List of URLs for BSR E-Tools Training, May 3 and 4, 2001
BLS Conference Center and Computer Labs
E-Tools Session 1
Understanding the Labor Market - Featured E-Tools
Name of E-Tool: Guide to State and Local Workforce Data: For Analysis and Informed Decision
Making
Website: http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/workforcedata_guide.doc
Name of E-Tool: Local Area Unemployment Statistics One-Screen Data Search
Website(s):
 http://www.bls.gov/lau/data.htm
 http://data.bls.gov/pdq/querytool.jsp?survey=sm
This data source provides monthly employment data by industry for the US,
States, and Metropolitan Statistical Areas and provides tables and graphing tools. It is
the most current source of survey-based data to identify which industries are growing or
declining in an area, although there is sometimes limited detail on specific industry
sectors within an area.
Name of E-Tool: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Location Quotient Calculator
Website: http://data.bls.gov/location_quotient/ControllerServlet
The QCEW program produces a comprehensive tabulation of employment and wage
information for workers covered by State unemployment insurance (UI) laws and Federal
workers covered by the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) program.
Publicly available files include data on the number of establishments, monthly employment,
and quarterly wages, by NAICS industry, by county, by ownership sector, for the entire United
States. These data are aggregated to annual levels, to higher industry levels (NAICS industry
groups, sectors, and supersectors), and to higher geographic levels (national, State, and
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)).
Name of E-Tool: Employer Locator
Website: http://www.careerinfonet.org/employerlocator/employerlocator.asp?nodeid=18
A tool to help you identify local employers in a specific industry, or to identify the industry
category for a specific employer to find out more about what they do and what kind of workers
they employ.
Name of E-Tool: Occupational Employment Statistics Query System
Website: http://data.bls.gov/oes/
A site that helps users identify the occupations typically employed in a specific industry—along
with national employment and wage information. It also can be used to identify what
industries employ workers in specific occupations. Information comes from the Occupational
Employment Statistics survey of business establishments that produces annual occupational
employment and wage data for the U.S., states, and metropolitan statistical areas.
Name of E-Tool: My Next Move
Website: http://www.MyNextMove.gov
An easy to navigate, easy to understand career exploration tool based on O*NET occupational
competency profiles.
Name of E-Tool: O*NET OnLine
Website: http://www.onetonline.org
A career exploration tool that offers a variety of search options to find detailed information on
occupational competencies including tasks, knowledge, skills, abilities, tools and technology,
and other characteristics, with links to employment and wage data.
Name of E-Tool: mySkills myFuture
Website: http://www.mySkillsmyFuture.org
A transferable skills tool for dislocated workers to help them: 1) identify other occupations
where they can apply their skills, 2) identify potential skill gaps and relevant training from their
current skill set and a new occupation, and 3) identify local job openings in the new career field.
Understanding the Labor Market - Other Resources
Name of E-Tool: CES Employment, Hours and Earnings:
Website: http://www.bls.gov/ces/
Analyze monthly and quarterly industry employment data from BLS and states to identify which
industries are currently showing growth (as opposed to projections)
Name of E-Tool: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Business
Employment Dynamics
Website: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.toc.htm
Published tables show job gains and losses (for both totals and rates). Data cover only private
sector establishments (but do cover about 98 percent of employment on nonfarm payrolls).
Name of E-Tool: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) County Employment and
Wages
Website: http://www.bls.gov/cew/home.htm
Employment data under the QCEW program represent the number of covered workers who
worked during, or received pay for, the pay period including the 12th of the month. Wages
represent total compensation paid during the calendar quarter, regardless of when during that
quarter the individual worked.
Name of E-Tool: Employer Locator
Website: http://www.careerinfonet.org/employerlocator/employerlocator.asp?nodeid=18
Demonstration of how BSRs can effectively use the Employer Locator to connect with
businesses. This tool will support BSRS efforts to:
 find contact information about a specific business or list of businesses
 search businesses by industries and occupations
 search businesses by location
E-Tools Session 2
Engaging Business – Featured E-Tools
Name of E-tool: Competency Model Clearinghouse
Website: http://www.CareerOneStop.org/CompetencyModel
A resource for industry competency models including 18 industry models, related resources,
examples of how to use and apply the models for workforce development, and interactive tools
to both customize industry models for regional economic needs, and to build and document
career ladders in those regional economies.
Name of E-Tool: Users Showcase – Documented Uses of Industry Competency Models
Website: http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/competencymodel_users.aspx
The Users Showcase highlights how the partners of the Workforce Investment System are using
competency models. It provides two types of resources: Competency Models In Action case
summaries and Case-In-Point stories. Competency Models In Action are 3-4 page summaries
that provide examples of how business, educators, and the workforce investment system are
using the ETA-sponsored industry competency models to address their workforce challenges.
Case In Point stories are short summaries about how the Workforce Investment System is using
competency models and competency-based resources.
