One Customer’s One Customer’s PerspectivePerspective

Cary HarkawayCary Harkaway

Worksystems, Inc.Worksystems, Inc.

Portland, ORPortland, OR

Basic Data/Report Needs for WIREDBasic Data/Report Needs for WIRED

• Economic, workforce, industry, Economic, workforce, industry, occupation, and demographic dataoccupation, and demographic data

• Reports based on the new WIRED Reports based on the new WIRED geographygeography

• Presentation quality reports with Presentation quality reports with graphics (charts, tables, etc.) graphics (charts, tables, etc.)

Possible OLMIS EnhancementsPossible OLMIS Enhancements

Possible OLMIS EnhancementsPossible OLMIS Enhancements

• User interfaceUser interface

• Graphics Graphics

• Geography Geography

• Additional data Additional data

OLMIS Economists & AnalystsOLMIS Economists & Analysts

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Decision Options

Decision OptionsDecision Options

1.1. If OLMIS is interested in purchasing, If OLMIS is interested in purchasing, we pool resources and negotiate we pool resources and negotiate price.price.

2.2. If OLMIS is NOT going to purchase, If OLMIS is NOT going to purchase, we partner to enhance OLMIS, orwe partner to enhance OLMIS, or

3.3. Purchase commercial product.Purchase commercial product.

Decision: Enhance OLMISDecision: Enhance OLMIS

• Concerns about some of the modeling, Concerns about some of the modeling, imputation, and estimation practices imputation, and estimation practices used by the commercial product.used by the commercial product.

• Long term and state wide benefits by Long term and state wide benefits by enhancing OLMIS.enhancing OLMIS.

• Cost effectiveness of OLMIS option.Cost effectiveness of OLMIS option.

Looking AheadLooking Ahead• OLMIS staff will provide training on using OLMIS staff will provide training on using

the website to a wide audience of the website to a wide audience of workforce professionals.workforce professionals.

• Data sharing protocols between OR and Data sharing protocols between OR and WA established.WA established.

• Phase 1: customized reports – WIRED Phase 1: customized reports – WIRED geography - presentation quality graphics.geography - presentation quality graphics.

• • Phase 2: OLMIS incorporates new data Phase 2: OLMIS incorporates new data

sources.sources.

A Promising PartnershipA Promising Partnership

• OLMIS not static.OLMIS not static.

• OLMIS committed to OLMIS committed to customer service.customer service.

• WIRED as catalyst for WIRED as catalyst for examining how we examining how we access, understand, and access, understand, and share workforce data.share workforce data.

ContactContact

Cary HarkawayCary Harkaway

Worksystems, Inc.Worksystems, Inc.

503.478.7368503.478.7368

charkaway@worksystems.orgcharkaway@worksystems.org