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DEVELOPING LMI CAPACITY

DISCUSSION WITH THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF ADVANCED EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

ABOUT THE NYC LABOR MARKET INFORMATION SERVICE

We help education and workforce practitioners and policy makers make data-driven decisions to help the students and jobseekers they serve to achieve success in the labor

• market. We do this by providing:
• Research
• Industry and Occupation Reports
• Labor Market Overviews
• In-demand Occupations
• Issue Reports
• Consulting
• Portfolio and Program Alignment
• Data Use Organizational Development
• Information T
• ols
• Career Exploration T
• ols (Maps And

Brochures)

• Occupational Profiles

EVOLUTION OF THE NYCLMIS

 2006: Workforce Investment Board commissions Research on stakeholder data needs  2007: Concept and funding streams developed  2008: Executive Director Hired  2008-2011: LMIS strategy, products and services determined by City government  2011-2012: LMIS operates as a partnership with a workforce collaborative of Deputy Mayors

and their respective agencies

 2012: LMIS becomes independent from City and evolves into current form

NYCLMIS: INDUSTRY REPORTS

COMPONENTS BY TOPIC

• Role and importance to the local economy
• Organization of the sector
• Employment and wage trends and projections
• Occupations, skill needs, and advancement pathways
• Workforce demographics
• Recommendations

NYCLMIS: LABOR MARKET OVERVIEWS

PURPOSE Identify unmet skill needs in five strategic sectors Gather recommendations from industries for improving higher education programming and opening channels of communication COMPONENTS

• Industry Definition
• Industry Drivers
• Current and Emerging Trends
• Employment and Wage Trends
• Occupations
• Skill Needs
• Strengths and Deficits of College Graduates
• Implications for Higher Education
• Cross-Sector and Industry-Specific Findings
• Recommendations to Colleges and Universities

NYCLMIS: INFORMATION TOOLS

NYCLMIS: INFORMATION TOOLS

NYCLMIS: PORTFOLIO ALIGNMENT CONSULTING

 Assessing the demand for new postsecondary programming in New

York City

• Associate degrees in behavioral health and public health
• Cross-listed project management courses for business, computer science and construction

management programs

• Positioning a new Master’s Degree in Social

Work

 Aligning the City’s career and technical education (CTE) portfolio with current

and projected industry demand

 Decoding and programming industry skill needs CTE)  Aligning health care, education, engineering tech skills for placement and career

advisement

 Developing youth and young adult industry partnerships for out of school out of

work adults

NYCLMIS: ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING

 Demand-Side Immersion Academy: With workforce organizations on becoming strategic

users of labor market intelligence

 Real-Time LMI Technical

Assistance: With multiple states in the US on incorporating real- time labor market information into LMI offerings.

 Young-Adult Sectoral Employment Program: With workforce partnerships on developing

demand-informed programming for out-of-school, out-of-work young adults

 Family Self-Sufficiency Pilot Program:

With housing agencies in three cities across the US, developing coaching capacity to help residents set concrete goals and advance their educational attainment and careers

LESSONS LEARNED: ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LMI SHOP  Objective and balanced  Rigorous and accurate  Clear and communicative  Plugged into the local, regional, national and global economic and policy

contexts

 Rooted in and responsive to the needs of its stakeholders  Any other values/standards important to the local scene?

The Ontario government must take a leadership role in developing and making generally available high quality labour market information so that everyone can make better decisions based on timely, relevant, and understandable information. The Panel strongly encourages the Ontario Government to use the Forum of Labour Market Ministers (FLMM) to drive this important reform. Building the Workforce of Tomorrow, The Premier’s Highly Skilled Workforce Panel, 2016.

