Using LMI to Assist Job Seekers and Better Develop Your Workforce

What’s in it for me?

After participating in this breakout session, you will be able to: Identify what LMI sources will be relevant to

your job seekers Identify the Four Step Aid to Assisting Job

Seekers Gain a deeper knowledge of working with LMI

data types/sources for job seekers and workforce development

Establish a more targeted and simple approach for using LMI with your job seekers

Do you work with job seekers or new job entrants on a regular basis?

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What do you see as the biggest obstacle for job placement now?

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1. Lack of jobs available

2. Lack of educated workforce

3. Businesses not located in commute shed

4. Training not available for area industries

5. Wages not consistent with cost of living for area

The Four-Step Job Seeker Process

1. Identify your affected industry & job seeker

2. Study staffing patterns

3. Determine your job seekers transferable skill set

4. Narrow down the occupations within the industry that have similar skills for job seekers

Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……

Step1: Identify your affected industry and job seeker.

Get to know your job seeker’s needs

Look at local industry employment trends

Look at local industry projection data

Look at any WARN notices you have received regarding that industry

Collaborate with local Business Reps for additional information

Getting to know your Job Seeker

Robert Smith Manufacturing

Supervisor at beverage manufacturing company

Laid off in June due to production cutbacks

Age 35 Cannot complete

additional training without income

Can’t relocate due to family

Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……

Step1: Identify your affected industry and job seeker.

Get to know your job seeker’s needs Look at local industry

employment trends http://www.missourieconomy.org/indica

tors/lehd/index.stm

Look at local industry projection data Look at any WARN notices you have

received regarding that industry Collaborate with local Business Reps

for additional information

Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……

Step1: Identify your affected industry and job seeker.

Get to know your job seeker’s needs Look at local industry employment

trends Look at local industry projection

data http://www.missourieconomy.org/industry/i

nd_proj.stm

Look at any WARN notices you have received regarding that industry

Collaborate with local Business Reps for additional information

Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……

Step1: Identify your affected industry and job seeker.

Get to know your job seeker’s needs Look at local industry employment

trends Look at local industry projection data Look at any WARN notices you

have received regarding that industry http://rapidresponse.ded.mo.gov/

Collaborate with local Business Reps for additional information

Which of the tools we just discussed would you say is most useful for helping job seeker placement?

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1. Local Employment Dynamics

2. Industry Projections

3. WARN notices4. All of them were

useful

Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……

Step 2: Study the beverage manufacturing staffing patterns

BLS Industry Staffing Patterns http://www.bls.gov/emp/

BLS Occupational Staffing Patterns

Occupational Projection Analysis

Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……

Step 2: Study the beverage manufacturing staffing patterns

BLS Industry Staffing Patterns BLS Occupational Staffing

Patterns http://www.bls.gov/emp/

Occupational Projection Analysis

Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……

Step 2: Study the beverage manufacturing staffing patterns

BLS Industry Staffing Patterns BLS Occupational Staffing

Patterns Occupational Projection

Analysis http://www.missourieconomy.org/

occupations/occ_proj.stm

Which of the tools we just discussed would you say is most useful for helping job seeker placement?

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1. Industry Staffing Patterns

2. Occupational Staffing Patterns

3. Occupational Projections

4. All of the tools were helpful

Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……

Step 3: Determine your job seekers transferable skill set

A Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Assessment Educational Assessments:

WorkKeys, TABE Skills Profilers

Interest and Work Values Analysis O*Net Interest Profiler, Work Profiler

Tools Gap Analysis

Finding the O*Net &Toolbox Connection

O*Net Online Assessment Tools

O*NET Career Exploration Tools Interest Profiler

Work Importance Locator/Profiler

Ability Profiler

http://www.onetcenter.org/tools.html

WorkKeys® Assessments

Missouri Connections.org

Which of the assessment tools do you use on job seekers?

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Assessments3. TABE4. Kuder5. MissouriConnect

ions.org Assessments

6. I don’t use any of these

Putting the Four-Step Process into Practice……

Step 4: Narrow down the occupations within the industry with similar skills

Use O*Net Online or the Missouri Career Exploration Tool to help determine your job seekers next steps…..

Career Exploration Tools

Communication in aCommon Language

Employers Job Seekers Workforce Developers

Integrated Systems Missiouriconnections.org Missouri Career

Exploration Tool CareerOneStop and Career Center’s Toolbox

O*Net Create a skills profile Pair the profile to in demand jobs http://online.onetcenter.org/

Missouri Career Exploration Tool Collect regional projections for

prospective occupations Look at available training or

educational opportunities within their area

http://apps.oseda.missouri.edu/MOWorkKeys/

Case Study – Data Retrieval

What high-demand occupations require similar skills and education to those of a production supervisor in the beverage manufacturing industry?

Which of the tools we just discussed would you say is most useful for helping job seeker placement?

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100%1. O*Net Online2. Missouri Career

Exploration Tool3. All of the tools

were helpful4. Neither was

useful

O*Net Online Resources

For more O*Net Online resources and available products and assessment tools www.onetcenter.org

For more training on using O*Net effectively www.onetacademy.com Includes power points, lesson plans,

webinars/recordings, and podcasts relating to all things O*Net

Thank you for your participation!