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

Do you work with job seekers or new job entrants on a regular basis? 1. Yes 2. No

What do you see as the biggest obstacle for job placement now? 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 ehd/index.stm ehd/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 d_proj.stm d_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  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? 1. Local Employment Dynamics 2. Industry Projections 3. WARN notices 4. All of them were useful

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

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

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  upations/occ_proj.stm upations/occ_proj.stm

Which of the tools we just discussed would you say is most useful for helping job seeker placement? 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

Finding the O*Net &Toolbox Connection

O*Net Online Assessment Tools  O*NET Career Exploration Tools  Interest Profiler  Work Importance Locator/Profiler  Ability Profiler 

WorkKeys ® Assessments

Missouri Connections.org

Which of the assessment tools do you use on job seekers? 1. WorkKeys 2. O*Net Online Assessments 3. TABE 4. Kuder 5. MissouriConnections. 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 a Common 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   Missouri Career Exploration Tool  Collect regional projections for prospective occupations  Look at available training or educational opportunities within their area  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? 1. O*Net Online 2. Missouri Career Exploration Tool 3. All of the tools were helpful 4. Neither was useful

O*Net Online Resources  For more O*Net Online resources and available products and assessment tools   For more training on using O*Net effectively   Includes power points, lesson plans, webinars/recordings, and podcasts relating to all things O*Net

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