Later this week EMSI is adding a simple, easy-to-use resume builder to Career Coach. With this addition, EMSI’s new web-based career tool will give users the ability to create a fully functional and customizable resume that can be downloaded or emailed to their inbox.
Oct. 7, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightArchive for the ‘Front Page’ Category
The Premature Death of a Salesman
When analyzing occupation trends, it’s vital to determine how many jobs inside a profession are actually accounted for inside the most common employment dataset — something Slate.com flat-out misses in a recent article on sales jobs.
Sep. 30, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightResponse to WSJ’s Q&A with Community College President
In recent days more than a few articles have emphasized the plight of our nation’s colleges. One of those comes from The Wall Street Journal, which had an interesting Q&A with the president of LaGuardia Community College.
Sep. 29, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightFlorida CC Adds 4-year Programs — And Uses EMSI To Help Do It
Following a statewide trend, Valencia Community College in Orlando is set to offer select bachelor’s programs after gaining approval by the Florida State Board of Education. To demonstrate specific labor market demand to the State Board, Valencia used EMSI Data.
Sep. 24, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightKey Ingredients of a Good Grant Application
Continuing our series of posts about successful grant writing, Bonita Steele, the Director of Grants and Resource Development at Kern Community College District in California, recently spoke with us on what makes a good grant and how she incorporates labor market data into KCCD’s applications.
Sep. 20, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightWashington Monthly: The Nation’s Top 50 Community Colleges
Lists of the top universities and four-year colleges in the nation can be found in publication after publication. But there’s a relative dearth of US community college rankings. Why? Kevin Carey of the independent think tank Education Sector offers a worthy explanation in an article for the Washington Monthly.
Sep. 11, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightFocus for Minnesota College: ‘Finish What You Start’
Retention. Completion. Placement. Those are keys components to student success for every college, and they’ve taken on even more importance with the spotlight focused on community colleges in recent months.
Sep. 10, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightConnecting Students to Careers through Data
Anthony Carnevale and his colleagues at the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce wrote an editorial last week for Inside Higher Ed in which they argue colleges have “failed to adequately connect college and careers.”
Aug. 31, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightEMSI Q&A: Rick Maher, President of Maher & Maher
Maher & Maher was formed in 1987, but it wasn’t until the early 1990s that the consulting firm first plunged into the realm of workforce development and large-scale regional projects. We recently spoke with Rick Maher about the key issues regarding regionalism, getting people invested in long-term planning, and much more.
Aug. 30, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightTemporary Staffing Companies on the Rebound
The national economy is still sputtering, and most employers are playing it safe and not adding new workers to their payrolls — at least not full-time workers. But they do seem to be leaning on temporary staffing agencies, like Manpower Inc.
Aug. 17, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightThe Relationship Between Education and the Economy
In May, the Department of Labor put out a graph showing the educational and wage characteristics of unemployed workers in 2009. The basic story is one we are all familiar with — those who achieve higher levels of education earn more money and are less likely to be unemployed.
Aug. 12, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightMost Rural Counties Are Getting Older
An analysis by Daily Yonder of EMSI’s county-level demographic data shows the overwhelming majority of rural counties have gotten older since 2000. But there are parts of rural America that are bucking the trend, and most are in the Great Plains, Mountain West, or scattered throughout Texas and Oklahoma.
Jul. 28, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightMore Metros Experiencing Job Growth
Garner Economics and longtime EMSI client Tom Tveidt have released an analysis of the latest BLS employment data, showing that more metro areas had year-over-year total job growth in May than in any other month this year.
Jul. 26, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightNew Orleans to Lose 5,000 Shipyard Jobs; What’s the Impact?
The New Orleans-area economy has been dealt yet another blow: Northrop Grumman announced plans to close its shipyard in nearby Avondale by 2013, signaling the end of as many as 5,000 jobs for the region. To get a sense of the full economic impact of the decision, we used Analyst, EMSI’s labor market research tool.
