Using LMI to Serve the Employer Community Permian Basin Workforce Network Business Services Unit Texas Labor Market Information Conference June 11/12, 2003
Background Permian Basin Workforce Development Area Our Business Services Unit
Topics of Discussion What Employers Want Most Frequent LMI Inquiries from Businesses LMI Sites: Some User-friendly Favorites Using LMI to Develop BSU Strategies
What Employers Want Easy access to the information Straightforward answers Interpretation of the data
Most Frequent LMI Inquiries Wage information/prevailing wages Labor Force characteristics/availability Unemployment data How do we compare to other areas?
Wage Information/Prevailing Wages TRACER Wage Information Network (from TWC website)
Labor Force Characteristics and Availability JSMS TRACER SOCRATES US Census Bureau
Unemployment Data TRACER
How do we compare to other areas? SOCRATES TRACER Census Data
LMI Sites: User-friendly Favorites TRACER/ LMI at your fingertips Wage Information Network SOCRATES US Census Bureau Texas State Data Center
Examples StarTek (Big Spring) - # of bilingual individuals - data for recruiting workers from outside the region Cingular (Midland) - availability of skill sets - socio-economic and demographic data Family Dollar (Odessa) - labor force availability - prevailing wages
Using LMI to Develop BSU Strategies Targeting industries & companies Increasing market penetration Job development for special populations Discussing wages with employers & job seekers Diversifying our economic base
Committing Ourselves Become the local experts Make the time Share the wealth
Web addresses: (Texas state data center) (US Census Bureau) Contact info: Liz Zenteno BSU & Continuous Improvement Coordinator Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (432)