Workforce of the Future
Health care is changing rapidly. Be ready for the changes ahead by participating in Workforce of the Future activities.
- Build skills: Take classes and get comfortable with the four skills essential to meeting the changing demands of health care: digital fluency, consumer focus, collaboration and process improvement.
- Learn continuously: Workers represented by a coalition union can access career counseling, courses, tuition reimbursement and more through two Labor Management Partnership-supported education trusts, Ben Hudnall Memorial Trust and SEIU UHW-West & Joint Employer Education Fund.
- Get involved: National Workforce Planning and Development coordinates the initiative with regional Workforce of the Future committees, collaborating between labor and management to identify and understand changes that will impact our employees and members. Find out more: email national-wfpd [at] kp.org.
Use the materials below for more tips, ideas and inspiration to prepare for the workforce of the future.
Resources for Getting Ready
- Workforce of the Future Conversation Toolkit Prepare for workforce change and build career resilience.
- How-To Guide: Workforce Development Find services available to union-represented workers.
- Prepare Today for the Jobs of the Future Set your career in motion with this handy resource guide.
- Boost Your Team's Performance Enhance your staff's effectiveness with these top tips.
- National Workforce Planning & Development Learn about tuition reimbursement, career management and more.
- Ben Hudnall Memorial Trust Resources for members of most locals in the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions.
- SEIU UHW-West & Joint Employer Education Fund Resources for members of SEIU locals.
See It in Action
- Navigating the Future Get ready now, build skills for the years to come.
- Meet Your National Agreement: Change Is Here, Be Prepared How our contract helps employees skill up.
- Six Ways to Keep Your Skills Sharp Strategies from workforce development experts.
- How Managers Can Support Career Development Great managers build their team's skills. Here's how.
- Workforce of the Future Infographic Growing from our roots, reaching for the stars.
- Shaping the Workplace of Tomorrow Bargaining team plans for the changes coming to health care.
- Decoding the Future Jobs are changing. Be prepared.
Have Some Fun
- SuperScrubs: Conquering The Rapids A comic take on navigating the future.
- Crossword: What Skills Do You Need? Use this crossword to learn skills need for the future.
- Word Search: Back to School Find words related to continuing your education.
- SuperScrubs: Crossing to Our Future A comic look at learning new skills.
- Icebreaker: Talent Show A fun way to kick off a discussion of critical skills.
- Critical Skills A fun way to test your knowledge of emerging job skills.
