Get to Know Your Workforce: New Ways to Analyze, Upgrade and Market Your Regional Talent

http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Know_Your_Workforce

Date: Thursday, February 24
Time: 2:30 - 4:00 pm EST
Cost: $85 for IEDC members, $125 for Non-members

Contact: [email protected]
Space is limited so register today!

In these tumultuous economic times, economic developers need tools to organize effective workforce development programs. Workforce development programs are essential to growing new economic bases and helping unemployed workers find promising careers. Moreover, businesses searching for sites today want more detailed evidence of workforce capacity, provided in less time than ever before.

This web seminar covers Skillshed Analysis, a new analytical tool that allows economic developers to systematically identify their communities' workforce assets and needs. Skillshed Analysis will help your community to stay on the cutting edge of growing industries and to respond more rapidly to changing business needs.

By attending the web seminar, you will learn how to:
• Identify the skills and training that local employers need
• Identify the occupations that are growing and declining in your community
• Identify the training that local worker need to move into growing professions
• Market your workforce assets to attraction candidates
• Coordinate with educational institutions more effectively

Join IEDC to learn critical information on how to identify, market, and upgrade the skills in your community from Paula Nissen of Iowa Workforce Development and Wendy Mihm-Herold of Northeast Iowa Community College.

Space is limited! Register today: http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Know_Your_Workforce

EXPERT SPEAKERS:

Paula Nissen
Bureau Chief
Iowa Workforce Development

Paula is the Public Service Executive for Iowa Workforce Development's (IWD) Regional Research & Analysis Bureau in Des Moines, Iowa. By spearheading the design, development, and implementation of Skillshed Analysis, Paula has become a nationally-recognized leader in assessing labor force assets and needs. In addition to Skillshed Analyses, Paula's responsibilities include Workforce Needs Assessment, Fringe Benefit Profiles, Educational Outcomes Measures, Iowa College Student Surveys, and dislocated worker survey analyses among other workforce related research.

Wendy Mihm-Herold, Ph.D.
Vice President for Economic Development Services
Northeast Iowa Community College

Wendy Mihm-Herold currently serves as vice president for economic development services for Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC). Wendy has substantial experience in bringing economic development organizations, educational institutions, and the private sector together to design training programs that fit the needs of local communities. In addition to her responsibilities with NICC, Wendy works with the Iowa Department of Economic Development on the administration of the state's training programs and represents NICC in the One Source Training Consortium to coordinate statewide training opportunities amongst Iowa's community colleges.