The sun rises with everyday opportunity. It’s the chance for a fresh start and the promise of a new path. That’s what workforce development is. It is meaning and purpose.
At the Workforce Development Board of Ventura County, workforce is our only business. We help companies find, train and retain the right employees for their workforce. In addition, our no-cost services help residents secure quality jobs to become economically self-sufficient. Through our work and that of our regional partners, we are working to strengthen a community by connecting businesses to the talent they need and talent to the jobs they seek. In Program Year 2022–2023 (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023), we served more than 850 job seekers and placed more than 193 individuals in jobs.
Throughout Program Year 2022-2023, the Workforce Development Board of Ventura County took committed action to:
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We are committed to developing, nurturing, and sustaining an equitable community where all individuals can thrive. We pledge to amplify the voices of under-represented or historically excluded communities by removing barriers resulting from racial and social injustice and inequities. We strive to ensure that equity, diversity, and inclusion are embedded at all levels of our programs by acknowledging, analyzing, and addressing the root causes of inequities. In an equitable workforce, all jobs are good jobs. Workforce equity means eliminating racial gaps in employment and income. It means the public and private workforce racially represents the general population at all skill and pay levels across occupational groups and sectors.
VENTURA — The Workforce Development Board of Ventura County (WDBVC) in partnership with Goodwill Industries of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties are hosting a job fair this summer to help local youth discover limitless career possibilities and connect with top employers. The WDBVC provides over 5,000 services to job seekers annually, and they want to provide the local youth with the opportunity to make connections and find an abundance of career opportunities. Local employers hiring youth and are interested in participating are encouraged to sign-up
Our Business Solutions team is here to serve the needs of businesses and job seekers in Ventura County. We play a critical role in ensuring talent soars and business grows.
We partnered with the California Employers Association to provide Ventura County businesses with a free human resources hotline. HR experts are available to answer common human resource issues such as Wage and Hour, Paid Sick Leave, and the COVID-19 pandemic directives.
We also partnered with Transfer to provide immersive VR career exploration solutions for individuals to experience well-paying jobs in high-demand fields.
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VENTURA— The Workforce Development Board of Ventura County’s business solutions team will host a free training webinar for local businesses from 10 to 11 a.m. Tues., April 18. The virtual session will explore collaborative ways to ensure that businesses find employees ready to hire and have resources for success.
The interactive webinar will cover strategies in business engagement that help struggling businesses prepare employees for virtual recruiting and work, remote work policies and support, and more.
VENTURA — The Workforce Development Board of Ventura County (WDBVC) has released its 2023 Regional and Local Plan modifications for workforce development in the county. The plans are available for public review and comments from 1/20/23 through 2/19/23.
In 2021, the WDBVC developed Regional and Local Plans and incorporated its strategic priorities and vision, in addition to what is required by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Every two years, the WDBVC must update these plans. Therefore, in October 2022, the Board met to update the strategic goals and identify milestones to achieve them before the end of 2023. The Regional and Local Plan updates were developed using various outreach and research methods to ensure that multiple perspectives were identified and heard across sectors and stakeholders and that the reports contained solutions for more robust economic and job growth.
Reflecting on our accomplishments and envisioning the landscape ahead is natural as we turn the page on another year. But we strive to be a future-focused workforce board, and looking forward means more than anticipation – it's a responsibility.
This year, we've not merely witnessed change. We've embraced it. We've shed the skin of static systems, replacing them with agile approaches that actively seek out new opportunities. It's a mindset shift, a constant hum of curiosity propelling us beyond the horizon, uncovering pathways to enhance and expand our services. Once an inert collection of numbers, data has transformed into a vibrant tapestry of insights under our watchful gaze. We collect, we analyze, and we anticipate. But numbers alone paint an incomplete picture. This year, we've doubled down on human-centered design, ensuring that every thread in our system, from workforce programs to career guidance, is woven with equity at its core. Regardless of background or circumstance, every individual deserves a tapestry of opportunity, and we're meticulously stitching it together, ensuring no one is left unraveled. Innovation, once a futuristic whisper, has become the pulse of our work. We've embraced new tools and technologies, not as fads but as instruments to amplify our impact.
Looking forward, the vista is both boundless and exhilarating. We will continue to push the boundaries, seek the uncharted, and weave a tapestry of human potential that is both vibrant and inclusive.
We help people and support businesses, but our work is much more than that. By keeping businesses moving and people working, we are fortifying an economy that impacts the lives of our county and beyond.
Research*1 shows we cannot expect a full economic recovery in job growth for ten years or 2033. Therefore, the Workforce Development Board training programs will seek to carry out our leadership role and outlook in bringing new, well-trained, career-minded employees to support businesses in need.