Using LMI to Assist Job Seekers and Better Develop Your Workforce.
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Transcript of Using LMI to Assist Job Seekers and Better Develop Your Workforce.
What’s in it for me?
After participating in this breakout session, you will be able to: Identify what LMI sources will be relevant to
your job seekers Identify the Four Step Aid to Assisting Job
Seekers Gain a deeper knowledge of working with LMI
data types/sources for job seekers and workforce development
Establish a more targeted and simple approach for using LMI with your job seekers
What do you see as the biggest obstacle for job placement now?
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1. Lack of jobs available
2. Lack of educated workforce
3. Businesses not located in commute shed
4. Training not available for area industries
5. Wages not consistent with cost of living for area
The Four-Step Job Seeker Process
1. Identify your affected industry & job seeker
2. Study staffing patterns
3. Determine your job seekers transferable skill set
4. Narrow down the occupations within the industry that have similar skills for job seekers
Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……
Step1: Identify your affected industry and job seeker.
Get to know your job seeker’s needs
Look at local industry employment trends
Look at local industry projection data
Look at any WARN notices you have received regarding that industry
Collaborate with local Business Reps for additional information
Getting to know your Job Seeker
Robert Smith Manufacturing
Supervisor at beverage manufacturing company
Laid off in June due to production cutbacks
Age 35 Cannot complete
additional training without income
Can’t relocate due to family
Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……
Step1: Identify your affected industry and job seeker.
Get to know your job seeker’s needs Look at local industry
employment trends http://www.missourieconomy.org/indica
tors/lehd/index.stm
Look at local industry projection data Look at any WARN notices you have
received regarding that industry Collaborate with local Business Reps
for additional information
Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……
Step1: Identify your affected industry and job seeker.
Get to know your job seeker’s needs Look at local industry employment
trends Look at local industry projection
data http://www.missourieconomy.org/industry/i
nd_proj.stm
Look at any WARN notices you have received regarding that industry
Collaborate with local Business Reps for additional information
Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……
Step1: Identify your affected industry and job seeker.
Get to know your job seeker’s needs Look at local industry employment
trends Look at local industry projection data Look at any WARN notices you
have received regarding that industry http://rapidresponse.ded.mo.gov/
Collaborate with local Business Reps for additional information
Which of the tools we just discussed would you say is most useful for helping job seeker placement?
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1. Local Employment Dynamics
2. Industry Projections
3. WARN notices4. All of them were
useful
Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……
Step 2: Study the beverage manufacturing staffing patterns
BLS Industry Staffing Patterns http://www.bls.gov/emp/
BLS Occupational Staffing Patterns
Occupational Projection Analysis
Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……
Step 2: Study the beverage manufacturing staffing patterns
BLS Industry Staffing Patterns BLS Occupational Staffing
Patterns http://www.bls.gov/emp/
Occupational Projection Analysis
Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……
Step 2: Study the beverage manufacturing staffing patterns
BLS Industry Staffing Patterns BLS Occupational Staffing
Patterns Occupational Projection
Analysis http://www.missourieconomy.org/
occupations/occ_proj.stm
Which of the tools we just discussed would you say is most useful for helping job seeker placement?
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1. Industry Staffing Patterns
2. Occupational Staffing Patterns
3. Occupational Projections
4. All of the tools were helpful
Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……
Step 3: Determine your job seekers transferable skill set
A Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Assessment Educational Assessments:
WorkKeys, TABE Skills Profilers
Interest and Work Values Analysis O*Net Interest Profiler, Work Profiler
Tools Gap Analysis
O*Net Online Assessment Tools
O*NET Career Exploration Tools Interest Profiler
Work Importance Locator/Profiler
Ability Profiler
http://www.onetcenter.org/tools.html
Which of the assessment tools do you use on job seekers?
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Assessments3. TABE4. Kuder5. MissouriConnect
ions.org Assessments
6. I don’t use any of these
Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……
Step 4: Narrow down the occupations within the industry with similar skills
Use O*Net Online or the Missouri Career Exploration Tool to help determine your job seekers next steps…..
Career Exploration Tools
Communication in aCommon Language
Employers Job Seekers Workforce Developers
Integrated Systems Missiouriconnections.org Missouri Career
Exploration Tool CareerOneStop and Career Center’s Toolbox
O*Net Create a skills profile Pair the profile to in demand jobs http://online.onetcenter.org/
Missouri Career Exploration Tool Collect regional projections for
prospective occupations Look at available training or
educational opportunities within their area
http://apps.oseda.missouri.edu/MOWorkKeys/
Case Study – Data Retrieval
What high-demand occupations require similar skills and education to those of a production supervisor in the beverage manufacturing industry?
Which of the tools we just discussed would you say is most useful for helping job seeker placement?
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100%1. O*Net Online2. Missouri Career
Exploration Tool3. All of the tools
were helpful4. Neither was
useful
O*Net Online Resources
For more O*Net Online resources and available products and assessment tools www.onetcenter.org
For more training on using O*Net effectively www.onetacademy.com Includes power points, lesson plans,
webinars/recordings, and podcasts relating to all things O*Net