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5/29/2009
ACT announced that four new talent indices have been added to the twelve attributes that the assessment currently measures. The four new indicies are: Work Discipline, Teamwork, Customer Service Orientation, and Managerial Potential. Click here for more. 3/17/2009
INSIDE HIGHER ED - March 5, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Manufacturing is hoping it can play matchmaker to millions of workers seeking employment and thousands of companies demanding skilled laborers by endorsing a set of skills credentials.
Leaders of the largest industrial trade association in the United States, along with four industry groups, announced Wednesday their support for more ... 3/1/2009We revised the map for 2009 to align with the regions of our 25 Michigan Works! Agencies. Last year our boundaries were aligned with the WIRED regions. Going forward, our work needs to align with and support DELEG, Michigan Works! Agencies, and our high schools as they help workers and students earn certificates. 2/27/2009
The West Michigan Regional Skills Alliance held a strategic planning session on Monday, February 23, 2009. The top priority selected by the team was "Foundational skills and soft skills together with structured career coaching." Click here to download the Regional Priorities Report or to visit the Regional Skills Alliance page to learn more about the session. 2/7/2009
We recently completed a survey of the most compelling literature with regard to the status and challenges facing our schools and our workforce development system. This survey has been published under the title: Skills Now! - A Case for Urgent Action to Build the Skills of America's Workers. (7,823 KB) This is an excellent source of key statistics and diagrams that demonstrate the need for the NCRC.
Seniors all across Michigan were provided an opportunity to take the Locating Information test last month. This, combined with the Reading for Information and Applid Mathematics scores from their Junior year, will enable them to earn an NCRC. Thirty-eight schools beyond the core funded areas offered LI to their seniors. Thanks to Jim Balland and ACT for extraordinary support of the Michigan NCRC Advocates to promote this program.
Rachael and I attended the Southeast WorkKeys Conference this week. It is amazing to see the progress being made in states all across the nation. The conference attacts from well beyond the southeast. Teams were here from as far away as Maine and Oregon. We provided an update on the Michigan NCRC movement and presented our First Choice Career Coaching (FC3) model. 2/3/2009
The 2009 series of Regional Team meetings begins this month. Check the calendar on the Resources page for details. If you click on the calendar entry it will display the details of the meeting. Click here for the 2009 schedule of meetings. Call or email Rachael Jungblut, 616.234.3623, for more information. 1/29/2009The Coming to Michigan presentation has be revised to include year-end numbers. We also added a slide to clarify why Locating Information, Reading for Information, and Applied Mathematics are the three skills that power the NCRC.
We reached a milestone at the end of December - 500 Employers have signed a Letter of Commitment. Look at Metric 3 and Chart 4 to see details. 12/20/2008
Listen to the podcast of Paul Bergan, Regional Director for Career Technical Education at the Berrien County RESA on Inside Michigan Education. Paul discusses the role of CTE and the NCRC in education today. 12/19/2008
Our Health Care RSA project that led to FC3 was based on the chronic shortage of heath care workers. Then came October 2008 and the job market changed. Since then, a small team of us have been working some extra hours on a new idea to use the lessons of the WIRED projects to help displaced workers. Click here to download the Boot Camp for Jobs presentation. Email Lee Payne for more information.
The West Michgian Health Care Regional Skills Alliance was funded by WIRED to develop and launch "Highly Qualified" Health Care Counseling. Over time, this evolved into the First Choice Career Coaching Model. Download a PDF of the most recent First Choice Career Coaching presentation here. This model is based on the NCRC and Personal Skills Assessments along with a Four-Step career coaching process. Email Eric Heller or Lee Payne to learn more. 12/15/2008
Today we have 317 documents on the site. The NCRC is a lot about heart. It is about having a heart and caring about folks that need a trustworthy path to prosperity - folks that need honest feedback regarding their skill levels and what that means for their prospects for employment. The movement is made up of a lot of people who care enough to do something to help others. But, heart alone isn't enough. Take a look at the documents on the Resouces page and in the Public Documents section. A little bit of homework along with that big heart goes a long way. 12/14/2008
The Times Herald of St. Clair reported on the county's $25,000 program to test workers and issue National Career Readiness Certificates. Click here to read the article. 11/22/2008The 2008 Michigan WorkKeys Conference was a giant success. Fantastic break-out sessions, discussion panels, and keynote speakers. Check out the Conferences page for more.
ACT announced at the Michigan WorkKeys conference a program to allow seniors to take the Locating Infomation assessments so that they can earn an NCRC prior to graduation. Look for details on the Conferences page. This program is designed for high schools that want to offer LI to all seniors and award them NCRCs prior to or at graduation. 11/18/2008
The West Michigan WIRED Health Care project: First Choice Career Coaching (FC3) was presented at the CAEL Conference in Philadelphia last week. This work integrates the NCRC with the Personal Skills Assessments and career coaching to help more people find their best next career step in healthcare. Download the presentation and learn more on our new Careers page.
Please send us your feedback on the website. Many of the pages are still being developed and we welcome your suggestions as we complete them. If you see areas that need attention or have suggestions for additional content that should be added, please send an email with your suggestion to bill.guest@metricsreporting.com. Check out the new pages at www.michigancrc.org. And, be sure to look at the "How we measure progress" page. It has a map of Michigan that let's you click on the county to see progress in your area on all key measures. Follow the link to the bigger map at the top of the page and have some fun clicking around Michigan to see what your neighboring counties are doing with the NCRC. |
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