BUSINESS PARTNERS

Working with Business - The Business Roundtable

The participation of local business and political leaders is what makes the RTTC unique - it serves the needs of both unemployed and underemployed residents, as well as the region's major employers. Each month the Regional Technical Training Center's Business Roundtable brings together major Bay Area employers and public agencies to discuss current and projected job openings and to determine what training is needed so that low-income and unemployed residents can qualify for entry-level technical positions that meet the needs of local business.

How the RTTC Difference Benefits Business

While RTTC programs benefit Bay Area residents, they also benefit Bay Area employers with incentives such as:

  • Job applicants trained to company-specifications
  • Reduced recruiting, screening and assessment costs
  • Reduced training expenses for new hires
  • Increased employee retention and productivity
  • Job applicants trained to company-specifications
  • Potential tax credits
  • Positive visibility and goodwill within local communities
  • Access to ongoing continuing education (Employment Training Panel)
  • Positive visibility and goodwill within local communities
  • Twelve months case management for new hires

How the Unique RTTC Difference Benefits Employees

RTTC is distinctly different from other job training programs because it:

  • Trains residents for job openings identified by employers who ask the RTTC to train job applicants
  • Teaches participants the specific skills that identified employers require of successful applicants and employment integrity skills
  • Prepares students to secure entry-level career path technical positions that have benefits and continuing education opportunities
  • Provides assessment, test preparation, placement and retention services

RTTC continues to work with these firms to benefit employees, businesses and the community:

Novartis

RTTC is collaborating with Novartis to expand the current RTTC biotechnology training program. In 2002 RTTC graduated seven students through this program, all of who secured employment with Novartis upon successful completion of the program. Eight students graduated from the program in Fall of 2003, seven of whom have already been hired by Novartis and other biotech firms despite a temporary down-turn in hiring.

City of Oakland, Workforce Investment Board

RTTC is collaborating with the City of Oakland Workforce Investment Board to provide technical and employment integrity skills to Oakland residents.

Eden Medical Center

RTTC is collaborating with Eden Medical Center to develop a customized Allied Health curriculum for prospective employee training.

Employment Development Department, Southern Alameda County

RTTC is collaborating with Southern Alameda County EDD to recruit and train unemployed residents for careers in allied health and biotechnology.

ILWU, Local 10

RTTC is collaborating with ILWU, Local 10, to provide training for incumbent workers for career ladder mobility.

Kaiser Permanente

RTTC is collaborating with Kaiser Permanente to develop Allied Health curriculum, assessment and training for prospective Kaiser employees.

Pacific Gas and Electric

RTTC is collaborating with PG&E to recruit and train prospective female employees for jobs that are not traditionally held by women such as meter readers, clerks, material handlers and utility workers.

Partners

Alameda County District 5 International Longshore and Warehouse Union
Alameda County District 4 Kaiser Permanente
Alameda County District 3 Port Of Oakland
California Employment Development Department Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Novartis The Peralta Colleges
Citibank AT&T
Eden Medical Center U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development