SEAL Program & Workforce Pipeline with Jon Rogers, Director, Strategic Workforce Planning, State of Indiana

What You'll Learn:

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 incredible SEAL Program, skill-based hiring, and more.

Connect with Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-rogers-70ba36177/ 

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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