New Training Course: Introduction to Labor Market Information

Skillful Talent Series

Introduction to skills-based hiring and talent management practices.

• Attract the Right Candidate
• Candidate Evaluation
• Skills-Based Candidate Selection
• Skills-Based Onboarding
• Skills-Based Development

Foundational Career Coach Skills Training

New tactics, tools, and job market insights for career coaching.

• Skills-Based Coaching (3.5 hours)
• Human-Centered Coaching (2.5 hours)
• Effective & Equitable Career Navigation (3.5 hours)
  • Introduction to Racial Equity for Workforce Professionals
  • Introduction to Benefits Cliffs
  • Labor Market Information for Career Coaches
  • Strategies to Effectively Identifying Client Needs
  • Creating a Personalized Action Plan
• Skills for Navigating a Digital World (7.5 hours)

Economic and Workforce Development Professionals

We know you wear many hats and work in a variety of roles, serving the needs of both workers and businesses to ensure the economic health of your local and regional communities. Alliance training and tools can support you and your teams in reaching your goals.

The Skillful Talent Series provides a step-by-step introduction to adopting skills-based hiring and talent management strategies to diversify and strengthen a workforce. This SHRM-certified, self-paced course provides an overview for anyone wanting to learn more about the benefits of adopting a skills-first approach. Sample the first course in the series, Attract the Right Talent.

If you advise employers on business development and workforce practices, learn how to engage them in adopting skills-based hiring practices by enrolling in the Activator Training.

For professionals who work directly with job seekers, the Foundational Career Coach Skills Training teaches a skills-based, human-centered, equity driven approach to supporting job seekers in their career journeys. Sample the Skills-Based Job Search course.

Business Development and Employer Engagement Teams   

Skills-based hiring practices effectively reduce hiring bias and improve employee retention, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. To expand these practices in your community, enroll in the Activator Training to learn how you can best advise employers on integrating skills-based practices into their talent management strategy.

You can also refer employers to, the SHRM-certified Skillful Talent Series, which helps employers attract and retain competent applicants; evaluate and select candidates based on their skills; and onboard and help employees gain the skills they need to be successful.

Our top recommended course for business development and employer engagement teams is Attract the Right Talent, which you can sample here.

Career Coaches

The Foundational Career Coach Skills Training was developed to equip you with the tools you need to help job seekers navigate the current labor market. It covers a wide range of topics relevant to helping job seekers, including how to use new data sources available to career coaches, how to identify barriers and biases job seekers may be facing during their job search, and how skills-based practices can help highlight their value to employers.

This training program teaches a skills-based, human-centered, equity-driven approach to supporting job seekers in their career journeys. An approach which can help to create deeper relationships and better understanding between career coaches and clients which can lead to more successful outcomes and longer-term success for the job seeker. Sample the Skills-Based Job Search course.

You can also access Skill My Resume to help job seekers create a skills-based resume aligned to the job they want.   Developed in partnership with Lightcast, this online resume tool draws on an extensive library of skill descriptions and suggests language that employers currently use in job postings.

Educators  

As educators, you guide students in choosing academic programs that will support their career goals and point them toward their future careers. Your work is more than just transactional – it is human-centered. So is our Alliance  Foundational Career Coach Skills Training which can help you adopt a skills-based, equity-driven approach to your work. Learn how to embed human-centered coaching skills and techniques into your daily practices. Sample the Introduction to Human-Centered Coaching course.

This training program also provides an introduction to skills-based career navigation principles and how this can help with when searching for a job, writing a resume, interviewing, and career progression planning. Learn how to help students lead with their skills. If you have 30 minutes, sample the Skills-Based Job Search course.

Employer engagement teams in technical and community colleges may also be interested in our Activator Training, which teaches participants how to help employers adopt skills-based hiring practices.

Employers & Businesses

Fill roles faster and build a more diverse and robust workforce with the tools and training offered in the Alliance employer toolkit. Learn how to attract and retain competent applicants; evaluate and select candidates based on their skills; and onboard and help employees learn the skills they need to be successful with the Skillful Talent Series. Sample the first course in the series, Attract the Right Talent.

If you are with a mid-sized business, you can participate in our Accelerator program to receive guidance on the process of implementing skills-based hiring and talent management practices, from getting buy-in to tracking impact.

If you are a large employer seeking implementation support, learn about our Grads of Life partnership here.