1. Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants May 8 th, 2009 at 2:30pm e.s.t.

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7. 7 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Presenters Presenters:  Peter Neenan, Director, Division of Research and Statistics  John Slenker, Regional Labor Market Analyst Moderator:  Anthony Dais, Workforce Information Program Manager, OWI

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9. 9 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 14-08  Guidance for Implementation of the Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser Act Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and State Planning Requirements for Program Year 2009  $400,000,000 ￚ Wagner-Peyser Act Funding – section 14 ￚ Reemployment Services - section 15

10. 10 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants 15.Reemployment Services. The Recovery Act makes available funding for reemployment services (RES) in the amount of $250,000,000. These funds will be distributed to states using the Wagner-Peyser formula to supplement existing RES for UI claimants, and to support integrating Employment Service and UI information technology to identify and serve the needs of such claimants.

11. 11 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Allowable Activities RES funding provides job search and other employment related assistance services to UI claimants and this may include:  Services provided to UI claimants identified through the UI profiling system  In-person staff assisted services  Initial claimant reemployment assessments  Career guidance and group and individual counseling, including provision of materials, suggestions, or advice which are intended to assist the job seeker in making occupation or career decisions  Provision of labor market, occupational, and skills transferability information that clarifies claimants’ reemployment opportunities and skills used in related or other industries

12. 12 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Allowable Activities, Cont.  Referral to job banks, job portals, and job openings  Referral to employers and registered apprenticeship sponsors  Referral to training  Assessment, including interviews, testing, individual and group counseling, or employability planning  Referral to training by WIA-funded or third party service providers  States should also evaluate potential technological changes and updates that would improve their capacity to serve growing numbers of UI claimants, as Recovery Act funds may be used for information technology required to identify and serve the needs of UI claimants

13. 13 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Peter Neenan Director, Division of Research & Statistics

14. 14 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants John Slenker Research and Statistics New York State Dept. of Labor Developing Job Orders for Unemployment Beneficiaries

15. 15 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Targeting Job Orders for Claimants  Find which occupations are in the pool of claimants  Identify the most cost effective occupations for which to develop job orders  Identify the most likely businesses that employ these occupations  Have job orders ready for workers before they are laid off

16. 16 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Identify pool of Claimants  The OES Staffing Pattern is applied to the UI Beneficiaries based on the industry of their prior employer. The estimates produced yield a picture of the occupational makeup of the overall claim load not of an individual claimant (NY does not collect detailed occupations on UI claimants).

17. 17 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Claims by Prior Industry PRIOR NAICS CONTINUED CLAIMS  3345 597  3346 164  3351 279  3352 10  3353 539  3359 623  3361 40  3362 117  3363 1379  3364 251  3365 147

18. 18 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Apply Staffing Pattern to Claimants  OCCCD SOCTITLE EMPL3 PERCENT Est.Occ.  17-2112 Industrial Eng. 824 3.86% 53  17-2199 Engineers, All Other 578 2.71% 37  47-2111 Electricians 485 2.27% 31  51-1011 First-Line Supervisors 650 3.04% 42  51-2022 Elect.& Elect. Equip. Asse. 901 4.22% 58  51-2023 Electromech. Equip. Asse. 1521 7.13% 98  51-2092 Team Assemblers 2080 9.75% 134  51-2099 Ass. & Fabric. All Other 1112 5.21% 72  51-4041 Machinists 1527 7.15% 99  51-9061 Inspectors 828 3.88% 54 Partial Staffing Pattern for New York State Industry 3363 Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing Claims for industry 1379

19. 19 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Get Occupations  Apply the Staffing Pattern to All industries in the claim pool  Sum by estimated occupations Whoever is responsible for the Occupational Employment Statistics in your state can do this analysis.

20. 20 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Findings in New York  The claims load is largely concentrated in a small number of occupations  Concentrate on the top 50

21. 21 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Occupational Distribution  Top 10 occupations = 20% of claims load  Top 50 represent over 50%  Top 100 represent 70%  The other 660 occupations comprise only 30% of the claim load

22. 22 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Top 10 Occupations April 2009 1.Retail Salespersons 2.Office Clerks, General 3.Carpenters 4.Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 5.Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 6.Accountants and Auditors 7.Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 8.Waiters and Waitresses 9.Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 10.Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

23. 23 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants 11 to 20 Occupations 11.Cashiers 12.Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing 13.Security Guards 14.Construction Laborers 15.Child Care Workers 16.Customer Service Representatives 17.Electricians 18.First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers 19.First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 20.Receptionists and Information Clerks

24. 24 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants 21 to 30 Occupations 21.Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 22.General and Operations Managers 23.Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 24.Actors 25.Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 26.Home Health Aides 27.Registered Nurses 28.Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer 29.Food Preparation Workers 30.Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop

25. 25 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants 31 to 40 Occupations 31.Painters, Construction and Maintenance 32.Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 33.Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 34.Sewing Machine Operators 35.Team Assemblers 36.Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services 37.Personal and Home Care Aides 38.First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers 39.Musicians and Singers 40.First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

26. 26 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants 41 to 50 Occupations 41.Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 42.Financial Managers 43.Packers and Packagers, Hand 44.Lawyers 45.Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers 46.Construction Managers 47.Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 48.Computer Programmers 49.Dishwashers 50.Teacher Assistants

27. 27 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Finding Openings Now we have a picture of the Unemployment Insurance Claims load Where do we find the Openings?

28. 28 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Claimants vs Openings  Given limited resources it makes sense to concentrate job development strategies on the top occupations

29. 29 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Smallest Firms Have Most Hires

30. 30 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Lots of Small Companies

31. 31 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Large Companies Need Replacements from Turnover

32. 32 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants 200 Times More Effective  The number of contacts to generate ONE potential hire in the smallest firm class size would generate 196 in the largest firm class  Most cost effective strategy is to target large firms, even without growth turnover provides openings

33. 33 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants How to Target Job Orders  We know the occupations of UI claimants  Reversing the process the staffing patterns are used to identify firms likely to hire these occupations  A list is then generated using the business directory and sorting by size of firm

34. 34 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York State’s Business Directory http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workforceindustrydata/bdirector.shtm

35. 35 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants ARC Employer Database Use the Employer Locator to find contact information about a specific employer or list of employers. It will be necessary to contact each employer to see if they have job openings available. If you need help select Employer Locator Help below. http://www.careerinfonet.org/employerlocator/employerlocator.asp

36. 36 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Proactive not Reactive  Occupations of claims load can be projected  Seasonal patterns occur in the claims load  The Occupations most prevalent last May will likely be most prevalent this May!  Creates lead time for job development

37. 37 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Top 10 Occupations April 2009 1.Retail Salespersons 2.Office Clerks, General 3.Carpenters 4.Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 5.Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 6.Accountants and Auditors 7.Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 8.Waiters and Waitresses 9.Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 10.Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

38. 38 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Top 10 Occupations Last Year 1.Retail Salespersons 2.Cashiers 3.Office Clerks, General 4.Carpenters 5.Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 6.Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 7.Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 8.Waiters and Waitresses 9.Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 10.Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

39. 39 Targeting Job Development for Unemployment Insurance Claimants Contacts and Links John Slenker 716-851-2740 John.Slenker@labor.state.ny.us http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workfo rceindustrydata/bdirector.shtm

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