1. Using LMI to Serve the Employer Community Permian Basin Workforce Network Business Services Unit Texas Labor Market Information Conference June 11/12, 2003

2. Background  Permian Basin Workforce Development Area  Our Business Services Unit

3. Topics of Discussion  What Employers Want  Most Frequent LMI Inquiries from Businesses  LMI Sites: Some User-friendly Favorites  Using LMI to Develop BSU Strategies

4. What Employers Want  Easy access to the information  Straightforward answers  Interpretation of the data

5. Most Frequent LMI Inquiries  Wage information/prevailing wages  Labor Force characteristics/availability  Unemployment data  How do we compare to other areas?

6. Wage Information/Prevailing Wages  TRACER  Wage Information Network (from TWC website)

7. Labor Force Characteristics and Availability  JSMS  TRACER  SOCRATES  US Census Bureau

8. Unemployment Data  TRACER

9. How do we compare to other areas?  SOCRATES  TRACER  Census Data

10. LMI Sites: User-friendly Favorites  TRACER/ LMI at your fingertips  Wage Information Network  SOCRATES  US Census Bureau  Texas State Data Center

11. 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

12. 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

13. Committing Ourselves  Become the local experts  Make the time  Share the wealth

24. Web addresses:  www.twc.state.tx.us www.twc.state.tx.us  www.tracer2.com www.tracer2.com  http://socrates.cdr.state.tx.us http://socrates.cdr.state.tx.us  www.txsdc.tamu.edu (Texas state data center) www.txsdc.tamu.edu  http://quickfacts.census.gov (US Census Bureau) http://quickfacts.census.gov Contact info: Liz Zenteno (liz.zenteno@twc.state.tx.us) BSU & Continuous Improvement Coordinator Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (432) 563-1061