On the Ground

Arizona’s Unfinished Business in Human Capital

To Learn and Earn: Arizona’s Unfinished Business in Human Capital

questions now on the ground• Planning and Good Jobs: K-12 Education• Experiences from School to Work• Workforce Learning• Decisions, Attitudes, and Knowledge

trends, trends, economieseconomies, and work , and work

talent, talent, diversity, and diversity, and choiceschoices

innovation, science, and innovation, science, and technologytechnology

skillsskills and achievement and achievement

countingcounting on people in the on people in the global global racerace

where we are: selected international comparisons

Source: A Comparison of Arizona to Nations of Comparable Size, W. P. Carey School of Business, ASU

Nominal GDP per employee, AZ/selected nations of similar population/economic size

How knowledgeable do you think Arizonans are about the skills needed to meet global economic challenges?

--Very knowledgeable--Somewhat knowledgeable--Not at all knowledgeable

what do you think?what do you think?

Source: Arizona Workforce, Sept. 17, 2009

where we are: employment

Arizona and U.S. Nonfarm Employment Change % Change

where we are: arizona and u.s. occupations

Source: Arizona Workforce Informer and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2009.

% Difference Between Arizona and U.S., 2008

• Growth will come from technology and innovation.• Arizona’s current/future strengths: aerospace, optics,

electronics, sustainable systems, info and communications technology, biosciences and medical sciences.

• Arizona has above-average shares in low-paying sectors and below-average shares in high-paying ones.

• P-20 and adult re-entry systems both must function.• Labor force growth will be great among groups suffering

gaps in educational access and achievement.• Quality firms have to be grown, attracted, and retained.

what we know: growth, employment, and economic development

• 18 – Milken Institute State Science and Technology Index (6th for tech and 33rd for human capital)• 36 – Forbes The Best States for Business

(7th in economic climate and 47th in quality of life) • 8 – CEOS’ Best, Worst States for Job Growth and

Business (6th in business friendliness and 43rd in education)

where we are: selected rankings* of business climate

*1 is best in all. Each of these is a multi-part index. See morrisoninstitute.asu.edu for details.

1991 – Arizona Strategic Plan for Economic Development1996 – State Job Training Program2000 – Proposition 3012002 – Bioscience Roadmap 2005 – “Angel” tax credits2006 – Science Foundation Arizona2007 – WIRED2008 – STEM at SFAz 2009 – Pathways2009 – AIMS Task Force2009 – Tough Choices or Tough Times2009 – Solar energy incentives

not standing still selected milestones

Agree/Disagree 1-5 with 5 high

Arizona will enter the top tier nationally in educational achievement in the next 20 years.

Arizona will enter the top tier in income in the next 20 years.

what do you think?

• 47% of workers were “very secure” in their jobs in June 2008. By June 2009, only 16% felt the same.

• Just 6% of Arizonans rated job opportunities in their community as “very good” in the Gallup/Arizona poll. 11% rated communities as “very good” for young college graduates.

• Explosion of interest in training and retraining.

what we what we hearhear::feeling insecurefeeling insecure

the the black box black box of of employment employment

caught in the in-betweencaught in the in-between

What is Arizona’s most important workforce issue to you?

--K-12 --STEM--College readiness--Literacy and English for adults--Training for dislocated workers--Postsecondary affordability--Skill upgrading

what do you think?what do you think?

not enough talentnot enough talent

Arizona’s recent college graduates are ready for the workforce.• Very ready • Somewhat ready• Not at all ready

what do you think?what do you think?

aspiring and preparing aspiring and preparing but…but…

For Arizona, the most important transition time to learn more about is

--High school to Postsecondary --Postsecondary to work--Job to job--Welfare to work--Family care to paid work

what do you think?what do you think?

Our actions today will determine whether we realize our hope for a competent and prosperous workforce tomorrow.

Workforce 2020