Kansas

Kansas

Workforce Success Stories

CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORIES

WORKFORCE EXPERTS

KansasWorks
Cindy Nau, Board Executive Director
1000 SW Jackson Street, Ste. 100
Topeka, KS 66612-1354
Contact Info
Fax: (785) 296-1404

KEY WORKFORCE PRIORITIES

1.

Champion a unified statewide vision and direction for the Kansas workforce system.

2.

Engage in active and intentional communication and collaboration to achieve desired outcomes.

3.

Catalyze energies around best practice models of training and job matching.

FAST FACTS

  • Kansas Unemployment Rate as of January 21, 2011 is 6.7%.
  • Of the 25 highest paying jobs in Kansas ($83.380 – $150,790 per year), 12 are in high demand.
  • Of the 18 lowest paying jobs in Kansas ($14,640 - $15,450 per year), 18 are in high demand.
  • The top five industries predicted to have the most future job growth from 2006 to 2016 are: 1) Support activities for transportation, 2) Social assistance, 3) Financial investment & related activity, 4) Telecommunications and 5) Management of companies and enterprises.
  • The top five fastest growing industries from 2006-2016 are: 1) Support activities for transportation, 2) Social assistance, 3) ISPs, search portals & data processing, 4) Financial investment & related activity and 5) Telecommunications.
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INNOVATION STORIES

WORKFORCE TESTIMONIALS

"I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your professionalism, and willingness to go the extra step in delivering services to the employees of Boeing Wichita affected by layoff due to site closure."

"Your conducting presentations on resume writing and interviewing to our site early in the process really assisted those who were looking to seek new employment. Then your willingness to staff our Transition Center on site for 1 on 1 appointments over the 2 year period really went beyond expectations. I can’t tell you how often employees expressed their gratitude for having this level of service on site."

"Being able to partner with you and the unemployment organization on monthly briefings for our employees really made delivering the correct information timely and efficient. All of these services helped our employee make effective life decisions going forward in this difficult time. Please accept our thanks for your service to our employees and the Boeing Company."

HR Manager, The Boeing Company

"I want you to know that you helped me personally and spiritually in many ways. It was a tough time for me, and having some 'have my back' was awesome. You are a true encourager, and I could see Jesus working through you. Work is good and they like me. That is awesome. Thanks again - you rock!"

Tom Ferch

"Crossland [Construction] was successful in meeting the OSHA-mandated qualification training deadline of training crane signal persons and riggers to avert a layoff by [using] Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) funding. Since 2007, Crossland has retrained existing workers in a number of areas where upgrades in credentials have been required to stay compliant and competitive. We have been able to see real value from the WIA IWT program."

Nathan Kubicek

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