Incorporating Labor Market Data in Your TechHire Application

An Emsi WebinarJanuary 2015

John Hawkins

Who’s Presenting

Director of Client ServicesHigher Education

Senior ConsultantWorkforce and Economic Development

Doug Heckman

• Summary of grant

• Background on Emsi and client success stories

• Data walk-through

• Questions

Topics

TechHire Partnership Grants

• The Goal: Expand accelerated tech training

• Train for jobs in H1-B industries:– IT and IT-related industries (e.g., cyber security and

broadband)– Health care– Advanced manufacturing– Financial services– Educational services

More on the Grants

More on the Grants• Focus on training young adults (17-29) and special populations with barriers to training and employment

• Emphasizes cross-sector partnerships– Education providers, workforce investment system, and

employers mandated to work together

Background on Emsi

• Extensive expertise in local and regional labor market analytics (via software and consulting)

• Industry-leading LMI, contextualized with job posting analytics

• Worked with JPM on New Skills at Work Initiative & White House on original TechHire analysis

• Data and analysis regularly cited by media

Tompkins Cortland Community College won $2.3M in NY state grants to help fund Farm to Bistro program.

Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program won $5.2M DOL training grant after coal

mining layoffs.

Iowa community colleges, led by Hawkeye Community College, are using $15M TAACCCT grant to train for in-demand jobs & supply students with career and education info.

Client Success Stories

From grant announcement:

• Training must help participants begin careers in in-demand and/or high-growth H1-B occupations and industries. (pg. 6)

• “To the extent possible, data should reflect the service area proposed.” (pg. 30, statement of need section (a) ii.)

Need for Data

From page 8 of grant announcement (section 1-B):

• Those that are projected to add a significant number of new jobs

• Those being transformed by technology and innovation, requiring workers to acquire new skills

• Those that have a significant impact on the economy or the growth of other industries and occupations

High-Growth Jobs, Defined

Based on statement of need (pg. 30):

• Identification of high-growth industries and occupations (section (a) i.)

• Description of current and future demand (section (a) ii.)

• Training, degrees, skills necessary (section (a) iii.)

• Assessment of current training and why it’s not meeting capacity (section (a) iv.)

Data Outline

MSA pop.: 193,4008% job growth (2010-2015)

Example Region: St. Cloud, Minn

In-Demand, High-Growth Industries

Description 2015 Jobs 2020 Jobs 2010 - 2015 Change

2010 - 2015 % Change

2015 - 2020 % Change

2015 Location Quotient

Competitive Effect

2014 Payrolled Business

LocationsCurrent Total

Earnings

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 6,153 7,022 1,613 36% 14% 1.88 1,407 6 $62,404

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (State Government) 2,797 2,846 695 33% 2% 1.50 557 2 $51,898

Offices of Physicians 2,601 2,807 319 14% 8% 1.44 89 55 $123,253

Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing 976 977 448 85% 0% 50.42 496 10 $47,843

Software Publishers 492 689 326 196% 40% 2.12 286 5 $80,999

Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services 291 338 266 1064% 16% 1.36 260 7 $70,832

Source: EMSI 2015.3 (Employees)

Industry IT Jobs in Industry (2015) Job Change (2010 - 2015)

% Job Change (2010 - 2015) % of IT Jobs in Industry (2015) % of Total Jobs in Industry (2015)

Software Publishers 276 181 191% 14.2% 56.2%

Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services 119 107 892% 6.1% 41.1%

Custom Computer Programming Services 203 62 44% 10.4% 61.2%

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (State Government) 124 32 35% 6.3% 4.4%

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 72 24 50% 3.7% 1.2%

Sales Financing 31 11 55% 1.6% 6.9%

Temporary Help Services 43 10 30% 2.2% 3.1%

Where IT Jobs Are Employed

Computer User Support Specialists • 2010-2015: 73 new jobs, 20% growth• 2015-2020: 38 new jobs, 9% growth• $20.85 median hourly earnings

App Developers • 2010-2015: 67 new jobs, 42%• 2015-2020: 61 new jobs, 27% • $33.20 median hourly earnings

Computer Systems Analysts• 2010-2015: 51 new jobs, 29%• 2015-2020: 38 new jobs, 17%• $32.74 median hourly earnings

Growing IT Occupations

(2010-2015 and 2015-2020)

Target Occupation: Computer Systems Analysts

• Typical entry-level education: bachelor’s• Most applicable program:

– Computer systems networking and telecommunications

• Top certifications:– Project Management Professional (PMP)– Certified Information Systems Security

Professional– Security and secret clearance

Training, Degrees, Certifications

Desired Skills for Computer Systems Analysts

Target Occupation: Computer Systems Analysts

• Graduate pool dwindling in computer systems networking and telecommunications (CIP 11.0901): – 2003 completions: 80– 2014 completions: 5

• This compares to 12 annual openings, per EMSI estimates (2015-2020)

Educational Pipeline vs. Estimated Demand

30Avg. Monthly Unique

Postings (Jan. 2015-Oct. 2015)

11Avg. Monthly Hires

(Jan. 2015-Oct. 2015)

Job Postings Analytics for Systems Analysts

Race & Ethnicity Breakdown of Workforce

Age Breakdown of Workforce

If you have questions, contact John or Doug—or reach out to your service rep.

• jhawkins@economicmodeling.com• doug.heckman@economicmodeling.co

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