With unemployment hovering close to 9% nationally, and funding cuts happening across the board, agencies providing workforce development services are increasingly being asked to do more with less. Unfortunately, due to the current economic conditions agencies really need to be doing more and receiving more. The question is how do we get there?
Whether you’re part of a workforce development agency utilizing a fee for service model, paid for performance through various contracts, or funded entirely by grants, there are steps you can take that will get you on the path of doing more with less in the short term and receiving more to do more on an ongoing basis. We are going to briefly look at these steps here, and dive much deeper into each one in subsequent articles. Please keep in mind that while it isn’t necessary for all agencies to go through all of these steps from square one, every workforce development agency can benefit greatly from going through activities in at least some of the steps. It’s all about constantly improving and being able to adapt to the changing needs in the community. Read the rest of this entry »
