Essential Workers Deserve Recognition and Support, Not Lip Service

The recognition of the value and dedication of essential workers is long overdue. As we ask frontline workers to put themselves at greater risk of COVID-19, the lesser known workers who keep our healthcare system running – from the front desk to the cafeteria – deserve the same accolades as doctors and nurses. Learn more about three healthcare employers’ efforts to identify strategies to increase interest and satisfaction in the critical, high-demand patient care technician position.

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CareerSTAT Featured Best Practice
Senior Leadership Support and Sponsorship

Whether your organization already has a senior leader who understands the importance of investing in frontline workers or is cultivating one who doesn’t yet fully grasp the value, a senior-level champion is a key component of a winning workforce development strategy. When these decision-makers clearly articulate the value and priority of frontline workforce investments — and how they align with organizational priorities — other leaders and c-suite executives are more likely to embrace the strategies.

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Learn more about this and other best practices in the CareerSTAT Resource Center.

Guide to Employee Financial Wellness

Employee financial wellness programs may help workers reduce financial stress and live better lives. Financial wellness programming can be one of the many tools you can use when developing supportive HR policies in your organizations. Employers with such policies can become employers of choice, expanding their talent pipelines and improving engagement and retention.

The Guide to Employee Financial Wellness, developed by the National Fund for Workforce Solutions and the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, provides a straightforward, step-by-step process for employers considering a financial wellness program to support their frontline workers.

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CareerSTAT Webinar Series

REGISTER: Strategies to Integrate Racial Equity and Inclusion in COVID Recovery and Beyond

Many health systems want to decrease racial health disparities. However, few adequately name or address the root cause: systemic racism. The high-profile murders of Black individuals and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color is causing institutions and individuals across the nation to reckon with white supremacy and systemic racism.

Join us August 19, 2:00 p.m. ET to learn how CareerSTAT leaders in Chicago are collaborating and leveraging workforce development strategies to improve racial equity and inclusion regionally and within their respective organizations.

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ICYMI: Making the Case for Sustaining Workforce Development Strategy Through COVID-19 

On July 15, CareerSTAT leaders in Boston and Charlotte presented on how they are adjusting strategy and advocating for the continuation and strengthening of workforce development programs as critical to COVID-19 recovery.

Tools and Resources

Scenario Thinking for an Unpredictable Year

How does one plan for an uncertain future with multiple health, social, and economic factors at play? Scenario Thinking might offer a path. The Collective Impact Forum’s new tool can help you develop plausible futures for the next phase of the pandemic and test how your strategy could adapt to each. Learn more here.

Labor Market and Workforce Development System Data Toolkit

Corporation for a Skilled Workforce developed this toolkit for community leaders and workforce professionals to better understand what data and related resources are available to answer critical questions about local and regional labor markets. Learn more here.

2019 Retention Report: Trends, Reasons, & A Call to Action

The Work Institute conducts employee interviews in multiple industries, categorizes reasons why employees choose to stay or quit, recommends remedial actions, and helps organizations improve retention and engagement to reduce human capital expense. This report utilizes data from over 250,000 employees, including more than 37,000 employees who quit their job in 2018. Learn more here.

Pathways to the Future

Through this new report, Design Impact lifts up six shifts emerging at this time of unprecedented change. As organizations, communities, and leaders look to navigate this dual pandemic, we offer a nuanced view of shifts that are emerging and accelerating, with prompts for reflection and action that can pave the way for change. Learn more here.

Meet CareerSTAT

Welcome to the Network

We are excited to announce that eight new organizations have joined the network. Please give a hearty welcome to our newest members representing the following organizations:

CareerSTAT Member Directory

The CareerSTAT Resource Center includes the CareerSTAT Member Directory that allows members to identify and connect with peers who have experience with implementing best practices. Don’t see your organization? Fill out this survey to get your profile added to the directory.

Join CareerSTAT

CareerSTAT is a network of over 300 healthcare and workforce leaders. Together, they are promoting investment in the skills and careers of frontline healthcare workers by supporting healthcare organizations to increase business impact, improve health outcomes, and provide quality jobs.

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We Want to Hear From You!

CareerSTAT is founded upon the idea of bringing healthcare employers together to share common experiences and challenges. Working with peers to overcome obstacles and find solutions is the driving force of our network.

Do you have important news or updates that you want to share with CareerSTAT members? If so please email your news to Melissa Kleder, and we will include it in our next edition of the CareerSTAT newsletter.

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