Labor Market Information

for CareerLink® Business Services Teams

Kim DeLellis and Tim McElhinny Center for Workforce Information & Analysis (CWIA)

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Recommended Data Sources

• Pennsylvania Employers Database • Help Wanted Online (HWOL) • New Hires Real Time • Job Spidering • Employment Assessment Reports

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PA Employers Database

• CONFIDENTIAL Access database tool designed for WIBs and CareerLink ® offices

• Lists every employer in the state that has an Unemployment Compensation (UC) tax account – covers about 95 percent of all PA employment

• User can easily identify local employers by location, size class, or targeted industry cluster

• Pre-populated with WIAs, PA Targeted Industry Clusters and Sub-Clusters and PA Green Clusters

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PA Employers Database

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Help Wanted Online (HWOL)

• Measures employer demand by counting online job postings

• Job postings are captured from several sites including: • Monster • CareerBuilder • Employer Job Boards • Government Job Boards

• Assigned an Occupation Code (SOC), an Industry Code (NAICS), and an employer if possible

• CWIA then compiles statewide & local lists (by WIA) of Job Postings by: • Industries/Industry Groups • Occupations/Occupation Groups • Employers

•CWIA distributes these to Local Workforce Investment Boards & CareerLinks ® to:

• Help people find jobs • Determine training needs • Identify emerging industry and occupational trends • Find employers for business services team outreach – use Top Employers list

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Example of Local HWOL Data

Online Job Postings by Employer

Employer Jun-11 Jun-10 Change Judge Group, Inc. 149 86 63 Lockheed Martin 145 7 138 Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies 132 45 87 Allegis Group 122 76 46 Medical Staffing Source of America, INC 120 46 74 Bayada Nurses 111 134 -23 Genesis HealthCare 100 89 11 Kforce Professional Staffing, Inc. 95 90 5 PDJBConsulting 88 124 -36 Merck 86 258 -172 Aerotek 85 41 44 Universal Health Services Inc. 80 37 43 GSI Commerce Solutions, Inc. 72 41 31 Pottstown Memorial Medical Center 69 64 5 Merck/MSD 69 0 69

Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine™ data set *This data is for workforce development purposes only and not for public release.

Example from Montgomery County WIA

• Use top employer list for focused employer outreach • Find employer contact information using the PA Employer Database or CWIA’s Employer Search feature on our website • HWOL lists by select Targeted Industry Clusters by WIA can be developed

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New Hires: Real Time

• By Federal Law, every employer must report a new hire within 20 days • This is done to aid in child support collection

• This data is available to use for LMI purposes and is available much sooner than traditional LMI data sources, around 30 days from close of quarter

• Published in Fast Facts, posted on CWIA’s homepage, and distributed to Local WIBs and CareerLinks ®

• Uses of New Hires Real Time data • Provides evidence that hiring is taking place all the time • Shows where (WIA) and in which industries employers are currently hiring • Identify emerging industry trends • Can focus on new hires in your Targeted Industry Clusters

• Combine with PA Employer Database, Job Spidering, and CWIA’s Employer Search feature on our website to find employers

• Input new hires three-digit industry NAICS code

• Focus on trend analysis: compare to a year ago and use volume for significance

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Job Spidering

• Job Spidering allows job seekers to review thousands of online jobs from dozens of web sites in one location

• Different from HWOL; rather than counting and grouping, Job Spidering allows the searcher to apply for the job

• Located on www.paworkstats.state.pa.us and is free to the public for use

• HWOL data and New Hires data can be used to identify where the demand exists, and can help guide Job Spidering employer searches.

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Job Spidering

• Job postings are categorized in labor market information language • Assigned an Occupation Code (SOC), an Industry Code (NAICS), and an employer if possible; and searchable by geographic area • CWIA recommends using the Top 25 (or more) Employer job spidering search feature to find employers for outreach • Input Targeted Industry Codes into Advanced Search by employer industry or do searches in conjunction with our many other labor market information products for focused employer searches • Job Spidering Micro Data is being distributed (upon request) to:

• LWIBs for trend analysis • CareerLinks ® for client and business services teams

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Real Time Demonstration: JOB SPIDERING

We will now go through a live

Job Spidering demonstration on

CWIA’s web site

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Employment Assessment Reports

• Companies with Layoffs – Rapid Response • Businesses with Hiring Difficulties • New or Relocating Companies

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Employment Assessment Reports

Data Items: • Staffing Patterns/Occupational Listings • Openings & Wages • Related Occupations • Educational Requirements • Average Work Experience

Analysis: • Reemployment/Employment Outlook • Competition

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Summary

• Pennsylvania Employers Database – research employers in your service area. Data can be used for many things including HWOL, New Hires & Job Spidering searches.

• Help Wanted Online (HWOL) – measures employer demand by counting online job postings. Contact your site administrator for local job posting file access .

• New Hires Real Time – shows where and in which industries employers are currently hiring

• Job Spidering – finds job postings by industry and employer

• Employment Assessment Reports – look at occupational patterns or layoffs within companies and explore all possible types of hiring/reemployment options.

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CWIA Contact Info

Kim DeLellis 717-772-1364 Email: kdelellis@pa.gov

Tim McElhinny 717-787-3948 Email: tmcelhinny@pa.gov

CWIA Contact Information

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CWIA Contact Info

Customer Response Line: 877-493-3282 or 877-4WF-Data

Email: workforceinfo@pa.gov

On the web: www.paworkstats.state.pa.us

CWIA Contact Information