Tools for Labor Market Information

Center for Workforce Information & Analysis (CWIA) August 18, 2011

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Recommended Data Sources

• Fast Facts

• Real-Time Data (HWOL, New Hires, & Job Spidering)

• Database Tools (LED & RDAT)

• Customized Reports (Area TIC Snapshots & Employment Assessments)

• TORQ

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FAST FACTS

• Fast Facts is a primary delivery method for many of CWIA’s data sets

• Data sets include: Labor Force Industry Highlights Demographics Employer Activities Local Employment Dynamics Help Wanted Online (HWOL) Unemployment Compensation New Hires Jobs/Industry Much more

• Use Fast Facts for overall economic and area trends and planning

• Posted on CWIA’s homepage, and distributed to Local WIBs and CareerLinks™ • WIA Fast Facts now available. Release schedule on our website

• Marcellus Shale Fast Facts currently published monthly

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FAST FACTS

• Statewide • Regional • Marcellus Shale

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Help Wanted Online (HWOL)

• Measures employer demand by counting online job postings

• Job postings are captured from several sites including: • Monster • CareerBuilder • Employer Job Boards • Government Job Boards

• Assigned an Occupation Code (SOC), an Industry Code (NAICS), and an employer if possible

• CWIA then compiles statewide & local lists (by WIA) of Job Postings by: • Industries/Industry Groups • Occupations/Occupation Groups • Employers

•CWIA distributes these to Local Workforce Investment Boards & CareerLinks™ to:

• Help people find jobs at CareerLinks™ • Determine training needs • Identify emerging industry and occupational trends. • Use for economic development and find employers for outreach

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New Hires: Real Time

• By Federal Law, every employer must report a new hire within 20 days • This is done to aid in child support collection

• This data is available to use for LMI purposes and is available much sooner than traditional LMI data sources, around 30 days from close of quarter

• Published in Fast Facts, posted on CWIA’s homepage, and distributed to Local WIBs and CareerLinks™

• Uses of New Hires Real Time data • Provides evidence that hiring is taking place all the time • Shows where (WIA) and in which industries employers are currently hiring • Identify emerging industry trends • Can focus on new hires in Targeted Industry Clusters

• Combine with PA Employer Database, Job Spidering, and CWIA’s Employer Search feature on our website to find employers

• Input new hires three-digit industry NAICS code

• Focus on trend analysis: compare to a year ago and use volume for significance

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Job Spidering

• Job Spidering allows job seekers to review thousands of online jobs from dozens of web sites in one location

• Different from HWOL; rather than counting and grouping, Job Spidering allows the searcher to apply for the job. Located on www.paworkstats.state.pa.us and is free to the public for use •Job postings are categorized in labor market information language. Assigned an Occupation Code (SOC), an Industry Code (NAICS), and an employer if possible; and searchable by geographic area

•CWIA recommends using Job Spidering in conjunction with our many other labor market information products for focused job searches by industry, occupation, or employer (e.g., HWOL, New Hires, Occupational Projections, TIC) • Job Spidering Micro Data is being distributed (upon request) to:

• LWIBs for trend analysis • CareerLinks™ for client and business services teams

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LED Database

• The Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Database is a new tool offered by CWIA. The purpose of this database is to facilitate easier and increased usage of Local Employment Dynamics data • This data can be used to generate information that is local to the county or WIA. Additionally, this is currently one of the only ways to analyze information on employment and earnings in different industries by age and gender LED is: • Local - It provides data on various geographic levels, including state, county, and WIA • Employment - It provides data on employees (age and gender), industries (2-digit to 4-digit NAICS codes), and earnings by industry • Dynamics - Worker changes (new hires, separations, turnover, and earnings) and firm changes (job gains and losses) can be analyzed by industry and geography • Distributed by DVD (mailed) to WIBs on a quarterly basis, available upon request

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LED Database

Can Help Answer: 1. What Industries

have a high proportion of older workers?

