primary workforce development strategy is a demand-driven system that focuses on Michigan’s aligning all efforts, initiatives, programs, and funding around key industry clusters which are supported by labor market information. This strategy is integrated into the overall Governor’s strategic plan for reinvention of the state. Governor plan for the reinvention of Michigan Snyder’s is based on a commitment to ensure that future generations have meaningful career opportunities available to them and a quality of life second to none. The Workforce Development Agency is responsible for demand-driven activities to ensure a skilled workforce exists in our state. Talent enhancement activities include the development, retention, attraction, and matching of an exceptional talent base with guidance based on the needs of employers. This is achieved by: Michigan’s Connecting talent to opportunity by improving talent matching through Pure Michigan Talent Connect; Addressing the skills gap through attracting and retaining talent and meeting the needs of employers by ensuring that employers throughout the state have access to a labor pool with the necessary skills to grow the economy; state’s Growing and retaining talent through employment and training services; and Revitalizing our educational system by doing our best to ensure that youth have the opportunity to develop and achieve career goals through education and workforce training; and by addressing the education and training needs of the structurally unemployed and working adults who lack the basic skills necessary to succeed in postsecondary education, training, and to obtain good jobs. Increasing employer engagement with the K-12 system to: Increase and understanding on the relevance of what is learned students’ parents’ in school to the job market, Make a connection between business and education at the junior high, high school, and college level, Make an investment in career and technical education programs through relevant programming and curriculums, Align metrics with what employers need in the workforce; and Put career pathways back into middle and high school levels. o The Workforce Development goals, objectives and strategies support the key actions Agency’s described above. Data and metrics will drive policy and decisions by identifying and creating stakeholder performance metrics, by developing an integrated data collection system, by creating key reports for training, employment, retention and credentials, and by developing effective processes for analyzing key employment and training data for
Michigan’s primary workforce development strategy is a demand-driven system that focuses on aligning all efforts, initiatives, programs, and funding around key industry clusters which are supported by labor market information. This strategy is integrated into the Governor’s overall strategic plan for reinvention of the state. Governor Snyder’s plan for the reinvention of Michigan is based on a commitment to ensure that future generations have meaningful career opportunities available to them and a quality of life second to none. The Workforce Development Agency is responsible for demand-driven activities to ensure a skilled workforce exists in our state. Talent enhancement activities include the development, retention, attraction, and matching of an exceptional talent base with guidance based on the needs of Michigan’s employers. This is achieved by: Connecting talent to opportunity by improving talent matching through Pure Michigan Talent Connect; Addressing the skills gap through attracting and retaining talent and meeting the needs of employers by ensuring that employers throughout the state have access to a labor pool with the necessary skills to grow the state’s economy; Growing and retaining talent through employment and training services; and Revitalizing our educational system by doing our best to ensure that youth have the opportunity to develop and achieve career goals through education and workforce training; and by addressing the education and training needs of the structurally unemployed and working adults who lack the basic skills necessary to succeed in postsecondary education, training, and to obtain good jobs. Increasing employer engagement with the K-12 system to: Increase students’ and parents’ understanding on the relevance of what is learned in school to the job market, Make a connection between business and education at the junior high, high school, and college level, Make an investment in career and technical education programs through relevant programming and curriculums, Align metrics with what employers need in the workforce; and o Put career pathways back into middle and high school levels. The Workforce Development Agency’s goals, objectives and strategies support the key actions described above. Data and metrics will drive policy and decisions by identifying and creating stakeholder performance metrics, by developing an integrated data collection system, by creating key reports for training, employment, retention and credentials, and by developing effective processes for analyzing key employment and training data for
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