Charleston Region Education Alignment Strategy

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CHARLESTON REGION EDUCATION ALIGNMENT STRATEGY Why this study?

The Future of Our Workforce

Strong job growth in the Charleston region is making it increasing difficult to fill open positions from either the existing workforce or new local graduates. As a result, the region is overly dependent on recruiting workers from out-of-state to fill jobs. This study: 1. Identifies industries driving employment growth. 2. D etermines if existing education programs meet the needs of growing industries. 3. I dentifies strategies to expand and upskill the available workforce.

In the next five years, our region will create more than 25,000 new jobs - nearly seven times the growth of the previous five years. Occupation clusters forecasted to have the highest growth rates are (in order): 1. Industrial Production 4. Sales & Marketing 2. Computer & Software 5. Medical 3. Science & Engineering 6. Business

EMPLOYMENT GROWTH `13 - `18 Industrial Production 21.4%

Computer & Software 19.9%

Did you know? Many of the technical and high-wage jobs that we create get filled by better-educated workers moving in from out-of-state.

13,300

39%

8,100

Science & Engineering 16.4%

7,200

31% Sales & Marketing 13.6%

23%

2,100

South Carolina

Metro Average

COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT BY PLACE OF BIRTH, `12

Out-of-State

Medical 13.4%

Business 10.2%

35,800 EMPLOYMENT SIZE `13

8,350


What occupations are most at risk?

Workforce shortages can occur when there is an insufficient number of local college graduates or companies find it difficult to recruit workers from outside the region.

Strategic Recommendations

Shortages are expected in key fields General Assemblers

188

General Machinists

45

Welders

32

Computer Programmers

162

Computers Security

111

Computer Network Admin 13

# of Annual Job Openings above and beyond college graduate output.

42

Material Engineers & Techs

Engineering: All Occupations

32

Civil Engineers

31

Industrial Eng. Techs

29

Aerospace Engineers

27

Electrical Eng. Techs

23

Biological Technicians

125

Medical Secretaries

Funding support and participation from:

99

Medical: Select Technician Level Occupations

65

Emergency Med. Techs

35

Dental Assistants

The research and findings of this project were produced by the consulting team of Avalanche Consulting and the Council for Adult & Experiential Learning. Project led by:

Medical Lab Technicians

• Create an Information Technology-focused Career Academy in each county. • Create more contextualized learning experiences through industry partnerships. • Increase entrepreneurial programs in Information Technology and Biomedical at area colleges.

57

Electrical Engineers

• Expand existing STEM-related Career Academies, with a focus on Manufacturing and Engineering.

• Calibrate certificate programs with the needs of industries.

61

Mechanical Engineers

24

Collaboration • Create a streamlined, centralized feedback system to provide industry input to multiple educational institutions and organizations. • Ensure new programs in the region fill a gap in the region, not just at the institution. Encourage collaborations and partnerships among institutions. • Share Career Academy best practices between school districts. • Create a Career Academy Guidebook. • Unify philanthropic education requests from the region.

19

Health Counselors

33

Accounting Support

103

Elementary Teachers

90

Middle/Sec. Teachers

87

Supply Chain

50

Library Specialists

49

Advertising/Sales Mgrs

45

Accountants/Tax Examiners Public Relations Specialists

Content

6

Industrial Engineers

Nuclear Med./Rad. Techs

Software & IT: All Occupations

87

Computer Scientists Web Developers

Production: All Occupations

31 12

Communication Other: Select Occupations in Accounting, Education, Supply Chain, Librarians, Advertising and Public Relations

• Implement a Career Awareness Campaign. • Create an Online Competency One-Stop Shop to showcase in-demand skills, how to find training, and which industries are hiring. • Implement a Regional Talent Attraction Campaign.


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