2024 Annual Conference Call for Sessions

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The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute are currently soliciting proposals for the next annual conference and forum, which is currently planned to be a solely in-person event June 11 – 14, 2024 in Norfolk, VA. The theme this year is Norfolk 2024: Navigating Data for Economic Success. Below […]

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2023 Conference Call for Proposals

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The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute are currently soliciting proposals for the next annual conference and forum, which is currently planned to be an in-person event June 12 – 15, 2023 in Detroit, MI. The theme this year is Creative Solutions for Transformational Change. Below is information on […]

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Voices of LMI with David Lipnicky

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In our latest Voices of LMI interview with David Lipnicky, LMI Federal Project Office for the Employment Training Administration (ETA), released November 1, 2021,  shared important information about CareerOneStop, a powerful collection of web tools for jobseekers. He observed that many LMI professionals aren’t aware of the portal, which has been around in different forms […]

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Dr. Angela Jackson – Workforce Keynote Part I

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The LMI Institute hosted the first annual Workforce Keynote on June 10th in conjunction at the Annual Forum. In a two-part series keynote, we heard from Dr. Angela Jackson, Managing Partner at New Profit. Dr. Jackson shares how the Future of Work is becoming the present of work. To hear all of Dr. Jackson’s speech […]

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State Labor Market Information Awards

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The LMI Institute is proud to announce the 2021 State Labor Market Information Awards  call for proposals is open. The LMI Institute awards program recognizes the state LMI research activities that serve as examples to other state offices.  Eligibility: State LMI shops are eligible to receive the award.  Eligible projects are those in which the […]

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2021 Call for Proposals – The Great Pivot

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The Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute and the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) are currently soliciting proposals for the next annual conference and forum, which will be held virtually June 7 – 11, 2021. The theme this year is The Great Pivot: Reinvention for Recovery and Resilience. Below is information on this year’s conference and details […]

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Top Four Best Practices for Marketing and Communicating Data

By Kay and Don Norton   1. NEVER ASSUME YOUR TARGET MARKET (AUDIENCE) PARTICIPANTS HAVE THE SAME BACKGROUNDS OR EXPERIENCES. Even if people have the same job title, even the same job responsibilities, their situations are unique to their service areas, their organizational structures, and their personal backgrounds. Make sure you begin by establishing common […]

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Mid-Term Projections Update – Your Choice!

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You now have choices when it comes to employment projections! As you well know, employment projections are data-driven estimates about the state of the labor market for a certain year in the future. Job seekers, employers, training institutions, career counselors, and economic planners all use projections to help make critical decisions in areas including the […]

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