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NAWB Forum Information

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GAO Study: Unemployment Insurance: Better Data Needed to Assess Reemployment Services to Claimants

2005 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives

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Highlights of Reemployment Technical Assistance Efforts

Want answers and ideas as to what communities across the country have done, and plan to do, to better understand the unemployed segment of their talent pool and connect them to jobs? Then, we've got a story along with PowerPoint to tell and show you! ...About a year and half ago, DOL began to brainstorm some technical assistance efforts to reconnect Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants to reemployment opportunities. One question that came up was how are regions tapping the unemployed worker segment of their talent pool? This generated more questions like -- are they being connected to growth occupations? Are regions doing skills based matching and analysis? What jobs are growing and how do we connect the unemployed to these opportunities on the other side of the economic downturn? We thought regions would know the demand occupations and would have done the homework to understand the skill-sets of other segments of the talent pool -- possibly incumbent workers and youth. Still we were uncertain...what about the unemployed workers? Had regions mapped out the skills of the unemployed workers? Had the regions analyzed how these skills transferred to current employment opportunities in the region? Had the regions identified skill gaps with businesses experiencing labor shortages...or were poised to experience a labor shortage on the other side of the economic downturn? The result of a study conducted as part of the Reemployment technical assistance effort has been added to the Reemployment Community of Practice. We encourage you to check out this Webinar recording and PowerPoint and look forward to feedback.

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Strengthenomh the System for ReEmployment: What are you doing?

It was great to hear people talking about the why, how, what, who of strengthening systems for reemployment at the San Francisco Forum today. Nevada (represented by the awesome Kim Morigeau who also told tales of reemployment strategies at the Dallas Forum) and Oregon (represented by effectiveness & efficiency, employment & workforce development gurus Bill Fink and Krissa Caldwell ) kicked off the 90 minute discussion. While Oregon and Nevada have similar goals, their state and local system structures in their states are different, and each has designed different strategies to get where they want to go. Attendees were energized by the differences and the similarities! Bill and Krissa articulated the big picture goals they work toward: Goal 1: Ensure ALL employers have a skilled workforce for competitive success in the global market. Goal 2: Prepare an agile, innovative workforce with the skills to succeed in the knowledge-based economy. Goal 3: Build a flexible, unified workforce education and training system that consistently meets or exceeds the needs of workers and businesses. and Kim described the tangible outcomes Nevada seeks from a strengthened system for reemployment: Trust Fund Savings – direct cost savings to employers Entered Employments – returns skilled workers to employment Do you have explicit big picture and operational goals? How are you getting better results for your claimants, and for your system?