RES: Strengthening Your Reemployment Efforts through Strong UI Connections July 29, 2009 2:00 EDT

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Employment and Training Administration Office of Workforce Investment Introduction Employment and Training Administration Office of Workforce Investment Division of Adult Services Kevin M. Culp, Workforce Analyst culp.kevin@dol.gov (202) 693-3679

Background Today is the second in a series of Webinars provided by ETA focusing on Reemployment Services (RES) within the context of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) First Webinar, “ETA’s Vision and Guidance: Using your RES Funds” available at: http://www.workforce3one.org/view/5000909656535386108/info

Previous Webinar: Context Seven Themes for Reemployment Services Early Warning Networks and Rapid Response Actionable Workforce Data and Information Unemployment Insurance System Integration Skills Assessments Skills Transferability Flexible Service Delivery Invest in Technology

ETA Guidance on ARRA Funds TEGL 14-08 recommends four promising strategies: Collaborate ES, UI, WIA, LMI, TAA, NEG Provide a full array of services Target services using profiling scores and statistical modeling Upgrade technology Employment and Training Administration

Rethink reemployment function Today’s Focus Illustrate nexus between the unemployment insurance (UI) and workforce systems Rethink reemployment function Connect UI Claimants with critical workforce services Vignette presentations Tools (profiling) and best practices Employment and Training Administration

Targeting UI Claimants Triage as a Metaphor Using data to rapidly partition people Looking at multiple distributions What areas yield related characteristics? What characteristics require what services? Can we align the preceding points? Employment and Training Administration

Probability Of Exhaustion Low Wages Frequent use of UI, Seasonal Work High Low (8 weeks) Low Wages Frequent use of UI, Seasonal Work Low Educ Weeks of Potential Duration On UI High Job Tenure Infrequent use of UI, Non-seasonal Work Low Job Tenure High Wages High Educ High (26 weeks) Employment and Training Administration

Job Referrals Training Assessment Job Search Assistance Probability Of Exhaustion Low High Low (8 weeks) Low Wages Job Referrals Frequent use of UI, Seasonal Work Training Low Educ Weeks of Potential Duration On UI High Job Tenure Infrequent use of UI, Non-seasonal Work Low Job Tenure Assessment High Wages High Educ High (26 weeks) Job Search Assistance S. Gibbons, ETA/OWS Employment and Training Administration

Featured Speakers “Finding the Missing Link: Connecting Job Seekers with Job Openings” Yustina Saleh, Director, Labor Market & Demographic Research, NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development “Connecting Unemployment Insurance Claimants to Reemployment Opportunities” Kim Morigeau, Program Specialist, Employment Security Division, NV DETR Theresa Nicks, Chief, UI Support Services, NV DETR Employment and Training Administration

Finding the Missing Link: Connecting Job Seekers with Job Openings Employment and Training Administration

Goals of this Presentation Provide a detailed description of a new innovative tool -- Real Time Jobs in Demand Tool Discuss various uses of the tool, including: Linking dislocated workers with current jobs. Linking dislocated workers with potential training programs Create cost-effective statewide and regional training programs Employment and Training Administration

Background: Where are the Jobs Now? Jobs are getting scarce A lot of concerns about the relevance of our job projections Need for all kinds of data, but no time to assimilate and synthesize all the information needed Through various studies we identified significant resource misalignment New Jersey

Background: Where are the Jobs Now? Although the labor market seems to be getting much tighter, data revealed that there are a significant number of job openings posted on various job boards. No information available about these job openings. This information is crucial; it should drive our reemployment initiatives. New Jersey

Data Foundation of the Tool Real time job demand tools are based on data collected through a spidering technique. Spider Technology: a software that queries thousands of private and government job boards and websites, newspaper classified postings and other media outlets, corporate job boards and websites, and community sites for employment opportunities. New Jersey

Data Foundation of the Tool Many states have access to job search tools that are based on spidering software Information used primarily by job seekers and job counselors NJ is analyzing this data to identify trends in the openings by industry and occupation. New Jersey

Real Time Jobs in Demand tool has two components: Real Time Industry Demand Real Time Occupational Demand New Jersey

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Companies Hiring: Statewide New Jersey

Companies Hiring: Statewide New Jersey

Real Time Jobs in Demand – Occupational Demand: Real Time Jobs in Demand – A new report that has the information needed to answer various questions, such as: Which jobs are in demand today? Which jobs will be in demand in the future? Which jobs are experiencing a labor shortage? How much are these jobs paying? Do I have the necessary credentials for my next job? New Jersey 26

Real Time Jobs in Demand Incorporates long-term trends plus all current job openings in New Jersey Provides information about competition over the same jobs Based on all these factors, each job gets a "demand rank" that shows which ones are most in demand New Jersey 27

Real Time Jobs in Demand Number of New Openings based on Spidered Data Overall Demand Rank Standard Occupational Code (SOC) Title Number of New Claims based on UI Administrative Records 28

Real Time Jobs in Demand State Projected Number of Openings from projections data Hourly Wage from OES Labor Shortage is the difference between openings (C) and claims (D)

Real Time Jobs in Demand BLS data on the distribution of educational attainment by occupation Occupational Licensing Data from our Center for Occ. Info Score is a weighted average of C, D, E, F, G New Jersey

Training: College: Reflects Various Educational and Training Levels Real Time Jobs in Demand Reflects Various Educational and Training Levels College: Associate degree Bachelor degree  Graduate degree  First professional degree  Training: Post-secondary vocational education  Short-term on-the-job training Moderate-term or long-term on-the-job training 31 New Jersey

