december 18, 2013 nurturing relationships with employers overcoming pushback in the marketplace
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December 18, 2013
NURTURING RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYERSOVERCOMING PUSHBACK IN THE MARKETPLACE
THROUGH THE EYES OF MANUFACTURING
Precision MachinedProducts Association (PMPA) Brecksvil le, OH
Miles Free, Director of Technology and Industry Research
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WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT
Skilled workers now A good return on their
investments To run their business
profitably and effi ciently
IMMEDIACY OF NEED
Employers can’t wait Can we afford to hire
replacement workers? What will it cost to
recruit and train them? What is the cost of
training inaction?
What if you don’t train them and they stay?
RESISTANCE: “IF I TRAIN THEM THEY MIGHT LEAVE”
INVESTING IN THE EMPLOYEE IS GOOD FOR THE BOTTOM LINE
Sharing the ROI benefits with a certified employee
Investing in their professional development will benefit the business
A certified workforce says something about safety and quality standards of the business
RESISTANCE: “WE PREFER CUSTOMIZED
TRAINING”
Really? How is that working out? Is it helping you recruit and identify
new employees? How much of your time and effort to
arrange, develop, and deliver? Skills certification takes a lot of the
time out of delivering skills
CERTIFICATION IS PRIMING THE PUMP
Just-in-time production and delivery requires just-in-time training
New approaches must be tried
Right Skills Now accelerated training
Employer: Hiring unskilled workers leads to expense in training; potential destruction of equipment, loss of customers, injuries High cost, no reward
Unemployed: No assurance of employment for all my eff ort in this changing field
Schools: We have to meet accreditation and state requirements; what if we can’t place students
Society: Payments for Unemployment; loss to society by no action
Manufacturing industry: Loss of manufacturing competitiveness as a society
Skills Certification System: Underutilization of valuable resources
OVERCOMING RISK WITH SKILLS CERTIFICATION
MORE INFORMATION / SUPPORT
Career info: http://yourcareerfacts.comIndustry info:
http://pmpaspeakingofprecision.com/Right Skills Now:
http://www.themanufacturinginstitute.org/Skills-Certification/Right-Skills-Now/Right-Skills-Now.aspx
Miles Free: Director Industry Research and Technology PMPA [email protected]
THROUGH THE EYES OF A COLLEGE
College of the SequoiasVisa l ia , CA
Louann Wa ldne r Deputy Sec tor Nav igato r , Cent ra l Va l ley Advanced Manufac tu r ing
&
Randy EmeryIns t ruc to r , I n du s t r y & Tech n o lo g y
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COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS
IS THERE A MARKET FOR CERTIFICATION?
Employers may not be asking for it by name
They want a solution to the skills gap problem
EMPLOYERS’ LACK OF AWARENESS
Employers are asking for higher-quality employees
Employers are unaware of their role in the process or are in denial
Employers haven’t all embraced the message
Front runners are seeing a return-on-their investment
WHAT’S THEIR RETURN ON INVESTMENT?
Shorter learning curves
Predictable competencies
No HR or training departments
Best practice: incumbent workers pilot certifications
PUSHBACK AT THE COLLEGE
Resistance to changeLack of awareness/
misunderstanding needRequirement of our grant
WHO PAID FOR THIS?
Pilot program as part of our TAACCCT grant
Many costs were picked up by the grant
Sustainability
CHANGE IS COMING AT THE STATE LEVEL
CACT Programs in the stateState-mandated connection
to certificationDoing What Matters
http://doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu
WORDS OF ADVICE
Push-backs are the road map for change
Serve as problem solver for the employer
Be persistent and creative
Effect change graduallyThink about
sustainability
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Brent WeilThe Manufacturing Institute
Mindy FeldbaumThe Collaboratory LLC
Dr. Audrey Theis, Technical AdvisorPresident, Key Links Inc.
Ben Kushner, Program Advisor The Manufacturing Institute
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