States and communities across the country are organizing public-private partnerships to engage employers in addressing critical workforce needs. Many of these efforts have been launched by elected officials, government agencies, employer organizations, and education institutions. In recent years, there has been a growing consensus that these initiatives must be demand driven—focused on skilled jobs where there are, or will be, significant job openings with high earning potential.
However, even demand-driven initiatives vary widely in their level of employer engagement and the roles employers play when they are involved. As a result, demand-driven does not always equal employer-led. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Talent Pipeline Management® (TPM) initiative is an employer-led approach that organizes the business community into employer collaboratives to address its most critical workforce needs using talent supply chain strategies and practices.
Strategy 1 shows why and how you will plan and implement an employer collaborative. It does the following:
- Makes clear why employer collaboratives are a different approach to building demand-driven public-private partnerships
- Shows how to identify the most promising opportunities for establishing these collaboratives and where to start when building talent pipelines
- Defines options for organizing and managing these employer groups
- Provides guidance on how to engage employers and key stakeholders in starting your first collaborative and gain their buy-in
Strategy 1 Learning Objectives
- Identify the key features and benefits of employer collaboratives and how they are different from other approaches.
- Determine the focus of an employer collaborative and explore where to start when building internal and external talent pipelines.
- Organize and finance an employer collaborative.
- Engage employers and key stakeholders in establishing an employer collaborative.
