1. Labor Shortage: So What’s the Question
Labor Shortage: So What’s the Question? Using Labor Market Information Tools
Presented to the Wyoming Economic Development Association 2008 Winter Conference
Cheyenne, Wyoming
February 27, 2008
Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning Tom Gallagher, Manager

2. Market Response to Growing Labor Demand
Introduction:
Market Response to Growing Labor Demand
Recruitment
Reallocation of Labor
Demographic Drivers
Retention – Do We Really Mean It?

3. Employment Growth

4. Unemployment Rates

5. Residency Status

6. Commuting Headlines

7. Converse County Outflow by Age

8. Converse County Outflow by Gender

9. Interstate Commuting

10. Who Stays?

11. Reasons for living here
All Nurses

12. Demographic Sledgehammer

13. Adjusted Exiters

14. Exodus of Youth

15. Exodus of Youth

16. Is the Question Retention?
Young Residents
Other Residents
Nonresidents
Hathaway Scholarship Program
Occupational Opportunities Matched to Skills
Affordable Health Insurance
Social isolation
Physical Isolation
Cost of Airfares
Affordable Health Insurance
Isolation From Relatives
Lack of Familiar Amenities (e.g., Large Malls, Pro Sporting Events)
Urban vs. Rural Attitudes
Climate
Affordable Health Insurance
Who Assumes Risk for Housing Infrastructure?

17. Educational Requirements

18. For More Information
Contact: Research & Planning PO Box Casper, WY (307)