Sean Moore
Research Analyst
Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), Center for Regional Competitiveness
Missouri

Sean Moore is using EMSI’s labor market analysis to generate an economic development strategy for the state of Minnesota. First, Moore and his colleagues at RUPRI’s Center for Regional Competitiveness completed a preliminary analysis of Minnesota counties, in part by using EMSI’s web-based tool, Strategic [...]

Ingrid Skadberg
Director of Institutional Research
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, Massachusetts
Quinsigamond Community College used EMSI’s analysis to explore the possibility of a second campus location by getting critical labor market information on the area surrounding the new site. With booming enrollment and space constraints in the existing campus, it makes sense for QCC to branch out, and a [...]

Kerri Nawrocki
Director of Institutional Research
Colorado Community College System
When the State Board for the Colorado Community College System (CCCS) had questions about the rapid growth of its for-profit competition, Kerri Nawrocki was able to use EMSI’s tool, Strategic Advantage, to perform a detailed analysis comparing CCCS to its private, for-profit counterparts. With SA’s user-friendly, integrated data, [...]

Meg Shope Koppel
Director of Research
Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board
Pennsylvania
Meg Shope Koppel is putting the finishing touches on a labor market breakdown of the career and technical education programs in the School District of Philadelphia, and the state-mandated report has been facilitated by EMSI’s analysis tool. She was able to identify high-growth tech-related occupations in Philadelphia and [...]

Samantha Spitzer
Manager of Research and Evaluation
Workforce Development Council Snohomish County
Everett, Washington
To get a better sense of emerging industry clusters in Snohomish County, local leaders came together in 2003 to develop “Blueprint 2015.” At the center of the ongoing project between government, education, and workforce/economic development has been EMSI’s analysis. Specifically, Samantha Spitzer of Workforce Development [...]

Janet Stephens
Economic Planner, Workforce Solutions
North Central Texas Council of Governments

When the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) publishes a “Target Occupations” list to use as a tool for planning and to assist jobseekers, Janet Stephens looks to EMSI for data. By focusing on shift share and location quotient figures in EMSI’s analysis tool, Stephens [...]

Robert Shore
Economic Research Program Manager
Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism
Completing shift share and location quotient breakdowns for every industry in a state, even when that state is Hawaii, can be an overwhelming task. But with EMSI’s analysis, Robert Shore and his staff at the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism have [...]

Hart Hodges
Director, Center of Economic and Business Research
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington
To give policymakers, economic/workforce development professionals, and educators a better sense of how northwestern Washington industries are performing, the Center of Economic and Business Research (CEBR) releases sector profiles. The four-county reports have been facilitated by EMSI’s labor market analysis. Hart Hodges, director of the [...]

Pat Fera
Manager
Will County (Ill.) Workforce Investment Board
EMSI’s analysis tool, Strategic Advantage, helps Pat Fera maximize her time and resources. As a workforce investment board (WIB) manager, Fera receives data requests from area employers who are looking for workforce and wage information. Fera says, “SA’s value is both internal and external. Internally, we use the data [...]

Melanie Moore
Director of Research
Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Melanie Moore is currently using EMSI’s analysis to perform a data-focused report of how Jacksonville compares to its 17 biggest competitors in recruiting targeted industries. The study will allow Moore to show how Jacksonville stacks up to a wide range of cities in terms of employment numbers and [...]