DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES // VISION FORWARD
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES // VISION FORWARD
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PROMOTE THE DISTRICT’S
HUMAN CAPITAL
FOCUS 1.1
Align service delivery systems to
ensure that DOES is the premier
workforce development partner for
DC businesses
+ Conduct a comprehensive study of current
DOES services, District resident workforce,
and current and future job market needs.
+ Prepare the District workforce for incoming
tech jobs.
FOCUS 1.2
Provide quality job training, job
placement and career development
services for all DC job seekers
+ Provide personalized career development
services to customers through
comprehensive intake, skill assessment,
and case management services.
+ Support employee retenon through job
coaching services.
FOCUS 1.3
Connect employers to District
residents seeking jobs
+ Determine the workforce needs of
employers using data collected by the
Oce of Talent and Client Services.
+ Idenfy workforce needs which include in-
demand jobs and other careers that are cen-
tral to economic development in the region.
FOCUS 1.4
Develop human capital within DOES
+ Develop comprehensive strategy to recruit
and hire qualied individuals.
+ Foster a culture of learning by aligning
training opportunies with agency needs
and sta development goals.
+ Hold bi-annual meengs that allow all sta
in the agency to meet each other, and learn
about upcoming projects and iniaves
within other bureaus.
+ Increase retenon through targeted and
diverse trainings for employees so they
can upskill.
+ Oer a professional coaching program for
agency managers.
+ Provide promoon opportunies for current
DOES employees.
ALIGN WORKFORCE
WITH EDUCATION
FOCUS 2.1
Create more than one pathway
to success
+ Idenfy early career opportunies in
addion to the Marion Barry Summer Youth
Employment Program.
+ Create an online workforce academy to
provide job seekers alternave ways to earn
credenals in high demand elds.
FOCUS 2.2
Generate and promote opportunies
for employment that incorporate on
the job training
+ Address essenal and occupaonal skills
through new and innovave methods and
pathways.
+ Identify, endorse, and track the
achievement of a core set of workforce
credentials that demonstrate job readiness
and occupational skills.
FOCUS 2.3
Ensure robust career training and
technical educaon programs available
in high schools are oered to youth,
young adults and adults seeking career
growth opportunies
+ Partner with the District of Columbia Public
Schools and Public Charter Schools, the
University of the District of Columbia, and
career and technical educaon programs
to include competency-based and dual
enrollment opons.
+ Establish a MBSYEP Teacher Internship.
+ Create and distribute a workforce
development toolkit that will provide DC
stakeholders including K-12, postsecondary
students, teachers, community-based
organizations, government and other
stakeholders with funding and strategic
resources and connections.
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GOAL
GOAL