Other On-line Tools and Resources

Federal Resources

Workforce3One, a project of the US Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration, is a collaborative effort among national, state, and local leaders.  Together, they form a single system committed to demand-driven programs.  This collaboration represents a step toward preparing workers for new and in-demand jobs in high growth, high-demand, and economically vital industries/sectors of the American economy.  The Workforce3 One Integrated Webspace offers the public workforce system, employers, economic development professionals, and education professionals an innovative knowledge network that responds directly to business needs and prepares workers for good jobs in the fastest growing careers.  www.workforce3one.org

America’s Job Bank (AJB) is the largest and one of the busiest job banks on the Internet.  Job seekers can post their résumé and search for job openings, while employers can post job listings, create customized job orders and search résumés.  The Department of Labor plans to phase out AJB in June 2007, at which time we will update this link to allow users to access state job banks for job match assistance. www.ajb.org

America’s Service Locator (ASL) helps individuals and employers locate public facilities that provide information on finding a job, planning a career, locating training, dealing with job loss, and recruiting employees.  Visitors to the site can download maps and driving directions to these offices.  www.servicelocator.org

America’s Career InfoNet (ACINet) helps people make better, more informed career decisions through information on typical wages and employment trends across occupations and industries, education and skills requirements for most occupations, employer contact information, cost of living data, state profiles and more.  www.acinet.org

O*Net OnLine provides access to information on salary and employment outlook for an occupation, provides tools to develop skill-based résumés and access to other online career information resources.  www.onetcenter.org

Career Voyages provides information about building a career in a high-growth, high-demand field.  Aimed at four group – youth, career changers, adults and career advisors, the website contains information on what occupations are growing fastest nationally and within each state, outlines career ladders, and provides licensing requirements, career videos, and links to actual jobs.  www.careervoyages.gov

A new Competency Model Clearinghouse pulls together existing information on competency models from several industries.  Competency models can be used as a foundation for developing curriculum and selecting training materials; to develop licensure and certification requirements; and for other purposes.  The manufacturing competency model can be accessed through the Competency Model Clearinghouse, which is also linked to the O*NET and Career Voyages.  This tool will enable industry, educators, and government to match investments in training to the specific skills needed in the workplace.  To access the Competency Model Clearinghouse go to: www.careeronestop.org/CompetencyModel  

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:  provides access to a database of all Federal programs available to state and local governments; federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; territories of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations; specialized groups; and individuals.  www.cfda.gov

Association Resources

The Association of Joint Labor-Management Educational Programs’ mission is to strengthen and promote joint labor-management educational programs in order to solidify the commitment of companies, unions and employees to the philosophy and practice of lifelong learning.  Workplace development, through participation in joint education and training initiatives, increases America's competitive edge in the global economy and labor market.  The Association’s members represent a range of industries such as aerospace, health care, steel, telecommunications, public sector state government, printing, and public utilities serving over 1,000,000 incumbent union workers.  www.workplacelearning.org

The Manufacturing Skills Standard Council (MSSC) is a nationwide, industry-led organization that focuses on the foundational skills and knowledge needed by workers in the nation's advanced manufacturing sector.  The MSSC Certification System offers manufacturing production workers the opportunity to demonstrate that they have mastered the skills increasingly needed in the high-growth, technical jobs of the 21st century.  Standards promoted by MSSC are a key feature of the Visteon case study.  www.msscusa.org

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and its Manufacturing Institute promotes workforce solutions for manufacturers in a global economy in order to build the workforce skills that American industry needs to strengthen its competitive advantage.  NAM is the nation’s largest industrial trade association, representing small and large manufacturers in every industrial sector and in all 50 states.  www.nam.org

The National Association of Workforce Investment Boards (NAWB) is a membership organization of Workforce Investment Boards that promotes the needs of member WIBs through a comprehensive program of advocacy, technical assistance, and communications activities.  As part of this technical assistance, NAWB published a guide on sector-based initiatives entitled The Road to Sector Success: A Guide for Workforce Boards that can be found on their site at http://www.nawb.orf/pdf/sector)strategies_full.pdf.  The organization’s member directory can also be a source of contact information on local WIBs. www.nawb.org

The National Council for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM) is an industry-led, policy research organization, working collaboratively since 1989 with key leaders from industry, education, and government, to shape public policies and programs to make U.S. manufacturing globally competitive.  It convenes its members and other key stakeholders to formulate, proposals in a non-partisan, environment.  Participants include small, medium and large manufacturing firms, associations, universities and community colleges, members of Congress and their staffs, federal agencies, and other organizations.  www.nacfam.org

The National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP) is a nation-wide membership organization dedicated to promoting the use of sector initiatives and the strategies that support them. Our purpose is to improve employment and economic opportunities for low-income individuals, families, and communities; to strengthen industry sectors that are important to regional labor markets; and to increase regional economic vitality. NNSP's members include sector initiative leaders, policy makers, researchers, representatives from industry and labor, funders, and other supporters. NNSP works in partnership with these and other stakeholders to design, implement, improve, and scale up sector initiatives, and to help workforce, economic development, education, and social service systems serve their customers effectively. http://www.nnsp.org