Name of E-Tool: CMC Build a Competency Model Tool and CMC Career Ladder/Lattice Tool
Website:
http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/careerpathway/cpwoverview.aspx
The CMC offers two tools designed to help businesses, educators, and workforce professionals
achieve their talent development goals: the Build a Competency Model Tool and the Build a
Career Ladder/Lattice Tool. The Build a Competency Model Tool will guide you through the
development of a competency model that identifies the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed
to perform successfully in your industry. Then, the Build a Career Ladder/Lattice Tool will help
you build career ladders/lattices that outline critical experiences individuals need to progress
through a career in your industry.
Engaging Business – Other Resources
Competency Model In Action – MERIC
http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/info_documents/MERICCaseSummary.pdf
Competency Model In Action – Clipper Wind
http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/info_documents/WindCMInAction.pdf
Advanced Manufacturing Model
http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/pyramid.aspx?HG=Y
E-Tools Session 3
Delivering Services – Featured E-tools
Name of E-Tool: O*NET Toolkit for Business
Website: http://www.onetonline.org/
This website is the nation’s primary source for occupational information. Explore over 900
occupations covering the entire U.S. Economy. Learn about the knowledge, skills, and abilities
important to job success. Use this information to help you meet your human resources needs
including job analyses, training program development, performance appraisal and HR planning.
Search for occupations by title, keyword, industry, job family, or education requirements. See
what occupations have bright outlooks or are part of the green economy.
Name of E-Tool: O*NET Toolkit for Business
Website: http://www.onetcenter.org/toolkit.html
A wealth of background information on the features of O*NET. The Toolkit includes case studies
to demonstrate the use of the O*NET database.
Name of E-Tool: Job Description Writer via CareerOneStop
Website: http://www.careerinfonet.org/jobwriter/default.aspx
The Job Description Writer is a tool to build a meaningful job description that can be edited.
Name of E-Tool: On-The-Job Training (OJT) Toolkit
Website: https://ojttoolkit.workforce3one.org
The OJT Toolkit provides you with customizable OJT templates and forms including: outreach
materials, contracts, monitoring documents. The OJT Toolkit documents allow you to quickly
implement OJT in your area.
Name of E-Tool: Survey Monkey
Website: www.surveymonkey.com/
Create and publish online surveys in minutes, and view results graphically and in real time.
Delivering Services – Other Resources
O*NET Code Connector
www.onetcodeconnector.org/
E-Tools Session 3
Social Media – Featured E-Tools
Name of E-Tool: POLLDADDY
Website: http://poll.fm/2xtkr
This is an example of a polling tool that can be used for obtaining timely feedback from
business and job seekers regarding service satisfaction and feedback.
Name of E-Tool: LinkedIn: Aerospace Transition Group
Website: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3175557
Workforce Solutions is effectively using LinkedIn to connect with the Aerospace industry.
You access this group by going to http://www.linkedin.com
Name of E-Tool: First Coast Virtual Job Fair
Website: http://www.firstcoastvirtualjobfair.org/default.cfm
WorkSource utilizes a virtual job fair for real-time employer and jobseeker matching.
Name of E-Tool: Constant Contact
Website: http://www.constantcontact.com
WorkSource utilizes constant contact to communicate information regarding job openings.
Name of E-Tool: Hot Job Posting:
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Name of E-Tool: IdeaScale
Website: http://bsrtraining.ideascale.com/
This is a brainstorming tool that participants will use to share and rank ideas regarding how to
innovate business services.
Name of E-Tool: Directory Of Learning Tools 2011
Website: http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/index.html
This website, published by the British Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies, is a
great directory of online tools that lists them by category, and explains what each category of
tools is for. If you click on a category [demonstrate] it provides a brief description of each tool,
lists which ones are free, and which ones are popular or award-winning.
Name of E-Tool: Examples of Corporate Social Media in Action
Website: http://mashable.com/2008/07/23/corporate-social-media/
This website lists more than 35 companies who are experimenting with social media in a host of
different ways.
SOCIAL MEDIA – Other Resources
Prezi page: http://prezi.com/tqmjsznl7f-y/applying-social-media-to-business-services/
Specific site: https://prezi.com/secure/35669e377cabd35167d80d7b42654d6e600bf691/
Web-Based polling tools:
Zoomerang: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22C986DHK5T/ FluidSurvey: Can do a multi-question survey:
http://app.fluidsurveys.com/surveys/maher/pplying-social-media-to-busine/ or a one-question
poll with live results: http://app.fluidsurveys.com/polls/maher/applying-social-media-tobusiness-services/ .
Mobile-Based polling tools:
Poll Everywhere (http://www.polleverywhere.com/#video)
Demonstration of Social Media Tools By Business Service Representatives:
 http://www.wrksolutions.com/employer/employerservice.html
 http://www.twitter.com
 http://twitter.com/Veronica_Reyes
 http://www.linkedin.com/in/reyesv
 http://twitter.com/WorkSource_Jax
 http://www/skype.com
 http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home
 http://www.mailchimp.com
 http://www.zoho.com
 http://www.readytalk.com
 http://www.economicmodeling.com/
 http://www.bullhorn.com
 http://www.wantedtech.com
 http://www.worksourcefl.com
 http://www.facebook.com/worksource?sk=wall#!/worksource?sk=wall
 http://www.facebook.com/worksource#!/worksource?sk=app_9953271133