In this first installment, we will take a look at some of the implications of policy to create green jobs.  Over the coming weeks and months we will be releasing periodic articles, essays, white papers, data spotlights and other perspectives around green jobs. The goal is to help local practitioners know and understand this issue [...]

With nearly 40% of the nation’s energy workforce due for retirement over the next five years, recruiting and training new workers for these jobs is essential. To respond, the Center for Energy Workforce Development, a non-profit consortium of utilities, performed an analysis of the number of students projected to graduate in energy-related college programs over [...]

Background
Because of the recent economic turmoil, EMSI has received many questions about how to deal with local mass layoffs. In this white paper, we have compiled our main recommendations for using labor market data and analysis when drafting re-employment strategies.
Download a PDF version of the white paper: Strategic Responses to Layoffs for Re-employment
Introduction

When your community [...]

The news of a layoff is not something any community wants to hear.  But to be prepared, local leaders should take advantage of the wide array of data, information, and resources to help the local workforce quickly find new jobs, train for what is in demand, and understand what direction the local economy might take.
When [...]

3. Analyzing the Workforce and Re-employment
Now we’ll walk through how you can use data to transition workers into other compatible occupations.  For the sake of simplicity, we will use job losses recorded under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARNs) issued for north central Ohio since 2006.  Some WARN notices list specific job titles, and [...]

2. The Importance of Replacement Jobs
In the news we often only hear about an industry’s growth or decline, which is measured by the number of new jobs or a loss of total jobs. There is hardly ever anything about the turnover rates (or replacement jobs) within those industries, which can create tremendous employment needs [...]

1. Identifying Impacts
When an employer announces a closure or layoff, the community’s first response should be to assess the total potential impact. It is important to realize that the loss of one company and even a relatively small number of jobs can have a fairly dramatic effect on the community. In Table 1 we have [...]

To effectively understand and respond to economic changes (like job loss) or to justify, promote and market proposed regional developments (like new industries), education, workforce, and economic development professionals must be able to provide a best estimation of the impacts of their proposed activities.
Whether it’s a college developing a new  program, a workforce board transitioning [...]

In this data spotlight we take a look at the top occupations with a high number of replacement jobs. These job openings are not due to overall economic growth but to normal turnover in the workforce, including retirement. Even in industries experiencing total employment decline, replacement jobs are often plentiful.
The occupations were selected based on: [...]

David Green
Comptroller Research Analyst
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Austin, Texas
David Green uses EMSI’s labor market analysis to create regional reports that serve as a resource for local chambers of commerce, legislatures, school districts, libraries, and other stakeholders. Each report provides a snapshot of the local region that includes demographic trends, population growth, educational attainment, and industry [...]