Understanding the
Labor Market
Pam Frugoli, OWI, ETA
Jennifer Troke, OWI, ETA
Workforce Information Overview
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Identify key industries in your area
a) Growing
b) Significant in the area
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Identify firms in those industries
Identify key occupations employed in those
industries
Identify key skills and other
requirements of those occupations and
industries
Different sequence with some of the same
tools if helping individuals with layoff
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Key Industries
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What industries are critical to my area?
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In what industries does this area have a
relative competitive advantage compared
to other areas (location quotient)?
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What industries have grown recently in
my State (or local area—MSA or county)?
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http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach
/workforcedata_guide.doc
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http://www.bls.gov/lau/data.htm
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http://data.bls.gov/pdq/querytool.jsp?survey=sm
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http://data.bls.gov/location_quotient/ControllerServlet
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http://data.bls.gov/location_quotient/ControllerServlet
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Industry Location Quotients
Douglas Co. CO, Brevard Co. FL, Lancaster Co. PA
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Specific Firms in an Industry
in your Local Area
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What firms are in my local area in this
critical or growing industry?
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Use Employer Locator
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http://www.careerinfonet.org/faq_info.asp?categ
ory=120&nodeid=102
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http://www.careerinfonet.org/employerlocat
or/employerlocator.asp?nodeid=18
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What occupations and skill sets
does a firm in that industry
typically employ?
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Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)
survey
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OES Data Query System
◦ Industry staffing pattern
◦ Distribution of employment in a specific
occupation across industries (what other
industries employ these same workers?)
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http://data.bls.gov/oes/
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http://data.bls.gov/oes/
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Industry Staffing Pattern (OES)
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Production Occupations in Industry
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What are the Skill Requirements
for those Key Occupations?
Use MyNextMove.gov and O*NET
OnLine
 Tasks performed
 Tools and Technology used
 Knowledge
 Skills
 Abilities
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www.MyNextMove.gov
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www.ONETOnline.org
Tools and Technology
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In a downsizing or layoff situation Can the laid off workers find
employment elsewhere?
1. Are there other employers in this same
industry still hiring?
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Employer Locator
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OES Data Query System: one occupation for
multiple industries
Are there other industries in
commuting distance that employ the
same types of occupations
Can these workers transfer their
occupational skills and work experience
to other similar occupations?
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www.mySkillsmyFuture.org
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What other industries employ
workers in this occupation?
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Employers in Plastics Mfg.
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Transferable Occupational Skills
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