Earlier this month, the White House released job creation estimates tied to the $787 billion stimulus package. By now, the total estimated figure — 3.5 million jobs — has been well circulated around the media. What’s less well known, however, is the White House’s impact numbers by congressional district (for a PDF version of the [...]

Now more than ever, displaced workers and career seekers need help adapting their skill sets to fit in-demand and available jobs. To that end, EMSI’s Strategic Advantage gives workforce development and education professionals the ability to compare occupations by knowledge, skills, and abilities using O*NET data.
Among our latest developments, EMSI has introduced a unique way [...]

What’s in the $787 billion stimulus bill? That question can now be answered with certainty after President Obama officially signed it into law. The best breakdown we found was done by The Wall Street Journal, which listed the costs by classification, keyword, and description. The paper also included totals for the major sections, by funds [...]

Across the country, states are adapting to tough economic conditions by trimming higher education budgets. And even though most lawmakers recognize the important role community and technical colleges play in the development of regional economies, two-year schools continue to face massive cuts.  To make sure that the state of Washington continues to recognize and understand [...]

With the pre-release this week of our most current data, we’d thought it would be intriguing to show unemployment figures by occupation on a national scale. The figures below are based on U.S. county-level data through November of last year.
The first grouping, Farming, fishing and forestry, is a bit of anomaly since it is largely [...]

Shortly after Bill Finch took office as Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 2008, he started the Small and Minority Business Resource Center (SMBRC). Its goal is to help small business owners thrive by providing training and assistance they can use to earn construction, architectural, and/or engineering contracts. One of the center’s first projects was to [...]

Introduction
The workforce investment system is in the national spotlight with the emergence of two very big issues: the increasing knowledge and skills gap in the nation’s workforce, and mass layoffs as a result of the current economic turmoil. And because these problems are so pervasive, it is important that local groups join with their [...]

Green Jobs, part 2 – Assessing Workforce and Economic Impacts, Return on Investment of stimulus projects

Last month we took a look at some occupations that would likely be affected by the new administration’s “green policy.” To review last month’s article click here. This month we want to bring in more perspectives like working layoff challenges [...]

With lawmakers continuing to feverishly debate the economic stimulus package, we’d thought it would be good to offer a breakdown of where the spending is slated to go. As of now, the key number is $535 billion. That’s the figure, under the recently approved House bill, that is targeted for spending. Of course, the total [...]

Dick Seib
Research and Planning Specialist
Western Technical College
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Western Technical College has used a “Regional Scan and Program Demand” report produced by EMSI as an essential resource for planning for educational programs to support regional workforce needs. Before the customized report, information about occupations and industries in the college region in and around La Crosse, [...]