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Special Reports
2010 Workforce Study: A New Foundation for Collaborative Workforce Development in Silicon Valley
NOVA and the two other workforce boards serving Santa Clara and San Mateo counties are collaborating with Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and regional workforce stakeholders in education, industry, organized labor, academia, and key social service agencies. This partnership is focused on developing an action plan to find regional solutions for two of the fundamental challenges facing workforce development in the Valley and beyond.
Click here to download the complete report (PDF: 1.5MB)
Clean Energy & Green Building Careers in Silicon Valley
This 2008 report is designed to help individuals explore and research a number of green careers available within Silicon Valley. This timely report provides information on specific careers within these industry sectors and a variety of links to other valuable resources.
The additional materials available here are from the community forum held December 12, 2008, in Sunnyvale.
E-handbook compiled and edited by Jim Cassio, career information professional.
Downloads:
- Clean Energy & Green Building Careers e-Handbook (PDF, 1.9MB)
- Community Forum PowerPoint presentation (PDF, 7.1MB)
- Transcripts of Panel Presentation (PDF, 760KB)
- Train the Trainer workshop handouts (PDF, 358KB)
"Exploring Green Jobs" e-Handout
This e-handout is for participants in NOVA's “Exploring Green Jobs” workshop with Jim Cassio. The e-handout includes the handout used in the workshop, as well as an extnsive bibliography entitled “Green Industry and Occupation-Specific Resources.”
- “Exploring Green Jobs” e-handout (PDF, 572KB)
In 2007, the California Space Authority asked NOVA to to join their “smart supplier” initiative. The overall purpose of this initiative was to characterize foundational “smart supplier” competitiveness skills for organizations. NOVA’s role was to learn more about the challenges and opportunities occurring with the transformation of supply chain management and to share that information with the local workforce investment community. As a result, NOVA has just released a white paper to introduce local workforce investment boards and others to supply chain concepts and the challenges facing suppliers.
Although the paper has a focus on aerospace and defense industries, we felt that overall supply chain management is an important business practice to understand in order to help businesses be more productive. It may also be helpful for job seekers to understand so that they can articulate how they would help businesses’ competitive advantage.
NOVA also developed a resource guide targeted to the needs of suppliers, including resources for workforce development, education and training, quality assurance, and other tools to enhance supply chain management effectiveness.
Click the following to access this white paper in PDF format:
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Multimedia
| What's Your Workforce Crisis video series |  |
| Video series illustrating the coming crisis affecting Silicon Valley's workforce | |
This series of videos is part of a longer video created by NOVA in 2008 featuring interviews with regional employers and economic experts to discuss a number of issues that are anticipated to impact not only Silicon Valley and its world-class workforce, but the rest of California. For additional information and to view these clips, click here. |
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Industry Reports
NOVA has conducted a series of regional reports on industries of particular relevance to Silicon Valley. These industry reports provide in-depth information on a particular industry, focusing on the state of the industry within Silicon Valley and identifying trends as identified by those currently working within the industry. Particular focus is made to the primary occupations within the industry, the skills and education necessary for entry into and succes within these occupations and a description of the erspective career ladders and lattices.
NOVA Healthcare Workforce Labor Market Study
Healthcare is a critical sector in Silicon Valley, providing quality care to residents, supporting good paying jobs, and stimulating economic activity in the region.
The NOVA Workforce Board commissioned the Healthcare Workforce Study to estimate the short- and long-term training needs of the healthcare sector in the Silicon Valley, which includes Santa Clara, San Mateo, and southern Alameda counties.
This information will enable NOVA to provide relevant labor market information to job seekers in search of career guidance.
List of additional industry reports (2005–present):
- Silicon Valley: A Small Business Perspective (2006)
- Silicon Valley Roots: Foundational Occupations with Growth Potential (2006)
- The High-tech Downturn in Silicon Valley (2005; PDF: 508KB)
Some of these reports are still available in hard copy. To obtain a hard-copy report for just the cost of shipping, call 408-730-7835 or e-mail workforcepublications@novaworks.org.
Many additional reports published prior to 2005 are still available. Visit the industry report archives to see the full list of reports, most of which are availlble for free download in PDF format.
NOVA's industry reports may also be examined in the resource library section of the CONNECT! Job Seeker Center, 420 S. Pastoria Avenue, Sunnyvale.
Newsletters
Report to the Consortium Cities
The Report to the Consortium Cities is a compilation of local workforce, economic development, and education-related news and resources, and other information relevant to the NOVA consortium cities.
Workforce Review provides a monthly review of labor market statistics and related information for northern Santa Clara County. It also records the number of companies laying off workers and how many workers are affected.
Workforce Index (formerly "Report to Consortium Cities")
The Workforce Index (formerly titled the Report to Consortium Cities) is a biannual report that offers a summary of NOVA services provided to the residents and businesses of Cupertino, Los Altos, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, and Sunnyvale as well as a snapshot of workforce and demographic data for this seven-city region.
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