Workforce Readiness Directors in each Iowa chapter continue to serve as the point person for workforce readiness initiatives by working with their community educators, city and state leaders, and local businesses. In December, 2010, the Ia SHRM Council signed a letter of support for the Iowa NCRC, an ACT based workforce skills credentialing system. Click here to see a copy of the letter.
DOL SUPPORTS INDUSTRY-CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
Employers are closer to being able to participate in industry-led, government-sanctioned apprenticeship programs separate from the federal and state registered apprenticeship system that many find cumbersome.
https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/hr-topics/talent-acquisition/Pages/DOL-Supports-Industry-Certified-Apprenticeship-Programs.aspx?utm_source=SHRM%20Wednesday%20-%20PublishThis_HRDaily__TEMPLATE%20(03.19.18%20DO%20NOT%20DELETE)%20(18)&utm_medium=email&utm_content=August%2015,%202018&SPMID=01651383&SPJD=12/31/2014&SPED=12/31/2018&SPSEG=Forward+Thinker&SPCERT=SHRM-CP&spMailingID=35618496&spUserID=NTAyOTI0Njc5OTQ2S0&spJobID=1341620646&spReportId=MTM0MTYyMDY0NgS2
FUTURE READY IOWA REGIONAL SUMMIT SERIES
Future Ready Iowa regional summits will bring together key stakeholders in education, business, economic development and community in ten locations across the state, to create local strategies that ensure all Iowans are future ready.
Below is a link:
www.futurereadyiowa.gov/summits
SHRM & WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL INITIATIVE
SHRM has joined a White House national initiative to expand workforce training by committing to educate and prepare more than 127,000 HR professionals through the SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP certification programs over the next five years. Here is a link to the article titled, SHRM Joines White House in Pledging to Train US Workers.
https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-news/Pages/SHRM-Joins-White-House-in-Pledging-to-Train-U.S.-Workers.aspx?utm_source=SHRM%20Breaking%20News%206.25.2018%20(2)&utm_medium=email&utm_content=July%2019,%202018&SPMID=01651383&SPJD=12/31/2014&SPED=12/31/2018&SPSEG=Forward+Thinker&SPCERT=SHRM-CP&spMailingID=35229407&spUserID=NTAyOTI0Njc5OTQ2S0&spJobID=1322111581&spReportId=MTMyMjExMTU4MQS2
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Director Beth Townsend met with President Trump, DOL Secretary Acosta, and other governors across the country to discuss the importance of registered apprenticeships. https://governor.iowa.gov/2017/06/iowa-workforce-development-leader-attends-registered-apprenticeship-roundtable-at-white
President Trump signed a new executive order to expand apprenticeships and vocational training: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20170615-0