A new YourEconomy add-on that helps economic developers focus on the firms driving lasting regional growth and prosperity. Join Gary Kunkle, PhD, and the YourEconomy team at the Universities of Wisconsin for the debut of the Sustained Growth Dashboard—a powerful enhancement to the YourEconomy Dashboard that identifies the companies shaping regional job growth. Sustained growth […]
Continue ReadingIn this Roundtable our panel will discuss how their LMI shops are dealing with the rise of AI, both in terms of how they are using it to create tools, and the policies they have around its use. We hope to see you there! Speakers Jeff DeBellis, Director of Economic & Policy Analysis, Labor & […]
Continue ReadingJoin us August 26th from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET for a discussion about California Employment Development Department’s California Workforce Supply and Demand dashboard the recipient of the Best State LMI Focus or Collaboration on Access to Opportunity award at the recent LMI Conference. Discover how this powerful tool was developed, from its purpose […]
Continue ReadingNew Growth Innovation Network (NGIN) is wrapping up their two-year Recovery Initiative by sharing their lessons and insights in the Recovery Toolkit. The Recovery Initiative, with collaboration from the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation, was a national program supporting Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) and Districts (EDDs) in embedding growth strategies into their […]
Continue ReadingWage record information provides valuable insights on employers, occupations, and workers. As many states continue to increase the data available through wage records, BLS researchers are working the front lines with states. In this session, we will learn about two states collecting occupation data and how BLS has used these data to answer 4 questions: […]
Continue ReadingDemand for interactive data visualizations and tools in the Labor Market Information space is growing. The increasing role of text elements as variables to display in these designs create challenges for designers depending on the platform used. Whether you query data internally or present information to customers, having user and developer friendly tools are a […]
Continue ReadingRuth Rathblott will share her CURE model for expanding diversity by focusing on inclusion and belonging; she will also share her own story of being born with a limb difference, hiding it for 25 years, and her path to unhiding. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore their own differences through personal reflection and engagement […]
Continue ReadingStates maintain flexibility in the information they require from employers on the wage records of their employees. There has been a growing movement among federal and state agencies, researchers, and even businesses to “enhance” Unemployment Insurance wage records (EWR) to include more data, including hours worked and occupational codes, to better assess job market demands, […]
Continue ReadingStates maintain flexibility in the information they require from employers on the wage records of their employees. There has been a growing movement among federal and state agencies, researchers, and even businesses to “enhance” Unemployment Insurance wage records (EWR) to include more data, including hours worked and occupational codes, to better assess job market demands, […]
Continue ReadingThe Bureau of Labor Statistics has endured many years of stagnant funding and that has impacted one of the most significant funding streams for state labor market information. BLS provides grants to state LMI agencies to support data clean-up of unemployment insurance records and several surveys. States have suffered an effective 50% cut in BLS […]
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