IEDC Workforce Development

  • Overview
  • Course Content
  • Requirements & Materials
Overview

IEDC Workforce Development

Course Description

Skilled workers are the backbone of a productive and efficient economy, and a critical factor in today’s business decisions. This versatile course explains the essential relationship between economic and workforce development through case studies, practical examples, and current research. You will learn what programs currently leverage federal, state and provincial, and local financial resources to support workforce development. In addition, discover what you can do to build the workforce pipeline and upgrade the skills of your community's existing workforce through collaborative programs. The course also will cover the emerging demand-driven model in workforce development, sector strategies for targeted industry clusters, K-12 development and integration, occupational analysis, talent attraction, and more.

Course Content

INTRODUCTION

  • Why workforce?
  • Why now?

UNDERSTANDING THE WORKFORCE SYSTEM

THE ROLE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPER IN THE WORKFORCE SYSTEM

  • Talent recruitment and retention
  • Challenges and opportunities to alignment

INTEGRATING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION STRATEGIES

ACCESSING WORKFORCE RESOURCES TO MEET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS

UNDERSTANDING OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS

NEW ALLIANCES, NEW MODELS

  • Best practices in state and local initiatives
Requirements & Materials
Important Information

Session Details

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for economic develop specialists, economic development managers, executive directors, economic development directors, project managers, and business outreach managers.

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What You Will Learn

  • The workforce pipeline development and enhancement
  • Sector strategies
  • K-12 development and integration
  • Occupational analyis
  • Talent attraction
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How You Will Benefit

  • Discuss the core components of the workforce development system and its essential role in economic development.
  • Understand occupational data analysis.
  • Assess qualifications, skills, and abilities of the current workforce.
  • Identify ways to recruit and retain a skilled labor force.
  • Learn the role that higher education plays in workforce development.
  • Discuss how to integrate workforce development into new alliances, new models, federal funding, and best practices in regional and local initiatives.
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    Taught by Experts in the Field
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    Grow Your Professional Network

Georgia Tech provides a great learning environment, and also facilitates a great networking environment.

- Niki Jones
Community Development Administrator

TRAIN AT YOUR LOCATION

We enable employers to provide specialized, on-location training on their own timetables. Our world-renowned experts can create unique content that meets your employees' specific needs. We also have the ability to deliver courses via web conferencing or on-demand online videos. For 15 or more students, it is more cost-effective for us to come to you.

  • Save Money
  • Flexible Schedule
  • Group Training
  • Customize Content
  • On-Site Training
  • Earn a Certificate
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