OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO………… BEAUFORT COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BEGAN PARTNERING WITH THE FORERUNNER OF NC WORKS CENTERS
MONTHLY PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS NC WORKS PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS BUSINESS & INDUSTRY INNOVATION COUNCIL PARTICIPANTS: PARTICIPANTS: BCCC NC WORKS REPS BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOLS REGION Q TITLE V REPS PROBATION & PAROLE BEAUFORT CO. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VOC REHAB DHHS/DWS DIRECTOR DSS BCS LOCAL EMPLOYERS LITERACY REPS UNITED WAY
EXTREME PARTNERS PARTICIPATE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY’S COMMITTEE OF 100 RECENT RESULTS: PROVIDED PARTIAL FUNDING FOR COLLEGE’S DIGITAL SIGN PROJECT FUNDED EASTERN REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FUNDED COMMITTEE OF 100 SKILL CENTER DEVELOPING BEAUFORT CO. AS A WORK READY LABS & WELDING EQUIPMENT FOR BCCC COMMUNITY OCCUPANCY, CUSTOMIZED TRAINING AND FUNDED CRC’S FOR WORK READY COMMUNITY TRAINING FOR PARTNER REFERRALS
MORE EXTREME PARTNERING BCCC PARTNERSHIP WITH DSS TO DELIVER NC WORKS & BCCC ASSIST AS AN INDUSTRY HRD CLASSES FOR WORK FIRST COMMUNITY RECRUITMENT TEAM IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR BCCC PARTNERSHIP WITH CHAMBER OF NC WORKS TRAINS BCCC STAFF ON COMMERCE TO HOST SMALL BUSINESS EXPO AND ALL OF THE SBC WORKSHOPS NCWORKS.GOV WEBSITE
MORE EXTREME PARTNERING BCCC BUILT A COMPUTER LAB AT NC WORKS BCCC EXTENDS EXPERTISE TO AREA BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH CENTER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR HRD, GED, NC STATE AND EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY COMPUTER TRAINING UNDERWAY – DEVELOPMENT OF WORKFORCE BCCC BUILT A COMPUTER LAB AT CENTER FOR LEARNING ACADEMIES RESULTING IN INDUSTRY HUMAN SERVICES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY CREDENTIALS AND A CROSSOVER TO FOR HRD AND COMPUTER TRAINING CURRICULUM
WHERE IS ALL OF THIS PARTNERING HEADED?
POTASH CORPORATION BCCC AND NC WORKS CENTER PARTNER TO PROVIDE: CRC AND WORK READINESS DETERMINATIONS FOR ALL POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES – 1 ST YEAR, RESULT: TESTED OVER 825 APPLICANTS 70% RETENTION RATE FOR NEW HIRES – 1 ST YEAR CURRENTLY ALL POTASH EMPLOYEES MUST HAVE A PARTIAL CRC TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POTASH 95% RETENTION RATE FOR NEW HIRES – 2 ND YEAR PROGRESSION PLAN PROFILES FOR OVER 50 JOBS
MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF BCCC AND NC WORKS PARTNER TO SOLVE idX TRAINING NEEDS PLANT EXPANSION………. MORE EMPLOYEES NEEDED TEMP AGENCY SUPPLIES WORKERS……….. FAST AND SEEMINGLY EASY SOLUTION FOR idX WORKERS LACK NEEDED SKILL SETS..…… BCCC DOES NOT OFFER TRAINING IN WOODWORKING
DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRESIDENT OF BCCC REP. FROM DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS MEET WITH idX PLANT MANAGER THE EXTREME PARTNERSHIP FOR HIGH STAKES TRAINING BEGINS TO EVOLVE
PARTNERING COMPONENTS: MULTIPLE PARTNERS FOR: RESULTS: • SCREENING APPLICANTS • SAVED idX TIME, ENERGY & MONEY • CUSTOMIZED TRAINING FUNDS FOR VESTIBULE • TEMP AGENCY NO LONGER NEEDED TRAINING • MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH FOR DIFFERENT • OJT PROVIDED BY NC WORKS ACCESS AND EGRESS POINTS FOR POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES (SEE FLOWCHART) • HRD PROVIDED BY BCCC, PAID FOR BY NC • NO CONFUSION OVER WHO WAS DOING WHAT WORKS & CUSTOMIZED TRAINING PROGRAM
BCCC Occupational idX Impressions Woodworking Classes (Referrals) and On-the-Job Training Referrals by the OneStop Career Center idX Incumbent NC Works Workers Referrals by idX Refer back to the NC Works Center for other Referred to the HRD Does the applicant Initial Assessment options No Employability Lab need by Staff at the NC Class OJT or CRC? Works Center Yes No Referral to idX for Yes Did they earn a CRC? application review No Yes Applicant is referred Yes to additional Remediation thru Referred back to the BCCC OE/HRD class NC Works Center to complete paperwork and to take PSA END Did they finish No No Applicant chooses to class? pursue other options Referred back to idX for interview and selection idX can still make No OJT eligible? offer idX selects employees to attend CTP classes No Yes Back to NC Works Center for Skills Gap Yes Analysis, Contract, and Offer Attend specialty Continue to Work for Referred to the 64- classes offered thru idX in current hr Woodworking Does employee Customized Train. position Class thru BCCC complete 64-hr Program Cust. Training training? Program Yes idX Workforce
MORE RESULTS 90% HIRING RATE 100% RETENTION RATE A NEW MODEL FOR RESPONDING TO BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY WAS BORN!
IMPACT OF EXTREME PARTNERING CREATED A BROADER, CROSS-TRAINED PROJECT RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR TRAINING MANAGEMENT TEAM ASSISTANCE WERE MADE BY THE TEAM IN MONTHLY COLLABORATION MEETING FOR “GREATER GOOD” RATHER THAN FOR SELF -SERVING REASONS NO CONFLICTS OR DUPLICATION OF SERVICES EXTREME PARTNERING LED TO INCUMBENT CROSS-TRAINED TEAM BECAME A NEW ASSET IN WORKER TRAINING WITH idX AND TRAINING THE ABSENCE OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO OTHER LOCAL INDUSTRIES DIRECTOR
FUNDING SOURCES: EACH PARTNER SUPPLIED STAFF, FUNDS, FACILITIES, & TECHNOLOGY
WHY WAS EXTREME PARTNERING A BEST PRACTICE? • UNUSUAL HIGH LEVEL OF COLLABORATION OF THE PARTNERS • idX WAS ABLE TO USE ALL OF THE PARTNER RESOURCES WITHOUT DUPLICATION OF SERVICES • THE PROCESS WAS SEAMLESS AND TRANSPARENT TO idX
LESSONS LEARNED: DECISIONS MADE FOR “GREATER GOOD” SERVE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY MO RE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. SHARED RESOURCES ENABLE MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND BETTER PROGRAMMING FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
EXTREME PARTNERING IS EASILY SCALABLE!! 6 NEW PROJECTS UNDERWAY FOR JOINT PROVISION OF SERVICES BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (4) A GOVERNMENT AGENCY A MUNICIPAL GROUP
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