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NCHRP Report 693: Attracting, Recruiting, and Retaining Skilled Staff for Transportation System Operations and Management (2012)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

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Anderson, Lance, Cronin, Candace, Fien-Helfman, Daniel, Cronin, Brian, Cook, Allison, Venner, Marie, Lodato, Mike, Transportation Research Board. "3.5 Principal Pools of Potential Workers to Meet Forecasted SOM Needs." NCHRP Report 693: Attracting, Recruiting, and Retaining Skilled Staff for Transportation System Operations and Management. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2012.

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Front Matter (R1-R9)
2. Project Methodology (1-1)
Task 1: Conduct Literature Review, Engage Leadership, and Determine SOM Staffing Estimates (2-4)
Task 2: Identify Principal Pools of Potential Workers to Meet Forecasted SOM Needs (5-5)
Task 3: Describe SOM Careers, Career Paths, and Attributes and Training Needed for Successful Performance of SOM Jobs (6-6)
Task 6: Identify Resources Available to Facilitate Attracting, Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining SOM Staff (7-7)
3. Full Project Results (8-8)
3.1 Key Workforce Challenges and Trends (9-13)
3.2 Overview of SOM Career Field (14-17)
3.3 Profile of the Existing SOM Workforce (18-20)
3.4 Estimating Future SOM Workforce Needs (21-27)
3.5 Principal Pools of Potential Workers to Meet Forecasted SOM Needs (28-40)
3.6 Establishing SOM Career Paths (41-48)
4.1 Overview of Transportation Pipeline (49-49)
4.2 Summary of the Materials Reviewed to Create Strategic Guidance (50-50)
4.3 Introduction to the Strategic Action Plans (51-53)
4.4 Recommendations and Strategic Action Plans for Each SOM Career Stage (54-58)
5. Full SOM Workforce Action Plans (59-60)
1. Implement Annual or Semi-Annual SOM Career Days (61-70)
2. Develop SOM Curriculum Content for Related Higher Education Courses and Training Programs (71-80)
3. Implement Student-Worker Internship Program with a Job Rotational Component (81-92)
4. Implement Virtual Pre-Employment Realistic Job Preview (93-102)
5. Institute Mentoring Program (103-114)
6. Develop Employees and Maintain Employee Career Pathways (115-125)
7. Implement SOM Succession Plans (126-134)
8. Recruit from Non-Traditional Sources (135-143)
6. Summary and Potential Future Research (144-150)
Bibliography (151-153)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (154-154)