BNCC Workforce Hub:
The Bardstown-Nelson County Chamber of Commerce
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Future plans include a web page dedicated to all things workforce.
As the largest business organization in Nelson County, the Chamber looks to not only sustain the business climate; but to improve and secure a thriving future.
Samantha Brady, previous Executive Director stated “In order to continue the growth and success of our community, the Bardstown Nelson Chamber of Commerce has identified that one thing is clear; we must have a workforce and create a pipeline for our growing needs.”
BNCC is happy to report that there are so many really amazing programs the schools systems, ATC and the businesses community are doing with internships, externships, work base learning and apprenticeships. BNCC recognized that by connecting and working together we could take all these projects to the next level with one common goal, a future workforce.
The BNCC has made a commitment to act as the platform, conduit, or connector for all this information, building a workforce pipeline for the future.
The BNCC Workforce Hub was Born, a place to connect all workforce projects and initiatives.
Here are the successful projects that have been created to build a pipeline for the future!
- Workforce Hub: Platform for Communication and share information related to Workforce
- Workforce Hub Committee: This group of businesses, education leaders, career center and industry meet each month for a two hour meeting dedicated to communicating and connecting each workforce initiative to reach greater participation and engagement
- Community Connect: Reverse job fair where students at the ATC exhibited what they have learned in their chosen field. Employers reviewed their resumes with juniors for summer employment and/or work based experiences for the 2019-2020 school year
- Numerous students connected to over 80 local employers and 40 students were hired
- Job Page: An up to date local job posting page free to our members
- Our job page has had over 10,000 since its launch
- The Chamber job page currently has over 90 jobs open
- TPM Collaboratives Talent Pipeline Management™ : Organized Employer Collaboratives that empower businesses to create and manage talent supply chains through projecting talent needs and aligning those with education and workforce development systems.
- Two Collaboratives have been formed and are collecting data, the next step will be to create the solution.
- XLR8 Classes: (Free to Members & Membership Staff) Accelerating your professional development through small educational classes designed to teach you practical business skills for your future!
- Classes have been well received the majority of feedback is that they want more.
- Classes: Essentials Skills, Customer Service, Managing Workplace Conflict, Google Classes
- BRIDGE Nelson County: An under 40 year old young professionals group designed to Build Relationships and Influence Decisions for the Growth of our Economy - Bridging the Gap
- Marketing Collaboration with the City of Bardstown and Hannah Bowman:
- Living and Working in Bardstown-Nelson County Series of Videos
- TPM (Talent Pipeline Management) Video - Changing how businesses project and prepare for our current and future workforce needs and the progress we have made.
- Young Leaders Institute: Students in the 10th grade from all four high schools learn about their community while developing leadership skills.
- Current program initiatives focusing on workforce
- 2018-2019 program awarded a scholarship based on a workforce essay
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March 2020 News
On February 5th Lance Blanford led the Workforce Hub meeting with over twenty five in attendance including educators, community partners, and businesses at the table to create the online version of the Hub. This will be a tremendous resource making a true one stop for all things workforce.
Lance Blanford & Samantha Brady were guest speakers at the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. They spoke about how BNCC created the Workforce Hub and how others can do so.
Talent Pipeline Management (TPM):
When
Building the Manufacturing Maintenance Pipeline
we have spent the last several meetings exploring how best to develop an effective and quality approach to upskilling our workforce through partnerships with ECTC and regional high schools.
Building the RN and CNA Pipeline
has consisted of completing a talent flow analysis that examines where candidates worked prior to their current role (and what they did there), where they were trained, and how they were recruited. The idea is to better understand where we are getting the best sources of talent currently to build off existing pipelines and identify underutilized sources of talent.
The
Construction Talent Pipeline
has completed demand projections for the future and we are thrilled to report we received a 100% completion rate, which means this collaborative group is all in!
More Collaboratives are being formed and solutions are just around the corner.
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February 2020 News
During our February Hub meeting, partners came together to build the Hub website resource page. On the website hub page; employers, education, state and local partners, and community service links will be accessible. It is truly a one stop shop for all things workforce.
Talent Pipeline
Management (TPM) Update
Talent Pipeline Management, employer led Collaboratives, build workforce solutions for the future. Recently, Major Dick Heaton declared a proclamation to Josh Williams, Talent Pipeline Systems Leader, with the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center. This proclamation was in recognition of Josh's work with the pilot manufacturing maintenance collaborative in Bardstown-Nelson County.
In addition, the following companies were awarded the first ever workforce innovation award for being the pilot partners in Bardstown-Nelson County to form a TPM Collaborative.
Congratulations!
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January 2020 News
Talent Pipeline Management (TPM) Update
Talent Pipeline Management is an employer led TPM Collaboratives that are meeting to create workforce solutions. Our Manufacturing Maintenance Collaborative has been working for several months to create solutions. This collaborative is in the process of working with our high schools, Area Technology Center and local colleges to convey their needs and come up with a strategy that will produce the Workforce skills needed for the future.
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December 2019 News
Talent Pipeline
Management (TPM) Update
Josh Williams, Talent Pipeline System Leader with the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center has been working with local businesses and the Bardstown-Nelson County Chamber of Commerce for several months forming collaboratives and collecting data to create workforce solutions.
"With the tight labor market we are experiencing, it's more important than ever for business and education to partner in building the workforce we need for economic growth.
Through TPM, manufacturers in Bardstown have made substantial progress in projecting their need for maintenance technicians and analyzing how they can build a stronger talent pipeline locally. With the added insight that 77% of their best maintenance technicians have a background in manufacturing, they're now exploring how best to up-skill their existing workforce to higher skilled and higher paying positions," says Josh Williams.
Watch this video to learn more about Talent Pipeline Management:
Joe Ashley, the plant manager at Orbis Corporation, says "Orbis decided to participate in this talent pipeline because we have a continuous need for skilled employees and enough qualified candidates in the pool."
Workforce Page and Portal
Next year watch for a workforce portal on the Chamber website in addition to our job page. This Portal will be a tool utilized by all school systems in our area, businesses, and partners to find resources for internships, and externship resources needed for a successful future.
Lance Blanford, 2020 Chamber Chair Elect, commented the chamber is "implementing real world solutions and resources to connect local talent with over 550 Chamber members."
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November 2019 News
Talent Pipeline Managment
Employer led TPM Collaboratives are meeting to create workforce solutions. Our Manufacturing maintenance Collaborative has been working for several months to create solutions. This collaborative is in the process of working with our high schools, Area Technology Center and local colleges to convey their needs and come up with a strategy that will produce the Workforce skills needed for the future.
Workforce Page and Portal
A workforce portal will be available on the Chamber website in addition to our job page. This Portal will be a tool utilized by all school systems in our area, businesses, and partners to find resources for internships, and externship resources needed for a successful future.
Lance Blanford, 2020 Chamber Chair Elect, commented the chamber is "implementing real world solutions and resources to connect local talent with over 550 Chamber members."
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October 2019 News
The Bardstown- Nelson Chamber attended Build My Future. BUILD My Future was made possible by: RAME Contracting, Haydon Materials, Mago Construction, McCain Bros. Contracting, SITECH, CMC, and Whayne Materials - CAT.
The 2nd Annual BUILD My Future event was held on September 26, 2019. The purpose of the event is to expose career opportunities in the construction industry to our local high school students.
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