ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                           
                         March 20, 2001                                                                                         
                            8:00 a.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW: WORKFORCE PLANNING                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TAPE                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                              
01-25, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
CHAIRMAN JOHN COGHILL called the House State Affairs Standing                                                                   
Committee meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                              
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present were Representatives Coghill, Crawford,                                                               
James, Hayes, Fate, Stevens, and Wilson.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Steve Goodrich, President, The  Center for Workforce Excellence,                                                                
gave an audio-visual presentation on workforce planning.  Copies                                                                
of  the  visual   material,  "Workforce  Planning:  Meeting  New                                                                
Challenges," was included  in Committee members'  packets as was                                                                
the accompanying "State of Alaska Workforce Profile."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Mr. Goodrich said that a wave of retirements, caused by the baby                                                                
boom   generation  reaching   retirement  age,   is  challenging                                                                
employers to find qualified replacement personnel.  In response,                                                                
workforce planning can create an integrated and ongoing strategy                                                                
for  ensuring  that   an  organization  is   prepared  with  the                                                                
appropriate personnel to meet current and future needs.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Mr. Goodrich  presented and discussed  the steps in  a workforce                                                                
planning project:                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
  · Prepare for workforce analysis                                                                                              
  · Profile existing workforce                                                                                                  
  · Determine future workforce requirements                                                                                     
  · Identify labor market influences                                                                                            
  · Benchmarking                                                                                                                
  · Develop workforce strategy                                                                                                  
  · Develop technology tool                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
He then  described good practices related  to workforce planning                                                                
and presented a model for strategic planning.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                              
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL adjourned the meeting House State Affairs                                                                
Standing Committee meeting at 9:49 a.m.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
NOTE: The  meeting was recorded.  A  copy of the  tape(s) may be                                                                
obtained  by  contacting  the  House  Records  Office  at  State                                                                
Capitol, Room 3, Juneau,  Alaska 99801, (mailing address), (907)                                                                
465-2214, and  after adjournment  of the  second session  of the                                                                
Twenty-Second Alaska  State Legislature this information  may be                                                                
obtained  by contacting  the  Legislative  Reference Library  at                                                                
(907) 465-3808.