champ colorado career action tools website webinar october 2014
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Presentation from the CHAMP Colorado Career Action Tools Website Webinar October 2014TRANSCRIPT
COCareerActionTools.com MfgWorksCO.com
Purpose and Goals for Today
• Announce www.MfgWorksCO.com
• Learn why and how we got here
• Foster familiarity with the website and tools
• How to leverage
Colorado Helps
Advanced Manufacturing
Program
(CHAMP)
Workforce: Colorado Workforce Development
Council & Colorado Department of Labor
and Employment
House Bill 1165
Career Site www.MfgWorksCO.com:
Council for Adult & Experiential Learning
(CAEL)
Education: 9 consortium institutions
Industry: 28 employers & the Colorado
Advanced Manufacturing Alliance
Advanced Manufacturing Career Action
Tools
High growth
field
Employers need more
skilled workers
Schools offer great programs
People want great
careers
People need good education
Visioning Interviews
IA/Design Development
CWG: Employers, Educators, CWDC, Manufacturers Edge,
1165
I want to understand the
industry.
Detailed job descriptions
with salary information
would be helpful.
Show me how my
current skills will apply
in manufacturing.
Where are the
growth
opportunities?
Who are the employers?
Will they provide a
stable job?
What education and
training do I need?
What would be
helpful for the
user audiences?
Job Seekers
Veterans
Incumbent Workers
Advisors/Navigators
COCareerActionTools.com
MfgWorksCO.com
Demonstration
Educators/workforce centers
New tool for career exploration
Connect students or job seekers with valuable education &
career resources
Students/job seekers
Gain industry awareness
Learn more about education and
career possibilities
Start a career path or find a job
Ways to Leverage
Incumbent workers
Learn what skills are needed in
manufacturing
Understand the great
career opportunities
available
Industry Associations
Another great resource to
popularize the field
Help tell the story of today’s manufacturing
Employers
Industry and worker
exposure
Show employees the
growth possibilities
Ways to Leverage, cont
Still to come
Training
Toolkit
Website tutorial
PR plan
VideoUpdates and
enhancements
Questions? Comments?
Bitsy Cohn
Credit for Prior Learning Director,
Colorado Community College System
This Workforce Solution, presentation by Bitsy
Cohn is licensed under a Creative Commons A
ttribution 4.0 International License. Based on a
work created under the Department of Labor,
TAACCCT3 grant, permissions beyond the sco
pe of this license may be available at www.ccc
s.edu/CHAMP.