SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN HERE IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. BACK TO YOU IN THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU, JONATHAN. READY
TO WORK AS AN EDUCATIONAL AND
JOB PLACEMENT PROGRAM HERE IN
THE ALAMO CITY WITH A MISSION
TO HELP THOUSANDS OF SAN
ANTONIANS IMPROVE THE QUALITY
OF LIFE AND GET THIS RECENTLY.
THE PROGRAM RECEIVED AN ALMOST
3 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. JOINING US
IN TODAY’S LEADING SA SEGMENT.
>> IT’S MICHAEL RAMSEY, THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT. GOOD MORNING,
MIKE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
>> GOOD MORNING. I’M EXCITED TO
BE HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO MIKE,
FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW WHAT
IS THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM
AND HAS GONE SO FAR?
READY TO ISN’T PRESIDENT IT
AS IT GAINS IN THE JOB
PLACEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE’RE
SWINGING FOR THE FENCES ON TO
CREATE A NEW PATH OR TO CHANGE
THE NARRATIVE FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE WORK IN UNDERSERVED AND
UNDERREPRESENTED HERE IN OUR
TRULY AND THE LAWYER LEAD
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
INITIATIVE. WE HAVE SOME
PHENOMENAL PARTNERS OVER 200
PLAYS LOCAL EMPLOYERS LEADING
THE WAY BEEN PVR CHAIR OF ARE
READY TO WORK BOARD ALONG WITH
PETER. DON’T SOCIAL GENERAL
CONTRACTORS. TOM, THE INPUT
FROM A LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY
MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY ON
FOCUS IN ON TASKED WITH
PROVIDING TRAINING PATHWAYS
THAT LEAD TO GOOD PAYING JOBS
THAT ARE LOCALLY OR IS WANT
AND NEED. WE HAVE PARTNERS THAT
ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING THE
PEOPLE OF THIS PROGRAM WITH
EXCELLENCE. THAT IS ALAMO
COLLEGES. WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
ALAMO AND THEY’RE SITTING ON
THE REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS FOR
OUR COMMUNITY’S GROWTH OF TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE CREDENTIALS
AND STEALS THAT ARE MOST NEEDED
FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PROSPER
AS A COMMUNITY ARE IN WITHIN
OUR WITH THERE ARE.
>> WELL, MAX MENTIONED IT
EARLIER. THE PROGRAM ALMOST
3 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT. SO WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE PROGRAM?
AND HOW IS THAT MONEY GOING TO
BE USED?
>> PRETTY SHIPS OFFER NOW IN A
WAY TO ADD STEALS INTO YOUR
THERE’S BEEN AN EDUCATIONAL
THIS CAN THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE
HAND YOU HAVE YOUNG MEN AND
WOMEN THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY
INTERESTED IN FINDING A
FOUR-YEAR IT IS INCREASINGLY
TOUGH TO WIN GOOD JOBS THAT
ARE HIGH GROWTH
INDUSTRY SECTORS WITHOUT BORDER
TECHNICAL, ESPECIALLY LAST IS
SO ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE
COMPANIES AND INDUSTRIES THAT
CAN PLAY THAT THEY CAN’T FIND
ENOUGH WORKERS TO STAFF THEIR
EXPANDING BUSINESSES. WE’RE
BIG PART OF THIS PROBLEM IS
THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST
50 YEARS OR SO, THERE’S BEEN A
BIT ON THE OVERWHELMING
EMPHASIS ON COLLEGE DEGREES
VERSUS BILLS AND THAT WE HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT, THE LOCAL EMPLOYERS
TO GROW AND EXPAND OUR PRE
APPRENTICESHIP, APPRENTICESHIP,
PATHWAYS, WHICH ARE TRUE, TRIED
AND TESTED MODEL OF HELPING
PEOPLE TO GET THE SKILLS THAT
THEY NEED WITHOUT A CAUSE THAT
WHATSOEVER THEY GET PLACES A
HIGH QUALITY FAMILY SUSTAINING
JOBS THAT ARE READY TO WORK IS
GOING TO HELP TO EXPAND
AWARENESS OF THOSE
APPROPRIATE PRECIP. AN
APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAYS.
