Texas Industry Profiles:
Growing the Texas Economy
www.texasindustryprofiles.com
Richard Froeschle
Labor Market & Career Information
Texas Workforce Commission
rich@cdr.state.tx.us
(512) 491-4941
An emerging priority for the
workforce system:
Workforce development is
an essential component of
economic development
We are all in the business
of economic development!
Strategies for Economic Development
• Jobs to People—Generating jobs targeted for particular
places in decline or need, e.g. Enterprise zones
• People to Jobs—Reducing barriers to job access: better
public transportation, subsidized housing, social services
• Educational Upgrading—Identify workforce skill
deficiencies and focus training resources aligned with
economic development priorities
• Economic Growth—Expand the overall industrial base, less
concern for job quality, more on job growth
• Economic Diversification—Recruit specific sectors with
unique criteria, complementary products, job qualities,
environmental concerns
Growing the Local Economy:
Ten Things Government Can Do to
Enhance Economic Development (part I)
1. Construct an “image” for the Place. Identify key features
and amenities and create the marketing image
2. Invest in marketing the Place. Packaging is as important
as creating the image
3. Engage in “imagineering” on behalf of prospective
expanding or relocating employers (what could be)
4. Review local community processes to see if they work
smoothly or are a hindrance. Fix what’s broke.
5. Invest in infrastructure: roads, airport access,
telecommunications/broadband, utilities
Growing the Local Economy:
Ten Things Government Can Do to
Enhance Economic Development (part I)
6. Create a viable workforce through local investments in
quality basic education and skills training
7. Establish an “all stakeholders” public advisory body to
serve as a rapid response team
8. Create financial opportunities e.g. tax incentives,
industrial revenue bonds, land grants, private “dealmaking” authority
9. Support small business assistance centers, business
incubators, entrepreneurial training and related new
business formation activities
10. Collect and maintain data on local industries, labor
supply, growth trends, prevailing wages, profiles, etc.
Goal 1: Document TWC Interactions
To provide TWC administrators with pertinent
information regarding how the Agency and Local
Workforce Development Boards are interacting
with the Texas and regional economy. Specifically
how the TWC interacts with Texas industry
sectors. This knowledge will be useful for
reporting requirements and marketing within
Texas industry segments and as a guidepost for
the allocation and dispersion of targeted
education and skills training funds.
Goal 2: Provide Data & Tools for
Regional Economic Development
To provide persons engaged in Texas economic
development access to decision-critical
information about the dynamics of the Texas
and regional economies. This system will focus on
aspects of industry employment dynamics,
regional characteristics, availability of labor
supply, industry clustering and related analyses to
provide a foundation for economic development
activities. Analytical functions will overlap, or be
integrated with, the SOCRATES targeting
system.
It’s real and on the web!!
On-Line Survey:
Stay in touch with your neighbors
• 1. Respond to on-line LWDB Business Services
survey questionnaire
• 2. View survey responses from other LWDB
Business Services groups on economic
development activity
• 3. Respond to survey questions regarding
Employer Interests and Concerns
• 4. View survey responses from other LWDB
regarding Employer Interests and Concerns
• 5. Message board for facilitated web
discussions, questions, info. exchange
TWC Dashboard Indicators:
Connections with industry
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1. TWC dashboard indicators narrative report
2. Interactive A.G. New Hire reporting/display
3. Interactive UI Claimant reporting/display
4. Interactive TWC applicant reporting/display
5. Interactive TWC openings reporting/display
6. TWC contract training data e.g. SDF
7. TWC and LWDB program follow-up data
Occupational Clusters:
Common core skills across occupations
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1. Career cluster data sets by LWDB and
16 U.S. DoE clusters
• 2. Occupational coefficients of
specialization by detailed SOC
• 3. Interactive O*NET knowledge & skills
survey
• 4. Selected interactive career pathways
e.g. Pathways to Personal Independence
Economic Base Analysis:
Identifying comparative advantage
• 1. Regional location quotients by NAICS
with export sector identification
• 2. Interactive shift-share tool by NAICS
• 3. Texas industry projections, with graphic
and statistical display
• 4. Texas wage information (WIN), ad hoc
occupational wage data by industry and
occupation
Industry Narrative Profiles:
Every industry has a story
• 1. Create industry narrative profiles
by NAICS and LWDB
• 2. View graphical industry data with
on-line GIS display engine, including
child care, new hire and employers
• 3. Industry profile quarterly
employment and wages snapshot
Industry Clusters:
Identifying economic growth poles
• 1. View Perryman industry clusters by
LWDB with definition
• 2. View employment growth based on
labor-based industry clusters
• 3. View employment growth based on
EDA industry clusters
• 4. View employment growth based on
financial industry clusters
Modified Perryman Clusters
(part I)
1. Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Medical Services
2. Electronics & Applied Computer Equipment
3. Telecommunications & Information Services
4. Legal, Protective & Human Support
5. HQs, Administrative & Government
6. Business & Financial Services
7. General Store Retailers
8. Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure
9. Distribution, Transportation & Logistics
Modified Perryman Clusters
(part II)
10. Heavy & Special Trade Construction
11. Energy, Mining and Related Support Services
12. Petroleum Refining & Chemicals
13. Transportation Equipment
14. Production Support & Industrial Machinery
15. Agriculture, Forestry and Food
16. Education, Training & Personal Development
17. Apparel, Leather, Wood & related Non-durables
18. Personal and Residential Services
Workforce Supply:
Do you have a skilled workforce?
• 1. County narrative profiles (CNP) with
enhanced filtering capabilities, GIS display
• 2. Labor Availability Estimator for labor
supply by region by occupation for
potentially relocating industries
• 3. Interactive Industry-Occupation matrix
• 4. Employer contact information with
keywords and filters
• 5. Dislocated worker employer job search
directly from occupational narratives
• 6. College location mapping and attributes
Partners & Connections:
Synergy through collaboration
• 1. Connections with WorkInTexas labor
exchange system
• 2. Useful economic development links; all
state economic development sites, generic
calculators, research sites
• 3. Industry partner web pages: Related
external partner sites organized by cluster
• 4. Tools of the trade: Crosswalks, research
papers, alternate clusters, economic
development “how to” guides, etc.