City Roadmap:
Re-Employment and Workforce
Development Status Report
CED Committee April 24, 2023
Item (d)3
Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs
Monique Melchor, Division Manager, OEDCA
Sangeeta Durral, Senior Executive Analyst, OEDCA
San Jose Unemployment Trended Down in 2022
Ticked Up as 2023 Began
4.0%
3.4%
3.6% 3.8%
2.4% 2.4%
3.2%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
4.0%
4.5%
Jan 2022 Feb 2022 Mar 2022 Apr 2022 May 2022 Jun 2022 Jul 2022 Aug 2022 Sep 2022 Oct 2022 Nov 2022 Dec 2022 Jan 2023 Feb 2023 Unemployment Rate
U.S.
San Jose
Changes to service delivery
• Shift to virtual services
• Move to Las Plumas
• On-boarded new service providers
• Roll out of In-School Younger Youth Program
• New community partnerships
• Co-enrollments, on-site physical presence and referrals work2future Overview
• Met all WIOA performance standards
• State Designated High-Performing Workforce Board
• Focused on high-growth, high-wage jobs
• Priority Sectors - Advanced Manufacturing, Healthcare, ICT, Business/Accounting, Construction
• Vast majority of clients have 2 or more barriers & 85% are BIPOC
Service Highlights
• Served 1,846 enrolled clients (WIOA - 1,100 | SJ Works - 746) • 2,300 non-enrolled clients (online training, job readiness & rapid response workshops, job fairs)
• Contextualized training and education:
o Occupational Skills Training
o Paid work experience - Youth and Adults
o Online Training
o Pre-Apprenticeship Training, Non-traditional apprenticeships Service Highlights (continued)
TRAINING EXAMPLES
• Health Care - Medical Assisting, Phlebotomy and EKG combined • Digital Literacy - Google Suite, Office 365, plus Project Management • Free access to over 5,000 online courses - English and Spanish • Youth Work Experience - Medical and Dental Assisting, ICT • Facebook (Earn & Learn) Digital Marketing skills, placed with a micro or small business.
Service Highlights (continued)
TRAINING EXAMPLES (continued)
• San Jose Works in coordination with PRNS - 746 high school youth with 376 paid internships and 370 unsubsidized
• Resilience Corps Phase II - 220 young adults
• Trades Orientation Program pre-apprenticeship – 90 clients • PG&E Power Pathway - 20 clients
Looking Ahead
• Non -Traditional Apprenticeships: ICT and Advanced
Manufacturing
• Healthcare Workforce Initiative
• Community Economic Resilience Fund Phase I - twoyear research & planning project (SOMOS Mayfair, SVLG, Working Partnerships USA)
• Scale San Jose Works Entrepreneurship Program
Looking Ahead (continued)
• HVAC and CNC Machining training
• Childcare Support - enable more adults to participate in training and/or work experience
• Job Fairs - Eight through the year in various locations – San Jose City College and Mexican Heritage Plaza
San Jose Career Expo at the
San Jose McEnery Convention Center
Learning to develop software bots
City Roadmap:
Re-Employment and Workforce
Development Status Report
CED Committee April 24, 2023
Item (d)3
Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs
Monique Melchor, Division Manager, OEDCA
Sangeeta Durral, Senior Executive Analyst, OEDCA