Partner

Workforce Development

Terri Bergman
Partner/Director, Labor Market Research, San Diego Workforce Partnership, Inc.
San Diego, CA 92105
County: San Diego
http://www.workforce.org

Organization:
The San Diego Workforce Partnership. Inc. has been coordinating job training and employment programs for more than thirty years. Created under a Joint Powers Agreement by the City and County of San Diego, the Workforce Partnership mobilizes public and private organizations to address workforce needs, and uses its network of One-Stop Career Centers to bring qualified employees and businesses together. As the region's recognized leader on workforce development issues, the Workforce Partnership provides area businesses with expertise in job training and supportive services, as well as job matching services. Job seekers, both adult and youth, look to the Workforce Partnership for referral to and placement in high quality jobs, and education and training programs. The Workforce Partnership is a partner on two WIRED projects, listed below.

Tasks:
Project 1.2 - 21st Century Worker Profiles:
- Assist partners in developing 21st Century job profiles in the Bio/Pharma, Bio/Info/Nano, and Biomedical Health fields.
- Define the workforce skills issues within these industries, based on their projected futures.
Project 1.4 - Innovation-Based Entrepreneurial Ventures:
- With partners, collect key data for benchmarking of activities that support entrepreneurs to grow their companies successfully.
- Develop best practices from collected data and foster development of community investors.