Local Real Time Demand New Jersey

Current and Potential Uses Career Counseling Provides counselors with current and integrated information on the labor market Provides counselors with critical information to enhance assessment and career planning services Enhances knowledge and understanding of counselors in identifying critical occupational skill requirements and training needs New Jersey

Current and Potential Uses Connecting Claimants with Jobs Claims and job openings are both coded using the same coding system. Batch process runs every two weeks matching the occupation Codes of UI Applicants with those of the openings. Now only linked to job orders through AOSOS eMail generated to applicants with links to matching jobs. New Jersey

Current and Potential Uses: Planning Tool used as the foundation for State, Regional and Local Plans EDA currently uses tool to create business outreach plans Locals use the tool to “ask the right question”-The Case of the Northern Region New Jersey

Current Uses Identifying Skills in Demand Jobs in Demand translated into Skills in Demand. We now have a new “In Demand List” which provides information not only on what training programs to fund, but how many people to train. New Jersey

Current Uses Identifying Skills in Demand New Jersey

Current and Potential Uses: Resource Re-Alignment Used to create “Bulk Training” IT now matching claimants with appropriate training Opportunities—related O*NET Occupations used. Trend data used as a framework for decision- making on allocation of training resources – labor shortage is now quantified! Maximum Number of slots determined! Can also be used to monitor and evaluate training allocations in the state and local regions. New Jersey

Current and Potential Uses: Where are the Green Jobs? Many of us in the LMI community are stuck trying to define “Green Jobs”. Current green reports and studies have over-emphasized construction and building- related jobs. Green is much broader. New Jersey

Current and Potential Uses: Where are the Green Jobs? In New Jersey, we are moving beyond a SOC-based definition. Our approach: examine job titles. We indexed and coded words in job titles, such as “solar”, “wind”, “energy efficiency”, “retrofitting”, “biofuel”, “biomass”, “hydro”, etc. New Jersey

Current and Potential Uses: Where are the Green Jobs? What we found: only 5 percent of the jobs are “green collar jobs”. The majority of the jobs are “professional/technical jobs. Examples of jobs: solar designer, solar engineer, wind resource engineer, energy and sustainability analyst. Tool may allow us to continuously detect emerging occupations and emerging skills gaps. New Jersey

Jobs are scarcer, but not nonexistent! Myths and Realities Jobs are scarcer, but not nonexistent! Resources are tighter, but the supply curve may be pushed! We need to revamp our business models to optimize our utilization of new technologies. We need to found an infrastructure of linkages to connect workforce with higher education and the industry. New Jersey

For More Information Contact: New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development Labor Market & Demographic Research Yustina Saleh, Director yustina.saleh@dol.state.nj.us “How to Webinar” available at: http://www.workforce3one.org/view/200090983 9111767110/info New Jersey

Nevada “Connecting Unemployment Insurance Claimants to Reemployment Opportunities” New Jersey

Truly is a “WIN-WIN” Situation “A True Partnership” “Nevada’s Take” ES/UI Collaboration Truly is a “WIN-WIN” Situation New Jersey

“The Process of Reconnecting” Job Seeker Record is Created at UI Claim Filing Hired additional JobConnect (RES) staff Created a Call In selection system Crossed Trained RES/UI staff Measure and track UI Claimant Outcomes Nevada

“At the Initial Claim Filing…” UI staff enter ONET code or codes on initial claim An ES registration is created The claimant is encouraged to visit the nearest JobConnect Center Reemployment services can be offered immediately Nevada

Worker Profiling Orientation Provides Reemployment Services Information and Assists UI Provides Labor Market Information Focuses on Service Provider Collaboration Encourages customer choice Standardized UI reporting Eligibility Review Work search Requirements ID verification Nevada

Reemployment Service RES/REA Grants Nevada participates in both the RES and REA initiatives: Used funds to hire additional JobConnect Staff: RES/REA staff provide reemployment services to UI claimants Uses call in system to select UI claimants to receive reemployment services. Nevada

UI Claimant Call In Selection System Nevada

Crossed Trained RES/UI Staff Critical that RES/UI Staff understand their role Step-by-step procedures developed for RES/UI staff to follow RES staff are trained on UI eligibility identification/UI Work Test UI staff are trained on O*NET Coding and RES JobConnect activity. Nevada

Nevada’s RES/REA Goals RES goals: Entered Employment UI Duration – Trust Fund Savings REA goals: Assessments Nevada

Entered Employment Report Nevada

The Purpose of the UI Duration Report is: To compare the number of checks received by UI claimants that have been enrolled into a particular program (RES/REA/WPRS etc.) with UI claimants that have not been enrolled. Nevada

Employers/Job Seekers WIN Trust Fund Savings – direct cost savings to employers Entered Employments – returns skilled workers to employment Nevada

For More Information Contact: State of Nevada Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation Employment Security Division Kim Morigeau, ESD Program Specialist III Workforce Investment Support Services klmorigeau@nvdetr.org (775) 684-0317 Or Theresa Nicks, Chief, UI Support Services tgnicks@nvdetr.org (775) 684-0429 Nevada

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Future Webinars ETA is in the process of planning a third RES Technical Assistance Webinar. Recommendations for topics? What specifically about Reemployment Services? ARRA? e.g., More information on what other states/local areas are doing, promising practices, available technology Nevada

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