-: My name is Phil Ariano.
I'm the project manager
for workforce development for Realtime Talent.
Realtime Talent is an organization
that focuses on bringing alignment
between the demands of the employers
and the supply side
being the students and job seekers
who are developing skills
to meet the needs of employers.
And we do this by either providing real time
and relevant research based on the local job market
or providing access and training on tools that
our stakeholders can use to understand what's going
on in the job market and consultation on how to
best use the data that comes from
these tools as well.
I also work as a facilitator for a group
of employers from specific industry sectors.
And what we do is we help them to find innovative
solutions to building their talent pipeline
and bringing more workers into their most critical jobs.
Throughout the day
I might have a lot of meetings
because our work requires a lot of networking.
We have a lot
of stakeholders who are involved in the workforce.
It's practically everyone.
And so we have to meet with the government sector
private industry education, everyone.
And so we wanna network
with these people and make sure that we're
on the same page when it comes to developing programs
or understanding what jobs are in most demand.
A successful metric for us
would be knowing the numbers
of programs, institutions, or people that we've impacted
through the research that we've provided.
And knowing by the end of the year
how many students received information
on critical skills and jobs in demand?
Another thing that's really important to us
is knowing how many job seekers might have been impacted
by the data that comes from the tools
that we provide access to and training to as well.