Help-Wanted Online (HWOL)Jennifer James

Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development

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AgendaIntrosOverview of the ProjectOverview of the DataOverview of the DashboardProduct ExamplesDiscussion

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The ProjectProvide access to real-time data on employer hiring needs and analytics of on-line job posting data at the state and sub-state levels to:Better understand hiring trendsBetter understand education and skill requirementsCustomize employer outreach effortsCustomize information for job seekers and preparation strategiesProvide job seeker access to largest pool of job postings through JobQuest Job Bank (www.mass.gov/jobquest)

Job bank expanded from 40,000 jobs to 90,000 in first month

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HWOL Data SourceWeb-based job advertisements in all the major

job boards (USDOL national job bank, Monster, CareerBuilder, Commonwealth of Massachusetts etc), Craig’s List is included in Hiring Dashboard

Jobs recruited by One-Stop Career CentersCompany websites (the tool “crawls” to private

sector websites to grab jobs)Accuracy? New LMI capacity/less regulated,

expect duplicates, online bias, NAICS limited etcNothing replaces a conversation with an

employer. This is a dart board.

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Wanted Analytics Dashboardwww.wantedanalytics.comLog in (email and assigned password)Click on “hiring demand dashboard”Overview of Navigation:

Left Side of Dashboard = Controls Set filters and settings (endless choices: geography,

employer, industry, occupation, key word etc)Right Side of Dashboard = Results

View Results Compare time periods Download spreadsheets with data

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FiltersMy Market Baseline: Massachusetts, excludes

MISC postings, AVAILABLE Unique Ads (not just new)

Employers OR Employer TypeIndustries: NAICS or type in a nameOccupations: 6 digit level (Standard Occupational

Classification (SOC) codes: http://www.bls.gov/soc/)Locations: State, city/town, county, MSA, 16

Workforce Board (saved filters or auto type)KeyWord: Associate’s Degree, AutoCADJob Type: Full Time, Part Time etc

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Products & UsesEmployer OutreachDownloads for Hiring Reports (arrow button

on any dashboard table):Customized:

Employers with largest number of openings Occupations with largest number of openings Florida report

Talent Sourcing Report (under “Jobs” Tab)Staff Job Opening Alerts (under “Jobs Tab”)Regional Partnerships

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Employer OutreachHow is this tool relevant to employers?The DASHBOAD TOOL is not intended for direct employer access. A staff person who is working with employers may want to use the tool in the following ways:Providing information to employers on other employers in their industry in the region. Providing information on an occupation that an employer is looking to fill (What are the average job ads like? What education requirements? What specific skills are asked for?)Business Service Representatives may want to use it to identify employers for recruitment purposes.

Review the companies with the most job ads? Review companies in an industry that are posting ads? Setup “alerts” in the system to flag when employers in their region post new ads and

then outreach to the employer. (Franklin Hampshire best practice)

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Hiring ReportsAny of the tables on the dashboard can be downloaded to tables to generate report. Example: Radiology Tech (29-2034)Dashboard: Set the filters (geography, occupation, employer? keyword?)

Download tablesCustomize report

“Jobs Tab” report tools: Set Filters(geography, occupation, employer? keyword?)

Talent Sourcing Report –”Generate Report” (demo)“export” tool – excel spreadsheet (demo)

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AlertsSIMPLE: Go to “Jobs” tab, set filters – click “alerts”

and add email addresses.Example: Franklin Hampshire Career Centers

Alerts to (WIA) Job Counselor or job seekers using a set of search parameters and scheduled weekly alerts

Filters: GEOGRAPHY: Immediate geographic area

(Franklin/Hampshire) plus a major neighboring city (Holyoke) 

EDUCATION: filter to only show us jobs up to an Associate’s degree (as we also work with Trade customers)

JOB TYPE: hose full-time and permanent jobs (to try to exclude temp and part-time)

The excel file has the potential to be a strong tool for case mangers as you are able to extract job posting summaries along with a direct link to the actual job posting.

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Strategy & Regional PartnershipsNorth Shore WIB & Operation Bootstrap:WIB provided Operation Bootstrap information on job openings within the manufacturing industry to communicate information to their customers.

Report filtered by education filters (HS Dipolma & below), Geographic (Essex County), and Industry (Manufacturing NAICS 31-33).

Job count results were tabulated in Excel and given to Operation Bootstrap.

Operation Bootstrap helped customers to: understand where jobs were located, who was

hiring, and what occupations were currently in demand

Use information in making job search and training decisions

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Education & Training PathwaysNortheast Advanced Manufacturing Consortium grant:Question: Decision to focus on mechanical, electrical training or offer both. Solution: USED HWOL to review existing manufacturing jobs available that require mechanical or electrical training as a pathway to employment.

Search criteria: using the following filters Geographic (Northeast of MA (North Shore WIA, Merrimack Valley, Greater Lowell WIA, Metro North WIA)), Educational Attainment (Associates degree or less), and Occupational title (manually selected SOC codes to which were related to the training).

Compared the results for both Mechanical and Electronic based skills and found them to have a similar number of openings.

RESULTS: The HWOL results, along with employer surveys and employer conversations created a training program that incorporated both electrical and mechanical skill sets.

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Contacts

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This workforce solution is 100% funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, TAACCCT grant agreement # TC-22505-11-60-A-25.The solution was created by the grantee and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership. Massachusetts Community Colleges are equal opportunity employers. Adaptive equipment available upon request for persons with disabilities. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License CCBY3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0