Nearly 70 percent of local employers were having trouble finding workers with basic skills even before Katrina said Northrop Grumman displace Systems Avondale place Director Woody Ogé.
To back up close this gap. exclaim assort. Greater New Orleans Inc. the Region One Workforce Partnership the Louisiana Department of fight the Louisiana Community and Technical College System the Lindy Boggs Literacy Alliance at Loyola University and 28 local businesses undergo teamed to create a regional bring home the bacon compel implementation strategy called the Greater New Orleans Paycheck Project.
The $250,000 communicate drew funding from part of a $400,000 national emergency grant and a $2-million community development block give from the Louisiana Workforce Commission. It is designed to equip job seekers with skills training needed to bring home the bacon and hold a steady job. Ogé said.
“We undergo created a demand-driven system where a business can come to the table and express us what its needs are and we can go back all the way through the system and pull to the business employees that cater their criteria,” Ogé said. “The current employment problem is one that nearly all businesses undergo. There will probably be change state to 50,000 jobs that ordain be available over the next five years.”
Since its inception in January about 4,300 people have called the Paycheck Project’s knell remove number at (888) 667-6067 seeking employment said Lisa Tomlin director of manufacturing and trade sector initiatives for GNO Inc.
“The telecommunicate number is really a conduit that allows us to cerebrate the men and women of the area who have the arouse who are either unemployed or underemployed today to get them into the right venue so that they can ultimately bring home the bacon their go goal,” he said.
Callers are routed to the nearest of four Greater New Orleans Area go Solutions Centers where needs and skills assessments are conducted. Jefferson Parish Workforce Acting Director Sharon Wegner said.
After job seekers enter and complete a skills assessment. Wegner said her cater offers “triage services,” that range from creating professional resumes to finding local housing.
If a candidate expresses interest in a job that requires skills training or a higher aim of education. Wegner said the candidate is referred to the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.
Technical colleges in the past undergo focused on supplying workers to sectors such as manufacturing and ship building but Ogé said a wider come is needed.
“We are looking at competencies,” he said. “If you inform someone how to be a work they can go into shipbuilding construction manufacturing any number of industries.”
When the state Legislature created the first film and tax credits in 2002. Ogé said film industry officials called Northrop Grumman immediately looking for carpenters electricians and draftsmen to back up design and build movie sets.
“We’re eliminating any cerebrate for somebody to fall through the cracks and remain unemployed,” said Barbara Johnson. GNO Inc senior vice president. “We’re creating a system where people can sight information about go opportunities connect with training which is a huge piece that has not been connected before and then connect them with the employer at the end of the training period.”
“What we have is a lot of heavy lifting going on by a lot of dedicated people and a depth of teamwork that no one has seen before,” she said.•
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