Featuring Jon Rogers, Director, Strategic Workforce Planning, State of Indiana
Summary
Jon Rogers is the Director of Strategic Workforce Planning for the State of Indiana. He has a background in teaching, congressional work, and the CIA, and he was inspired to pursue a career in the public sector by his grandfather, who was a fire chief for 39 years. He has coached JV softball and was an assistant head coach for a state championship swimming team. On today's episode, with Jon, we cover the SEAL Program, skill-based hiring, and more.
Connect with Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-rogers-70ba36177/
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
5:01 - Jon's Background
13:01 - SEAL Program (State Earn & Learn)
14:49 - Building a Workforce Pipeline for the Future
17:43 - On-the-job training - paid
20:43 - Diverse / Skill-based Hiring
23:45 - Behind Skills Education
30:43 - Lessons from rolling out the SEAL Program
35:01 - Competing for the hearts & minds
40:02 - A Place of Opportunity
41:36 - Removing HR Checklist Roadblocks
1:04:00 - Outro
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