Informing higher education decision-making with LMI Dr. Jamie Mackay, Anthony Horne | EMSI

We are passionate about using good, local labour market data to help connect people to jobs through learning and skills development

Background to EMSI

Background to EMSI 2000: EMSI began conducting Economic Impact Studies for Community Colleges in the US (>1,000 to date across four countries). 2003: Launched Analyst for professionals who need to understand workforce and economic characteristics and trends within different economies. 2008: Launched Career Coach to help learners and jobseekers access good, local labour market data to gain the right career vision. 2010: EMSI branched out to the UK. 2012: CareerBuilder acquired EMSI. The two companies have partnered to continue to bring solid data and analysis to a broad array of clients.

Our source datasets

EMSI  products  

Earnings  &  Proprietors  

Projected  employment  

Historic  employment  

•  Annual  Business  Inquiry  (ABI)  •  Annual  Popula?on  Survey  (APS)  •  Annual  Survey  of  Hours  &  Earnings  

(ASHE)  •  Business  Register  &  Employment  

Survey  (BRES)  •  Department  for  Environment,  Food  

&  Rural  Affairs  (DEFRA)  •  Labour  Force  Survey  (LFS)  •  Working  Futures  (WF)  •  Workforce  Jobs  Series  (WJS)  

LMI – Why Detail Matters 1  -­‐  Managers,  Directors  and  Senior  Officials  

2  -­‐  Professional  Occupa?ons  

3  -­‐  Associate  Professional  and  Technical  Occupa?ons  

4  -­‐  Administra?ve  and  Technical  Occupa?ons  

5  -­‐  Skilled  Trades  Occupa?ons  

6  -­‐  Caring,  Leisure  and  Other  Service  Occupa?ons  

7  -­‐  Sales  and  Customer  Service  Occupa?ons  

8  -­‐  Process,  Plant  and  Machine  Opera?ves  

9  -­‐  Elementary  Occupa?ons  

Standard Occupational Classification

LMI – Why Detail Matters Professional Occupations •  c464,000 ‘Professional Occupation’ jobs in

Scotland right now •  5 year growth of +3% in total jobs across

Scotland (2015 – 2020) Occupational Detail Matters. 2015-2020:

Ø  Electrical Engineers = +4% growth Ø  Solicitors = -2% decline Ø  Biochemists = +8% growth

LMI – Why Detail Matters Geographic Detail Matters Ø  Nurses

•  c70,000 jobs in Scotland •  In the next 5 years:

Great  Britain:  +5%  

Scotland:  +6%  

Aberdeen  City  

Region:  +6%  

Glasgow  City  Region:  

+9%  

Workforce talent: Supply or Demand?

•  What are the roles of a university? •  Business developer? •  Career counsellor? •  Strategic advisor? •  Community champion? •  Economic driver?

•  Witty (2013) called for more university engagement in economic development

Workforce talent: Supply or Demand?

•  Andy Westwood - Old ‘strategic context’:

Universi?es  

• Human  capital  • Research  • Services  • Spin-­‐outs   In

dustry  

• Na?onal  economy  

• Local  economy  • Sectors  • Labour  markets  

Workforce talent: Supply or Demand?

•  Westwood – Call to change this:

Universi?es  

• Human  capital  • Research  • Services  • Spin-­‐outs   In

dustry  

• Na?onal  economy  

• Local  economy  • Sectors  • Labour  markets  

LMI & Social Mobility

•  Good Labour Market Information can: – Inform strategic planning – Support business and public-facing

activities – Support delivery of efficient CEIAG to

potential and current learners – Reach out to non-traditional learners

Introducing Career Coach

https://nescol.emsicareercoach.co.uk

https://solent.emsicareercoach.co.uk

Contact info

Dr Jamie Mackay | Business Development Manager for HE e: Jamie.Mackay@economicmodelling.co.uk | t: 07740 344750