Informing Market-responsive Education & Employment

Training System

MEETSCustomized Labor Market Information Products for

Local Workforce Development Decision-makers

WHAT IS MEETS?• Customized labor market information products for local

workforce development decision-making• Linked profiles of job creation and worker flow dynamics from

the Census Bureau Local Employment Dynamics (LED) program• A partnership of ETA, the Census Bureau, state LMI offices

and local workforce areas• Demand-driven and responsive to business, education and

employment training provider needs Mission:

• Support BRG’s charge to meet the workforce development needs of business

• ‘Demand driven’, through use of market-based data- LED• Support the HGJTI by highlighting targeted industries

Project Goals

Develop enhanced labor market information products that will support local workforce decision-makers • WIBs and Career Centers • Community colleges • Economic development entities • Businesses

Promote LED use• Highlighting age and gender breakdown capacity • Emphasize historical trends • “Story-telling” approach

Promote and support state LMI shops• They get time and resources- an LED “jump start”• We get critical input and guidance

MEETS Local Partners

• NOVA Job Training Consortium (CA)• San Diego Workforce Partnership (CA)• Arapahoe-Douglas WORKS! Workforce Center (CO)• Pikes Peak Workforce Center (CO)• CLM (Citrus-Levy-Marion) Workforce Connection (FL)• Pasco-Hernando Jobs & Education Partnership Regional

Board, Inc. (FL)• Boone-Winnebago Workforce Investment Board (IL)• Chicago Workforce Board (IL)• Baltimore County Office of Employment & Training (MD)• Montgomery County Division of Workforce Investment

Services (MD)

LED Data Overview

• Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Program is a partnership of the U.S. Census Bureau and participating states

• Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWIs) are produced by Census using UI Wage Record data and QCEW (formerly ES-202) data received from states

• QWI data is sent back to states for their use; some data appear on the LED website

• LED/QWI data:– Are local (county, workforce area, metropolitan area)– Are industry based– Have demographic detail for gender and age groups

Preview of MEETS Brief Series

• Highlights of industry composition

• Comparison of hiring activity and net job growth/loss

• Breakdown of hiring by demographics (age & gender)

• Sample of occupational prevalence and earnings

1,683

1,651

1,710

1,778

2,187

2,653

2,790

3,473

3,659

4,257

4,299

4,319

4,939

16,741

16,747

12,103

Five Remaining Sectors

Public Administration

Real Estate and Rental & Leasing

Wholesale Trade

Transportation & Warehousing

Construction

Manufacturing

Finance & Insurance

Educational Services

Other Services, Except Public Admin.

Health Care & Social Assistance

Professional & Technical Services

Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation

Retail Trade

Accommodation & Food Services

Administrative & Waste Services(19.7%)

(19.7%)(14.2%)

(5.8%)

(5.1%)

(5.1%)

(5.0%)

(4.3%)

(4.1%)

(3.3%)

(3.1%)

(2.6%)

(2.1%)

(2.0%)

(1.9%)

(1.9%)

City of ChicagoYouth (14-21) Hires, 2nd and 3rd quarters, 2003

Current Activity

• Recently completed meetings with staff of all five state LMI offices and ten local partners

• Moving from general product sample review to refinement of data to meet local needs

• Currently working on specific data requests for all local partners, in conjunction with state LMI offices

• Evaluating how MEETS has been able to provide customized responses to a variety of data requests from a diverse group of workforce areas