1. Making Data Functional: Strategic Advantage Gabriel Rench, Director of Business Solutions, CCbenefits, Inc. David Andrus, Director, Del Mar College Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness TAIR Conference, February 5, 2008

2. Strategic Advantage Integrates data from over 80 data sources Maps user-defined regions from national down to county and ZIP Code level Data is updated biannually Disaggregates and unsuppresses national and state-level data Provides 10-year projections

3. Strategic Advantage Economic Forecaster tools: Industry, Occupation, Demographics, Economy Overview Economic Impact tools: Cluster, Industry, State of the Economy Educational Analyst tools: Programs, Peer Comparison, Career Clusters, Educational Capital Career Pathways tools: Competency Analysis, Transition Workers, Occupational Analysis

4. Strategic Advantage Assessing workforce demand for a single program : Program Review Report Select Educational Analyst module Select Region Create custom program profile or select programs as you go Select Program Review Select Education range Run program

5. Strategic Advantage Program Review Report outputs: Start/End Year Jobs: Total jobs (published or projected, depending on the year) in all the occupations currently mapped to the program Annual Openings: Annual average of both new and replacement jobs over the timeframe. EPW : Median hourly earnings per worker for all occupations mapped to the program. Total/% Change: The change in total employment from the start year to the end year of the timeframe. Change comparison: The percentage difference between jobs change for the program’s occupations and all occupations in the region.

6. Strategic Advantage How to Find High-Wage, High-Growth Programs with High Workforce Demand: High-Wage, High-Growth Programs Report Select Educational Analyst module Select Region Select programs Select Occupation Source Select Education Range Select Limit (e.g., Top 30) Run program

7. Strategic Advantage High-Wage, High-Growth Report outputs: Occupations Ranked by Wage and Growth: Total jobs (published or projected, depending on the year) in all the occupations currently mapped to the program Occupations Ranked by Wage: The bubble graph and table show occupations with highest median hourly wages. Occupations Ranked by Growth: The bar graph and table show occupations with largest projected change in total employment.

8. Strategic Advantage How to Analyze Basic Population Demographics: Demographic Report Select Economic Forecaster module Select Region Select Demographics Select Growth Period (e.g., 2007-2017) Select Demographic Breakdown Select Demographics Run program

9. Strategic Advantage Demographic Report outputs: Age: graphs and tables Race/Ethnicity: graphs and tables Gender: graphs and tables