Transcript WDBA Planners Forum - Labor Market and Career Information

Welcome
to
Career Development
Resources’
”Using SOCRATES to
Perform Regional
Industry and
Occupational Targeting”
Workshop
John Romanek
[email protected]
512-491-4944
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GOALS OF TODAY’S
WORKSHOP
To discuss SOCRATES and Labor
Market Information Strengths,Timeliness, and Issues
To review these “Tools of the Trade”
To learn ways to analyze labor
market data
To understand terminology, jargon,
acronyms
To review the impact of “Local
Wisdom”
To identify data “mechanisms” and
projects”
To ouline data schedules and
taxonomies
To understand key commands and
reports
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S.O.C.R.A.T.E.S.
“
Standardized “
Occupational
Components for
Regional
Analysis of
Trends in
Employment
System
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Why Labor Market
Targeting?
Identify new ways to use LMI Tools:
“ SOCRATES “
Targeting leads to higher trainingrelated employment, improved
employment rates, wage gains,
customer satisfaction
Improve efficiency of job search
process and effectiveness of career
planning efforts
Foundation for “whole community”
regional planning, coordination and
program integration
Required by the LWDBs and the
TWC as part of the Integrated
Workforce Plan!
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Regional Planning Process
Model
SOCRATES “cookbook” process
for developing your Targeted
Industry and Target Occupation
List
Key point - statistical data are a
starting point that provides
critical direction. LWDBs must
incorporate “local wisdom”; do
not rely only on the “numbers”
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What is SOCRATES?
http://socrates.cdr.state.tx.us
Regional Planning Process for Industry and
Occupational Targeting using a 13 Step
Model. Useful for any Texas LWDB region-documented in Connecting the Dots
Labor Market information (LMI) resources are
already available, **Minimal Additional Data
Collection Required
Based on regional economic theory of how
job openings occur and how regions develop
from industry perspective
Features include: Occupational Profiles,
Employer Contact database, Shift-share
model, INDEVAL, Regional Narrative Report,
Research Papers, Employment and
Projections, Industry Staffing Patterns,
Occupational Wages---for any LWDB in Texas
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LMI Taxonomies
Industries--Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) moves to North
American Industry Classification System
(NAICS) in 2002 for all industry data. ES202 starts 1stQTR2001 with NAICS CES
changes Jan 2003
Occupations--Dictionary of Occupational
Titles (DOT) and Occupational Employment
Statistics (OES) migrate to (SOC) Standard
Occupational Classification a.k.a. O*NET
3.0, 2000 Census (modified SOC). 2000
wage data by SOC, 2010 projections by
SOC/SIC
Training Programs--1990 (CIP)
Classification of Instructional Programs
changes to CIP2000. WECM becomes
integrated. DOE/OVAE promotes 16 Career
Clusters. NSSB 15 skills standards groups.
Crosswalks--Required to create an
integrated data system, e.g. SOC to CIP,
NAICS to SOC, SOC to Clusters
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Data Relatioships (see SOCRATES Page 7)
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SOCRATES Targeting HELP Steps
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BASIC TARGETING STEPS
by Commands
Begin Targeting Process
Targeting Options
SEARCH
industries by NAICS
INDEVAL
industries by NAICS
Shift-Share
industries by NAICS
What’s on My NAICS List industries by
NAICS
Check All Keep Checked industries by
NAICS
Edit Targeted Occupations occs by SOC
Add Titles Add Rationale occs by SOC
Finalize List
occs by SOC
Final Regional Narrative Report
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SOCRATES
What’s New as of 7/2003
Data Series
Complete Transformation to NAICS & SOC Taxonomies
On-line NAICS and SOC Dictionaries
NAICS Industrial series to 2002 1st Quarter
Regional Enhanced Employer Contacts - Summer, 2002
Regional Detailed 2010 Projections - Industrial &
Occupational
Wages for Detailed Occupations by LWDA, 2000
National Employment Estimates by NAICS: 1993-2002
2000-based Staffing Patterns
New Documents and On-line Crosswalks
On-line Help Documents
System Enhancements
Automatic Non-traditional Male/Female Flags for each
Occupation
Editing Filters during Early Stages of Planning
Occupational Reports with Detailed Data
Summary Occupational Reports
INDEVAL Auto-counter for Weighting
Enhanced Narrative Reports
County Narrative Profiles (formerly known a GEM)
New Projections 2010 Module for Reporting by Region
2000 - 2010 Texas Employment Projection Graphs
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Sources for LMI
Data
SOCRATES Website
 http://socrates.cdr.state.tx.
us
TRACER at:
www.twc.state.tx.us/lmi/trace
r/tracerhome.html
TWCLMI labor market
statistics search page:
 http://www.twc.state.tx.us/l
mi/lfs/lfshome.html
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