Effective Interviewing Skills
Interview Laboratory
• Takes notes about the jobseeker.
• Write questions you would ask the jobseeker.
• Participate in the interview or observe the interview.
• Coach the interviewer.
Case Management Basics
Writing Case Notes
Practice makes perfectly better!
• Watch and listen to the scenarios.
• Write the case note.
Whether you’re looking for good work or good workers
PA CareerLink 221
Introduction to Business Services
Business Services
Engaging the Employer
1. Talking/Meeting with employer who used to use PA CareerLink® but no longer does
2. Meeting with an employer who is new to the area
3. Persuading an employer to participate in an onsite job fair
4. “Selling” an employer who just posts jobs with us to use more/different services
In the works…
Changes to existing classroom courses
Changes to existing webinar courses
Supervisor support
Facilitated-discussion webinars
Thank you!
Jeanne Block – Staff Development Services
Workforce Development PartnershipDepartment of Labor & Industry
651 Boas St., Harrisburg, PA 17121