msesp grantee webinar

MSESP Grantee WebinarMarch 5, 2013

Agenda

Record WebinarWelcomeAdministrative UpdatesJob Placement/Retention Follow-upsGetting to Know You: SW MN PIC – Get Into EnergyParticipant/Outcome Projection UpdatesGreen Job Search Update: BlueGreen Alliance FoundationRAD UpdateGrantee UpdatesNext Meeting

Administrative Updates

• Video project Update• Regional meetings and statewide capstone

event• SAVE THE DATE! May 1st at the State

Capitol for our culminating event!• Incumbent Worker Survey• Project Summary/Booklet Update

Job Placement/Retention Follow-ups

• Update from WDI• Remember to send details of those you

would like help with

Getting to Know You…

SW MN Private Industry Council – Get Into Energy Career Pathways

Eriann Faris

MSESP Get Into Energy Career Pathways (GIECP) Program

Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council

Background

• Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD)

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation• MN Energy Consortium (MEC)

Overview• Utility Industry driven project• Assist low-income students in energy hire degree programs.• Provide job search, connections to employers/industry

leaders.• Help participants through a series of stackable credentials.• Offer supports:

• Training• Test Taking• Transportation• Child Care

Career Coaches• Help with Job Search

• Blue Green Alliance Green Job Search Workshop• Introduce participants to people in the industry.• Assist them through a series of stackable credentials.

• The National Career Readiness Certificate• Energy Industry Employability Skills Certificate• MN GIECP Certificate• Boilers License• OSHA 10/30

Success Story

• Altec, Duluth, MN• Electrical Technician• $18.83 with full benefits

Systems Change

• Industry Recognition• Student Recognition/Understanding• Post Secondary Education Institutions

Sustainability

Easily integrated

Challenges

Getting startedGeographic distance between partnersSystems Change

Questions

Participant UpdatePlan Total Actual 3/4/13 Plan Outcomes by

PercentageActual Outcomes by Percentage 3/4/13

Participants Enrolled 1495 2061 100% 100%

Participants Completed 1196 1588 80% (of those served)

77%

# Receiving Credentials 1076 1417 90%(of those completingeducation/training

89%

Participants Placed/Incumbent Workers Retained Jobs

897 749/494

75%(of those completingeducation/training)

47% / 82%(2nd figure includes

incumbents)

# Retaining Employment 2 qtrs 718 501 80%(of those placed in

unsubsidized employment)

67%

Grantee Expenditures $4,792,524 (awarded)

$3,895,325(January expenditures)

March 4, 2013

Green Job Search Update

Jerome BalsimoBlueGreen Alliance Foundation

612-466-4515 jeromeb@bgafoundation.org

Green Job Search Strategies Workshop

2013 Spring ScheduleMon, March 4th Rochester Workforce Center

Fri, March 8th Fond Du Lac Tribal & Comm. College

Wed, March 13th Faribault Workforce Center

Fri, March 15th Grand Rapids Workforce Center

Mon, March 18th Anoka County Workforce Center

Fri, March 22nd America’s Woodshop, Burnsville

Green Job Search Strategies WorkshopFACT: An Average of 250 Resumes Are Submitted For Every Job Opening!

The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation’s Green Job Search Strategies Workshop teaches job seekers how they can use their ‘green skills training’ to stand out from other job applicants, allowing them to get themselves out of the resume pile and into their perfect job.

This FREEFREE one-day, six-hour workshop covers:• Green Jobs- What Are They?• Best Green Job Prospects and Career Alternatives• What Do Solid Waste, Energy Use and Water Reductions Mean to Employers?• The Importance of Branding• How to answer the question, “Tell me about yourself?”• Job Search Strategies• Interview Techniques

For more information, or to schedule a class, contact:Jerome Balsimo at 612-466-4515 or jeromeb@bgafoundation.org.

NOTE: Trainer will travel, please call to coordinate and schedule a class.

RAD Updates

o Job Placements – make sure to report these

o Job Retention Follow-ups

Grantee Updates

Let us know what is happening with your MSESP project

Next Grantee WebinarTuesday, April 2, 2013

10:00 AM

Presenter: Workforce Development, Inc.