making solowork a legitimate job creation program

Mark  Lautman,  CEcD,    

Making  Solowork  a      Legi7mate  Job  Crea7on  

 Program      

Full  Circle    

•  1099 Contractors

•  Solitary LLCs

•  Corporate W2s

•  Tele-Services

•  Mobile Workers

Who Are Solo Economic Base Workers?

Solowork Center

A community supported program platform to create, advance and retain

new economic base jobs.

Solo W2 Workers Recruit, Screen

Train, Place Support

Solopreneurs who own their business have no centralized workplace or onsite employees.

Solopreneurs Recruit, Plan

Incubate or Convert Support

W2 Solo workers employed by an economic base employer and allowed to work from home or the Solowork Center.

Solowork 3.0 Economic Base Job Creation

New Solo Workers Recruit, Screen

Train, Place Support

New entrants to the solowork workforce, i.e. students, hard to employ, & chronically poor candidates.

 1.  Site  loca7on  –  RFP  processing.  2.  PlaCorm  management  and  repor7ng.    

3.  Marke7ng  and  screening  -­‐  Cliff  effects  mi7ga7on.  

4.  Training  and  placement.  

5.  Solopreneurship.    6.  Circles.  

Solowork  3.0    

Business  Model  &  Hos7ng  Op7ons    1.  Economic  Development  organiza7ons  2.  Small  Business  Development  Centers    3.  Business  Incubators  and  accelerators  4.  Co-­‐working  Centers  5.  Public  library  &  community  centers      6.  Community  Colleges  /  Universi7es  7.  Workforce  development  agencies    8.  Retail,  office,  residen7al  developments  9.  Chambers  of  Commerce  10. Trade  associa7ons    

Poten7al  Target  Popula7ons    

1.  Unemployed  2.  Underemployed  3.  Students  4.  Hard  to  employ  and  chronically  poor  5.  Entry  level  –  new  entrants  6.  Trailing  spouses  –  (Military)  7.  Home  bound  8.  Full  7me  and  part  7me  aspirants  9.  Solopreneurs  10. Re7rees    

Solowork  Program  Theater  Aaributes    

1.  Solowork  is  a  job  crea7on  program.  

2.  All  jobs  are  economic  base.  

3.  Solowork  is  one  of  the  fastest  growing  theaters.    4.  Job  opportuni7es  are  virtually  unlimited.    

5.  Job  opportuni7es  are  not  restricted  to  local  job  market.  

Solowork  Program  Aaributes  

6.  Fastest  7me  to  jobs  created–  4-­‐6  weeks  

7.  Jobs  are  customized  to  specific  needs  of  workers    

8.  Serves  all  levels  of  work  ambi7ons  –full7me,  part-­‐7me    

9.  Par7cipants  are  trained,  placed,  supported  and  promoted    

10.  Placement  rate  of  90%.      

11.  Post  placement  support  increases  reten7on.    

12.  Doesn’t  require  employer  be  located  in  the  region.  

13.  Solowork  sector  is  resistant  to  sudden  large  scale  loss  

events.  

14.  Scales  to  any  size  community  –  (Rural.)  

15.  Lowest  cost  per  job  created  –  (1/2  to  1/8  less  than  ).        

Solowork  Program  Aaributes  

16.  Post  placement  –  no  risk  funding  model  

17.  Has  Lowest  impact  on  community  service  burden  >  

reduces  commu7ng    

18.  Promotes  Solopreneurship  

19.  Measures  aggregate  job  crea7on  gains  

20.  Jobs  are  portable    

Solowork  Program  Aaributes  

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