During September the Mesa County Workforce Center is highlighting
their efforts to make Mesa County a Work Ready Community (WRC) http://workreadycommunities.org/
Since
becoming a WRC Mesa County is finding and filling skill gaps and quantifying
the skill level of the valley’s workforce. The Mesa County Workforce Center is
achieving this through the use of the National Career Readiness Certificate
(NCRC) which offers to:
- Help employers attract only
qualified applicants for their open positions
- Reduce the cost of onboarding new
employees, while reducing turnover
- Create career pathways to help
inform students of growing industries
- Identify Mesa County’s skilled
labor force and market that to new potential employers
- Help shrink Mesa County’s skills
gaps
- Allows Mesa County job seekers
the ability to use the NCRC as a stackable credential in most industries
“Being a Work Ready Community makes Mesa County even more attractive to
businesses looking to relocate. Having an available, trained and ready
workforce demonstrates that Mesa County is taking economic development
seriously.” states Commissioner Scott McInnis.
The Mesa County
Workforce Center has been preparing the business community through job
profiling, which links job tasks with the NCRC by pinpointing benchmarks for
hiring, recruiting, advancement, and training. Once the profile is completed,
it is owned by the employer and is legally backed by ACT, a huge benefit for
businesses when dealing with future hiring requirements.
According to Mesa County Workforce
Director, John Flanagan, “The Work Ready Communities
program has been implemented in other states.
Mesa County has been the first to launch the program in Colorado, Flanagan says. “Mesa County is definitely the leader in this
effort.”
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