ACT ONE

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Skill's For America's Future Presents

A North Star

Act One

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You are a STAR!!

Today's Line-Up

• Welcome and Set Up the Day
• Group Norms
• Skills Mission
• The NorthStar
• Wrap Up and Next Steps

Group Norms:

• Have Fun!
• Participate

What is your Personal Mantra?

Section 01

Skills Mission What Drives us and motivates us to do this work?

Importance of Mission Statement

• Your mission statement aligns with your people and your organization, which will help you accomplish your vision.• Did you know a mission statement is part of an organization’s Strategic Plan? • Mission statements are widely circulated and discussed often, so their meaning is widely understood, shared, and internalized. • All employees should be able to talk about your organization’s mission statement. • A mission statement adds validity to an organization and demonstrates thought leadership, reputability, and inspiration to potential investors, employees, and donors.

Importance of Mission Statement

At Skills for America’s Future, we are metrics driven. “According to the New York Times, 85 percent of large companies have them.” “According to Forbes, an organization with a mission statement creates mission-driven workers who are 54 percent more likely to stay for five years at a company and 30 percent more likely to grow into high performers.”

Importance of Mission Statement

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SKILLS MISSION

Create demand-driven solutions for employers to get the unemployed and underemployed back to work

As part of your learning journey, we have discussion forum questions that we will review and provide insight into your post.

• This discussion post is about team building, and you are a team.
• Please work together, and one of you will provide the initial post before our next session.
• Also, share team homework assignments and discussion forums with your teammates. You may be asked to share this content in an in-person or ILT session.
• A member of the Skills Team will review and provide feedback.

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DeBrief

Questions or Thoughts?

Grab a Snack

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Section 02

Skills NorthStar

Skills NOrth Star

Increase economic mobility of under and unemployed by connecting them to quality jobs through our deep partnership and understanding of the unique human capital needs of our network of engaged employers.

How do you define each of these elements? How can you define these to be effective in your community?

Personal Reflection:

Quality JObs

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Employer Engagement

Economic Mobility

Elements of the NorthStar

We surveyed our placements from 2021 and 2022 to find out what they prioritized in their job search!

6%

7%

9%

27%

37%

Child Care

Health Insurance

Transportation

401K/Retirement

Compensation/Pay

Quality Job Index

Where we started?

Career Advancement

Wages - AnnuaLIZED - bENEFITS?

Full Time vs. Part TIme

Opportunity for Career Advancement? Does the Employer have an identified Career pathway for this role? Is there support in place for employees to obtain these higher roles? Credential support? How do you track?

Is it all about the Wages or is the combination of Wages and Benefits?How does Goverment Benefits play a role?

Metric of a quality job used to be based on % of full time placements versus % of part time placements.

ChicaGO's journey with Defining Quality JOBS!

Educational Statistics in Chicago Neighborhoods

per year

$31,000

per year

require a Bachelor's Degree or more

75%

JOBS Posted

Chicago MSA 2022 Advertised Job Postings

JOBS with a Median Salary that requires only HS diploma

6%

The average median salary for jobs that require only HS diploma

JOBS AVAILABLE

Living Wage Single

$38,000

Quality JOBS AVAILABLE

What story does this data tell you?

Example of: Employer Hires through Skills vs. own HR department for same time frame

Quality Jobs cont.

Client Services Manager, PHX Affiliate Site

Melissa Leasher

• How did you all define quality jobs in your landscape?

• How have you overcome challenges with employers since launching?

• Share any Key Learnings from the Training that you got?

• Open for questions

TAL Recruiter, PHX Affiliate Site

Director of Workforce Innovation, PHX Affiliate Site

Efren Villar

Jill Buschbacher

Words fROM Cohort 1

WRAP UP

Questions or Thoughts?

Skill's For America's Future Presents

Have a great day!

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You are a STAR!!