LESSONS LEARNED: THE PREPARATORY WORK

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ASSESS NEEDS AND ASSETS

• User group data needs and usage
• Catalogue existing LMI and economic assets that can address these needs – localities and nationally

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DETERMINE OPTIMAL ORGANIZATION AND (INTER)DEPENDENCIES

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STRATEGIC PLAN

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Mission

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Strategies

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Priority user groups (this will ultimately determine scope and strategies)

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FUNDING SOURCES AND LEVELS

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Operating versus project funds

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Appropriateness to the scope of the mission

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ADVISORS AND SUPPORTERS

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T echnical and stakeholder supporters needed

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Strategic planning and adherence to the plan

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Champions

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Fundraisers

LMI USER GROUPS AND USES

USER GROUPS DECISIONS SUPPORTED BY LMI LMI NEEDS PUBLIC SECTOR BOARDS AND MANAGERS Allocation of dollars Prioritization of programming Planning service types Alignment with economic development priorities In-Demand Occupations Staffing Patterns Employment Projections Wage distribution Population barriers for different populations EDUCATIONAL MANAGERS Course development Portfolio alignment Skills alignment In-Demand Occupations Largest sectors Breakdown of educational requirements Skill needs WORKFORCE MANAGERS Sector selection Allocation of staff time Course development Board and brand development FRONTLINE STAFF Outreach and recruitment methods Assessment methods Focus and scope of training Job development Ideal candidates Staffing challenges Openings and turnover Population barriers Employer lists BUSINESSES Location and expansion Diversity planning Recruitment Educational composition of the workforce Geographic distribution of industry Recruitment

LMI USER GROUPS AND USES

DATA TYPES MEASURES POTENTIAL SOURCES CHOICES AND CHALLENGES SUPPLY LABOR FORCE Size Participation rates Unemployment Demographics Educational attainment and skills Household surveys Frequency Survey sampling and geography EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Occupational alignment Number of graduates Administrative data Program surveys Household surveys Industry informants Education-occupation crosswalks Frequency Survey sample and geography DEMAND SKILLS Employability Occupational Technological Prevalence by occupation Industry informants Real-time LMI Occupational databases Household or business Granularity Geography OCCUPATIONS Past, present, and projected employment Wages Occupational surveys Real-time LMI or vacancy surveys Geography NOC-title alignment INDUSTRIES Past, present, and projected employment Industry drivers Administrative data Business surveys Industry informants Confidentiality and competition Self-employed

LESSONS LEARNED: BUILDING USERS’ CAPACITY

 AWARENESS

• Define LMI in terms users can understand

 APPRECIATION

• Help users understand the variety of applications

 COMPETENCIES

• Basic 101 training
• Responsible data use
• Provide advice and consultation about organizational information flow

 CONTINUAL DEVELOPMENT

• Set the table for information sharing among user groups
• Field questions and disseminate the answers

USING LMI: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

SELECTING THE SECTOR Demand justification Constituent fit Organizational fit SELECTING THE

CANDIDATE

Outreach Recruitment Assessment Orientation PREPARING THE

CUSTOMER FOR EMPLOYMENT

Program scope Program content Program format Career-coaching and training CONNECTING TO AND

KEEPING EMPLOYMENT

Intelligence sharing Job development Placement Retention STAFF &

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Fund development Board development Organizational identity Staff selection and supports

LESSONS LEARNED: NAVIGATING TRADEOFFS

INDEPENDENCE FROM GOVERNMENT NEED FOR COOPERATION NEED FOR RESOURCES COMPLIANCE AND EVALUATION INFORMATION DISSEMINATION CLIENT FACING PUBLIC FACING EXTERNALLY DETERMINED INITIATIVES SELF-DETERMINED INITIATIVES DEVELOPING NEW DATA DISTILLING EXISTING DATA PROVIDING USER PLATFORMS FOR EXISITING DATA RESEARCH FUNCTIONS CAPACITY BUILDING FUNCTIONS GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFICITY TIMELINESS MIXED METHOD APPROACHES HIGH AND/OR QUANTIFIABLE DATA RELIABILITY CURRENT AND PAST CONDITIONS FORWARD LOOKING BREADTH OF SERVICE DEPTH OF EXPERTISE RIGOR ACCESSIBILITY

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

 BRAND

• Identity represents the work
• Reaches key user groups
• Protecting the brand integrity

 ADVOCACY AND SYSTEM BUILDING EFFORTS

• Protect existing data sources
• Ensure data quality
• Reduce redundancies
• Build cooperative arrangements
• Share best practices

ORGANIZATIONAL PROLIFERATION

THANK YOU!

Lesley Hirsch Director, NYC Labor Market Information Service CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, Room 6202 New Y

• rk, NY 10016

212.817.2031 lhirsch@gc.cuny.edu

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