For Employers
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Working directly with Navy Yard employers, the Skills Initiative at the Navy Yard enables businesses to hire local talent that can meet their demands and fill valuable positions. The Skills Initiative looks to coordinate services to address recruitment and retention challenges for entry-level and hard-to-fill positions that enable employers to connect with highly trained talent. With an emphasis on an employer-focused relationship we gather information and share data around talent needs and vacancies to develop customized training solutions based on each employer that enhances applicant competitiveness while preparing Philadelphians for the workforce. The Skills Initiative at the Navy Yard’s goal is to support businesses and create a thriving ecosystem at the Navy Yard that hires locally. Through recruiting and training we aim to create a productive workforce that is high-skilled and highly motivated to grow with companies that offer a family-sustaining wage and pathways for growth.
CUSTOMIZED TRAINING FOR NEW STAFF
Using the nationally recognized Skills Initiative training model, The Skills Initiative at the Navy Yard targets specific entry-level hard to fill positions and creates a cohort model to recruit, assess, and train participants on behalf of the Navy Yard employer who can then interview and hire this technically trained position-specific talent pool. Training programs can last anywhere from 4 weeks to multiple months, based on the employers’ needs.
Using this model ensures that program alumni are ready and willing to become part of a company that has invested in their development from the beginning and the employer sees reduced turnover, lower training costs, and improved productivity. Graduates from Skills Initiative programs continue to receive career coaching and professional development supports as alumni.
ENTRY-LEVEL RECRUITMENT, SCREENING, & REFERRAL
Using a robust recruitment partner network, The Skills Initiative at the Navy Yard can pre-screen and refer candidates for entry-level positions based on the employer’s specifications for multiple openings or larger recruitment efforts. We offer:
- Sharing employment opportunities to a large recruitment pool
- Matching candidate skills to employers needs
- Screening and referral of qualified candidates
- Pre-screening tools: Aptitude and Skills Assessments
- Promoting entry-level, hard-to-fill vacancies to increase recruitment
- Support planning and hosting of company job fairs at the Navy Yard
“These programs have been a great boost to our overall hiring efforts as we have had a lot of room to expand with the major contract award in April 2020 to build the National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMVs) for U.S. DOT Maritime Administration (MARAD). I’m definitely looking forward to future workforce partnerships and want to thank everyone involved.”
BusinessSolution Inquiries
Our work relies on collaboration with Navy Yard employers. If you are interested in learning more about customized training solutions or forming a partnership, please email A.J. Adams, Program Manager.