Center News: July 2002

 

Phase II of the Workforce Academy project is actively underway.  Chambers in Jackson, Mo; Helena and Bozeman, Mont.; and Clarksville, Tenn., have hosted initial academies.  Oregon’s North Clackamas County Chamber is scheduled to host its first academy on July 31.  Business Roundtables have been formed on such issues as education reform, management training, and small business learning consortia.  CWP is discussing the expansion of the Academy Model with a number of chambers around the country.  For more information, please contact Scott Cheney at 202-887-3441 or scheney@uschamber.com.

 

 

CWP needs your help.  If you haven’t done so already, please take 15 to 25 minutes to complete the Workforce Development Needs Assessment Survey.  This survey, a part of the WINs initiative, will ascertain chambers’ interests and activities in key workforce development areas.  Your input will assist CWP’s efforts in meeting chamber workforce development needs.  Please download the survey and fax the completed document to 202-463-5308.  Thank you!

 

 

The Chamber-Job Corps Partnership’s brochure -- C³ Career Fairs -- is based on promising practices and lessons learned during the second year of the CWP-National Job Corps Office Partnership project.  It highlights the keys to co-sponsoring a successful community career fair.  The critical  Cs in your community are the community workforce systems, local chambers and community colleges.  A C³ Career Fair is designed to help business find the qualified applicants it needs and to inform business about the local education and resource services available to assist them in this effort.  The brochure was sent to each member chamber in June.  Call 202-463-5525 for additional copies. 

 

 

Business was well represented at the annual U.S. Department of Labor July conference, Workforce Innovation 2002, in Nashville, Tenn.  CWP and its national WINs partners sponsored a -- super session -- and two workshops, drawing well over 250 participants to learn about reaching employers through business associations. Chamber representatives and employers from El Paso, Texas; Holyoke, Mass.; and Durham, N.C., CWP’s WINs demonstration sites, discussed local successes and challenges and suggested ways an employer-driven workforce system could better meet community needs.  CWP’s participation in the conference also included a presentation about successful chamber-Job Corps partnerships.

 

 

On September 18, CWP will host a one-hour ChamberCast focused on the impact of illiteracy in the workplace.  This event is part of a national campaign sponsored by VerizonSuperpages, and builds upon topics included in CWP’s literacy toolkit, -- Higher Skills: Bottom Line Results. For more information, please contact Tonda Willliams at 202-463-5439 or twilliam@uschamber.com.

 

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