C2ER Annual Conference 2018

INNOVATIVE EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT FOR TALENT PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT

June 6, 2018

•Why NOVA?

•NOVA’s Business Engagement Model

• Labor Market Research at the College

• Talent Pipeline Grant

•Employer Examples

OVERVIEW

Why NOVA?

Business Engagement Model

• A strategic approach to relationship development and management with local/regional/prospective businesses to ensure:

• Students have access to jobs/internships

• Employers have access to student recruitment

• Inform new program creation and adjustment to align with business talent pipeline development needs

Defining Business Engagement

Workforce Strategy

1) Labor Market

Research

2) Business Partnerships

3) Program Development

4) Career Services

Labor Market Research Activities

• Curriculum alignment

• Publications

• Business engagement

• Marketing and communications

• Career services

• Program advisory boards

• Community engagement

• Economic development

How NOVA Uses LMI

• NVTC largest tech council in nation – more than 1,000 employer members representing more than 300,000 employees in the region

• Provides NOVA with connections to both large businesses and the entrepreneurial space

• Research opportunities to keep a pulse on industry trends

• Increased employment, internship, and mentorship opportunities for students

• Attendance at industry events

Northern Virginia Technology CouncilEducation Partnership

Technology Workforce Needs Assessment (2016)

• Surveys and focus groups from regional technology

employers

• Identified in-demand positions, skills, and emerging

technologies

Technology Workforce Needs Assessment V.2

(Summer 2018)

• Expands on original report to determine specific industry

credentials, years of experience, and education

requirements for top in-demand positions

• Identify anticipated trends in technology sector

NVTC & NOVA Research

Go Virginia Tech Talent Pipeline Initiative

• Part of series of several grants awarded by Commonwealth

• Grant award of nearly $1 million; possibility for renewal

• Matching funds from regional jurisdictions

• Focus on building IT / cyber “tech talent” pipeline

• Marketing campaign / Website

• Focus on several key areas of pipeline:• K-12 school systems

• Community college

• 4-year institutions

• Veterans / transitioning military

Go Virginia – Tech Talent Pipeline

Middle School

• NOVA Women in IT initiative

• IT Summer Camps (SySTEMic)

• Website

• Middle School communication

strategy

• Job Shadowing

Post-Secondary

• IT Website

• Post-secondary communication

strategy

• Internships targeting out-of-state

students

K-6

• SySTEMic

programming/STEM

awareness

• Computer Science SOL

IT/Cyber Talent Pipeline

K-6 Middle School H.S. NOVA University

Tech Talent Pipeline GO Virginia funded and matched by northern Virginia jurisdictions

Northern

Virginia

Employers

Veterans

• MOS/NOVA IT degrees

• NVTC Veterans

Employment Initiative

• Bootcamps (Coding)

• Apprenticeship (AWS)

Veterans

High School

• Dual enrollment and industry

recognized IT credentials

• IT Summer Camps (Go Virginia)

• Website

• H.S. communication strategy

• Internships (in-school and out-of-

school youth)

Employers

AWS Apprenticeship

• NOVA is now the East Coast provider of IT

apprenticeship for Amazon Web Services

(AWS)

• Program Launch: July 2017, focused on

recruitment of new talent (veterans)

• Education levels vary by program from no

degree requirement through bachelor’s degree

in IT

• Trainings to date: Associate Cloud Consultants,

Cloud Support Associates, Solutions Architects,

Data Center Technicians, and Network

Technicians

• 3 months of classroom training and 9 months

on-the-job with AWS

Amazon Web Services

Software Development Associate Program (SWAP)

• Designed to attract, develop, and retain early-career professionals looking to

jump-start their professional technical careers

• Intensive 3-year format; allows students to begin the security clearance process

and provides tuition reimbursement toward a four-year degree

• NOVA students are hired after their first year at the college

• NOVA selected as one of the first community college partners in the nation

Lockheed Martin

Partnership with Heavy Construction Contractors Association

• Projected need for thousands of heavy equipment operators for new projects

coupled with aging/retiring workforce

• First program of its kind in the D.C. region

• Offers the NCCER credential

• 12 companies have committed to guaranteed interviews for program

completers

• Launching Summer 2018

Heavy Equipment Operator

QUESTIONS

acooley@nvcc.edu