HOPE ABOUT THE WRAPAROUND
SUPPORTS THIS ERA TO GET PEOPLE
TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT EARLY TO
LEARN BOTTLE. AND WE’RE GOING
TO GROW THAT AS A POTENTIAL
ECONOMIC DRIVER HERE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. SO MIKE,
TAKE US THROUGH IT. YOU KNOW,
WE WE KNOW THAT THIS PROGRAM IS
TO HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE, HELP
THEM GET A HIGHER PAYING JOB
FOR THEM AND THEIR FUTURE
FAMILY. SO WHAT IS THE
TIMETABLE LOOK LIKE TOO?
>> GET THE EDUCATION AND GET
THIS APPRENTICESHIP.
>> THE ROAD WORK PROGRAM BOAST
ABOUT 7 WEEKS AGO. AND NOW WE
HAVE A PHENOMENAL RESPONSE FOR
OVER 3900 PEOPLE GETTING IN
PLACE AND GET INTO THAT PIPE
WOULD TO GET ON TRACK TO THAT
BETTER JOB AT BETTER CAREER,
TAKING BETTER TAKE CARE OF
THEMSELVES AND THEIR
WE’VE GOT TO CONTINUE GET IT
WAS SERVED AND CONTINUE TO
CONNECT THEM WITH THEIR CAREER
ADVISERS TO HELP THEM TO
DEVELOP THAT INDIVIDUAL LAST
PLAY. AND THAT’S GOING TO WORK
FOR THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR WANT
T MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE LYING
TO OUR TARGET, OCCUPATIONAL
AREAS WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY,
SECTORS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING
GROWTH HERE. THE BEXAR COUNTY
AREA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,
BUT IT SERVICES THE BASEMENT,
BACK-ROOM HEALTH CARE AND
EDUCATION. WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEY’VE GOT A SOLID PLAN IN
PLACE. THAT STAIR STEPS ALONG
THE WAY TO HELPING TO OVERCOME
ANY BEARS THEY MAY BASED
GETTING ON TRACK IN THEIR
CAREERS.
>> AND MIKE, WHAT DOES THIS
WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THE PROGRAM
AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR
THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY?
>> WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR
GRASSROOTS EFFORTS WORKING WITH
COPS METRO. THEY’RE CONDUCTING
HOME VISITS. BOB DOLE HAS BEEN
OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE AWARE THE MOST
NEEDED SEGMENTS OF OUR
COMMUNITY ARE WHERE THIS HELP
AVAILABLE TO THIS FREE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS
POSTED BY YOUR TAX WE’RE GOING
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPROVE
OR EMPLOYERS TO THE TABLE
DECIDING OUR IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH SA WORKS IN GREATER SAT
ACTS AS YOUR THAT MORE
EMPLOYERS ARE AT THE TABLE.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
HE’LL BE INTRODUCED BY THIS
PROGRAM. WE’RE BARKING UP ON
THE TALENT PIPELINE MINUTES
THAT FRAMEWORK WITH SA WORK
GETTING THAT OUR FINGER ON THE
PULSE OF WHAT OCCUPATIONS ARE
IMPORTANT. ME THAT ARE MOST
CRITICAL TO THE GROWING AND
EXPANDING HERE IN THE ALAMO
CITY. THIS PROGRAM IS GOING
TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR
COMMUNITY ABOUT CHANGING THERE.
A CHANGE IN THERE THAT SAID
IT’S THE GREAT PLACE, THE BUSY,
GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME
OF THE RIVER. WALK WITH YOUR
FAMILY TO A GREAT PLACE WHERE
YOU CAN HAVE A WELL PAYING
CAREER IN THE NUMBER OF GROWING
INDUSTRY SECTORS WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF THE READY TO WORK
PROGRAM. WE HAVE PARTNERS AT
THE TABLE THAT ARE COMMITTED
TO ENSURING THAT YOU HAVE EVERY
RESOURCE AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO
OVERCOME THE BEAR THAT YOU MAY
BE BASING TO GETTING YOUR PIECE
OF THE AMERICAN DREAM TO THE
READY TO WORK WITH EACH.
ALL RIGHT. MIKE RAMSEY, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING. APPRECIATE APPRECIATE
PROGRAM AND ANYONE WHO MISSED
ANY PART OF THIS INTERVIEW OR
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SIGN UP FOR