Los Angeles County Intermediary

HTA was funded by the Los Angeles County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) to serve as an “sector intermediary” and to begin the process of engaging businesses within the County‘s hospitality industry in a series of sector-based discussions and needs assessments. In this intermediary capacity, HTA will also address the following objectives of the public workforce system that is overseen by the WIB:

Analyze the hospitality sector to facilitate the development and implementation of workforce solutions;
Coordinate employer and stakeholder resources;
Encourage investments in job candidates and incumbent workers;
Strengthen the partnership among business, labor, education, government and community-based organizations;
Convene employers to discuss industry needs;
Identify appropriate training and training partners, including community colleges, that will result in living wage jobs with a career path;
Monitor the sector’s changing needs to develop and propose new employment and training strategies; and
Evaluate existing training to assess the need to modify or develop new courses and/or curriculum to increase and strengthen the pipeline of competitive and qualified jobseekers.

As a result of the foregoing efforts, HTA will publish a report summarizing key workforce issues and opportunities for the local hospitality industry.