Jul. 16, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightAll4Ed Unveils New High School Dropout Study Using EMSI Model
According to the Alliance for Excellent Education’s latest analysis, halving the dropout rate of minority high school students would lead to $2.3 billion in increased earnings in an average year and an additional 17,450 jobs.
Jul. 13, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightDissecting North Dakota’s Vibrant Economic Growth
If you haven’t discovered it yet, NPR’s On Point program had a fascinating discussion last week with Joel Kotkin and others about the Great Plains’ booming economy. As a followup, this post examines employment trends for North Dakota, a hotbed for the region’s growth.
Jul. 10, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightData Spotlight: More Than 1 in 5 Utility Workers Are Retirement-Aged
The souring economy and financial meltdown may have prompted many workers to delay retirement — at least for the time being. But there’s still concern over the potential workforce shortage in the utility industry because of a rapidly aging workforce and increased demand for clean and efficient energy sources.
Jun. 29, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightNational Welding Center and Welding Society Study Shows Industry is Alive and Well
A common perception of the welding industry is that it holds little promise for students and young jobseekers. But in nearly every corner of the country, employment projections tell a different story, one that several national welding groups are actively promoting.
Jun. 21, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightA Look at 2-Year College Completions and Degree Holders
Which states have experienced the most growth in associate’s degree completions since 2003? To find out, we took a quick look at the latest numbers from the National Center for Education Statistics’ Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
Jun. 7, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightCovered vs. Uncovered Workers
The recent economic turmoil has led to a lot of scrutiny of job counts. To clear up some of the confusion we thought it would be helpful to take a quick look at the difference between “covered” workers (those covered by unemployment insurance) and “uncovered” workers (those not covered by unemployment insurance).
Jun. 7, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightDenver-Area WIB’s New Employment Metric Wins Best Practice Award
Leaders at Arapahoe/Douglas Works! began wondering during the heart of the recession if there was a better way to measure the state of the labor market than the standard unemployment rate. Their research led to the development of an “occupational saturation rate.”
Jun. 3, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightData Spotlight: The Healthiest Middle-Skill Jobs in America
Job losses for middle-skill workers may have been severe during the recession, as a recent MIT report suggests. Nonetheless, there was still growth in select occupations — lots of growth, in fact, across a few sectors.
May. 25, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightNPR on Michigan’s No Worker Left Behind Program
Michigan workforce development and education leaders, more than in any other state, are in a tough spot: No matter how creative they get in retraining the state’s out-of-work residents, there are few jobs to be had.
May. 20, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightOccupations That Have Taken the Biggest Hit in the Recession
“Workers left behind” — that’s how The New York Times frames an excellent piece on the toll taken by the recession. In response, we did a bit of research to see which occupations took the biggest hit from 2007-2009 — when the recession was really raging — and which counties around the U.S. saw the worst of it.
May. 13, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightFederal vs. Private Sector Wages & Compensation
One of the more hotly debated issues of late in the economic blogosphere has been comparisons between federal and private sector earnings and wages. After looking through a few articles, we wanted to share some numbers our data team put together.
May. 6, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightInteractive Map: A Look at Doctors’ Wages by State
The Wall Street Journal created buzz with a story on the national shortage of doctors. To respond, we pulled wages for doctors and looked for correlations between the density of physician employment and physician earnings.
Apr. 23, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightDenver-Area WIB Measures ROI to Taxpayers Using EMSI’s Tools
Arapahoe/Douglas Works! has always sought to squeeze the most out of the funding it receives. But until recently the WIB didn’t have a verifiable way to take the next step—quantifying its return on investment.
Apr. 12, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightSan Diego Workforce Partnership Uses EMSI Data to Give Real-Time Analysis
Chula Vista, Calif., is a fast-growing city near the Mexican border that has just one public higher education option: Southwestern College, a two-year school.
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