Data Insights Roundtable: Empowering LMI Data Users to Develop Insights Through Active Outreach and Engagement

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North Carolina’s Labor & Economic Analysis Division (LEAD) will share their strategies for serving and engaging LMI customers in efforts to be more relevant in a Post-COVID, remote work, and AI world. This session will touch on LEAD’s new approach to products and services, including: Integrating regular virtual information sessions and in-person, customized, regional trainings. […]

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Elevating Equity in Economic Development: An Inclusive Recovery Toolkit Tour

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New Growth Innovation Network (NGIN) is wrapping up their two-year Inclusive Recovery Initiative by sharing their lessons and insights in the Inclusive Recovery Toolkit. The Inclusive 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 inclusive […]

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Who is Served by the Tip Credit? Effects of Minimum Wage Laws on Tipping, Employment, and Prices at Restaurants

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The U.S. Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute, welcomes Martha Stinson as she presents, “Who is Served by the Tip Credit? Effects of Minimum Wage Laws on Tipping, Employment, and Prices at Restaurants.” Stinson […]

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Doing Things Differently: Presented by Emsi Burning Glass

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How skills data helps us see our community differently, so we can begin doing things differently Often to do things differently, first we need to see things differently. For communities wanting to make transformative changes in their workforce development system, skills data allows them to see their region differently. In this webinar, we’ll showcase how […]

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Microsoft Power BI®: Creating an Interactive Text and Data Visualization Tool for a 21st Century Workforce

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Demand 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 […]

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The C.U.R.E. to Inclusion, Starts with U

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Ruth 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 […]

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State Trends and Indiana’s Experiences on Enhanced Wage Records

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States 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, […]

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