2. What industries have the most new hires and what are they making?

3. What industries have the highest number of separations?

4. What are the age or demographics of a specific industry? How have they changed over time?

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Regional Data Analysis Tool (RDAT)

• CONFIDENTIAL Access database tool designed for WIBs

• Contains 6-digit level Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data at the county level.

• User can easily create unique industry clusters or evaluate those (11) identified by the state.

• User can easily create unique geographies based on counties that cross multiple WIAs for the purpose of generating IP specific data.

• Pre-populated with WIAs, PA Targeted Industry Clusters and Sub-Clusters and PA Green Clusters

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Regional Data Analysis Tool (RDAT)

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Customized Reports

Area Cluster Reports Data Items: • Cluster employment, growth and wages • Top employing (volume or percent) industries • Location Quotients (LQ) • Occupations related to the clusters

Analysis: • Shift/Share and LQ • Area compared to region, state and/or nation

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Customized Reports

• Companies with Layoffs – Rapid Response • Businesses with Hiring Difficulties • New or Relocating Companies

Employment Assessment Reports

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Customized Reports

Employment Assessment Reports Data Items: • Staffing Patterns/Occupational Listings • Openings & Wages • Related Occupations • Educational Requirements - TORQ • Average Work Experience - TORQ

Analysis: • Reemployment/Employment Outlook • Competition

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TORQ

• New Tool, Real-Time Data

• OJT and Reemployment Assistance

• Granular Details (Reports for Job Seekers)

• Roll-Out Plan

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TORQ

TORQ in Pennsylvania

Bill Johnston President

TORQworks

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What is TORQ?

• An algorithm that measures how easy or hard it is to transfer from one occupation to another, based on O*NET KSA data

• A tool that links this transferability analysis with real time job listings and local training, allows filtering by wage or job growth, and provides reports

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Where is TORQ Used?

• By state agencies in Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Washington

• By WIBs in Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Washington

• By CWIA in Pennsylvania, starting in Sept!

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How is TORQ Used?

• Enables analysts to prepare reports to respond to mass layoffs (e.g., WARN notices)

• Helps business development staff to document and structure OJT referrals efficiently

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How is TORQ Used?

• Allows economic development specialists to report on the availability of skilled workers needed by employers

• Helps One Stop counselors to place jobseekers in new occupations or training

• Guides workers receiving unemployment insurance to available jobs

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TORQ in Action

Rapid Response

Transferable Occupations for Billing, Cost, and Rate Clerks (Title from Bushmaster Firearms: A/R Specialist) Provided by TORQ™, Prepared by the Maine Department of Labor

TORQ value Title 95 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.

Median Wage Employment in Cumberland Co. Region Current Job Postings? $33,647 2,030 Yes Job Postings Accounting Clerk Accountemps 1/5/2011 Accounting Clerk 1/5/2011 Accounting Clerk Robert Half Finance & Accounting 1/4/2011 Bookkeeping Opening, Full Charge Bookkeeper OSI Business 1/3/2011 AP/AR Clerk Southworth Products 1/2/2011 A/P, Accounting Assistant Native Maine Produce and Specialty Foods 1/2/2011 Education Programs Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Central Maine Community College 207-755-5100 Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Kennebec Valley Community College 207-453-5000 Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Northern Maine Community College 207-768-2700

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TORQ in Action

OJT analysis, referral and reimbursement

Machine Tool Setter to a Cabinetmaker ‒ Job Zone 3 = 800 hours ‒ Grand TORQ = 86 ‒ Subtract 20% ‒ Total OJT hours = 640

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TORQ in Action

Labor Supply

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TORQ in Action

Counseling

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CWIA Contact Info

Ed Legge, elegge@pa.gov, 717-787-8646

Tim McElhinny, tmcelhinny@pa.gov, 717-787-3948

Mike Butson, mbutson@pa.gov, 717-772-1338

Kim DeLellis, kdelellis@pa.gov, 717-772-1364

CWIA Contact Information

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CWIA Contact Info

Customer Response Line: 877-493-3282 or 877-4WF-Data

Email: workforceinfo@pa.gov

On the web: www.paworkstats.state.pa.us

CWIA Contact Information