Developing goals

The development of HopkinsLocal goals starts with determining the desired community impact. From there, teams of university leaders and area experts take a number of steps:

1. Set baselines: review data to understand current expenditures and hiring
2. Review resources and opportunities:
   • Review spending and determine what is and is not addressable, i.e. could be supplied by the local market
   • Review hiring trends to date, determine best job types for focus area zip codes, i.e. generally lower levels of investment
   • Understand staff resources and work assignments
   • Understand community resources to help support goal achievement
3. Set goals: choose ones that are a stretch, but within reason
4. Determine metrics for evaluation of progress on goals, such as the number of hires or the amount of money spent.
5. Gather data, such as returning citizen hires, wage data, and position type.