Here are a few resources to help you learn about the National Work Readiness Credential.
US Chamber of Commerce Article 1
US Chamber of Commerce Article 2
WorkKeys Website
Monday, June 30, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
CMT June 23, 2008 Minutes
Community Management Team Minutes, June 23, 2008
Members Present:
Michelle Parks Child Care Resources, Saundra Long Missoula Job Service, Sundee Carr Missoula Prerelease, Janet Van Dyke Voc Rehab, Brenda Warning Experience Works, Lynn Stocking UM College of Technology, Jim Morton Human Resources Council, Ron Liszak WORD, Wolf Missoula Job Service, Jodie Rasmussen The Lifelong Learning Center, Tamara Kindred MHA
Michelle called the meeting to order. Agenda approved, minutes from the last meeting approved.
New Business:
One Stop Renewal: Saundra has been working on putting the one stop renewal paperwork together. Renewal includes an outline of how the one-stop has been functioning. We met all the goals in the original One-stop application, we established bylaws, additional business oriented services, new collocated partners, and supported BEAR.
New Short-Term goals, look at the function and goals of the CMT, redefine the mission and find out ways to bring new people. We tried to bring in new people with guest speakers, at first there was strong interest but then interest and attendance started to drop off. How do we make this a more effective? The round table is valuable. The guest speakers were good but once per month turned out to be too much. Another barrier with collaboration is that the people at the meetings are not always the decision makers and therefore can not commit. In Kalispell the CMT does group projects like the job fair to work on. The group could find projects to work toward and commit resources. Thirty states use the WorkKeys program because you can document your skills instead of just listing on your resume. Employers also need to buy into it to be valid and meaningful.
Do we really need to be the Missoula Mineral Council? Mineral is rarely represented and is more often served by Sanders County. We could change the name to the Missoula Area Workforce Council. The workforce council functions fairly well with smaller numbers but doesn’t always communicate back the larger group. It may be a better model to have a smaller group then have a large annual meeting to keep everyone informed.
There is no Workforce Development council, that is a gap that we could fill. We could pick topics within that to develop projects to bring skills up and to document that they have the skills. Identify from the employers what skills are missing and how to document that they have them. Maybe have the Billings WorkKeys group come and speak to us in August. We could also look for grants.
Next Meeting: September 22nd 1:30 pm at Job Service.
Members Present:
Michelle Parks Child Care Resources, Saundra Long Missoula Job Service, Sundee Carr Missoula Prerelease, Janet Van Dyke Voc Rehab, Brenda Warning Experience Works, Lynn Stocking UM College of Technology, Jim Morton Human Resources Council, Ron Liszak WORD, Wolf Missoula Job Service, Jodie Rasmussen The Lifelong Learning Center, Tamara Kindred MHA
Michelle called the meeting to order. Agenda approved, minutes from the last meeting approved.
New Business:
One Stop Renewal: Saundra has been working on putting the one stop renewal paperwork together. Renewal includes an outline of how the one-stop has been functioning. We met all the goals in the original One-stop application, we established bylaws, additional business oriented services, new collocated partners, and supported BEAR.
New Short-Term goals, look at the function and goals of the CMT, redefine the mission and find out ways to bring new people. We tried to bring in new people with guest speakers, at first there was strong interest but then interest and attendance started to drop off. How do we make this a more effective? The round table is valuable. The guest speakers were good but once per month turned out to be too much. Another barrier with collaboration is that the people at the meetings are not always the decision makers and therefore can not commit. In Kalispell the CMT does group projects like the job fair to work on. The group could find projects to work toward and commit resources. Thirty states use the WorkKeys program because you can document your skills instead of just listing on your resume. Employers also need to buy into it to be valid and meaningful.
Do we really need to be the Missoula Mineral Council? Mineral is rarely represented and is more often served by Sanders County. We could change the name to the Missoula Area Workforce Council. The workforce council functions fairly well with smaller numbers but doesn’t always communicate back the larger group. It may be a better model to have a smaller group then have a large annual meeting to keep everyone informed.
There is no Workforce Development council, that is a gap that we could fill. We could pick topics within that to develop projects to bring skills up and to document that they have the skills. Identify from the employers what skills are missing and how to document that they have them. Maybe have the Billings WorkKeys group come and speak to us in August. We could also look for grants.
Next Meeting: September 22nd 1:30 pm at Job Service.
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