This document summarizes a webinar presented by Emsi on incorporating labor market data in TechHire grant applications. It provides an overview of the TechHire grants, background on Emsi and its client success stories. The webinar then reviews how to outline high-growth industries and occupations in the target area using Emsi data, and how to identify training and educational needs based on this data to meet future labor market demand. Examples of detailed regional labor market data and analysis for specific high-growth industries and IT occupations are also presented.

1. Incorporating Labor Market Data in Your
TechHire Application
An Emsi Webinar
January 2015

2. John Hawkins
Who’s Presenting
Director of Client Services
Higher Education
Senior Consultant
Workforce and Economic Development
Doug Heckman

3. • Summary of grant
• Background on Emsi
and client success stories
• Data walk-through
• Questions
Topics

4. TechHire Partnership Grants
• The Goal: Expand accelerated tech training
• Train for jobs in H1-B industries:
– IT and IT-related industries (e.g., cyber security and broadband)
– Health care
– Advanced manufacturing
– Financial services
– Educational services

5. More on the Grants
More on the Grants
• Focus on training young adults (17-29) and special populations with barriers
to training and employment
• Emphasizes cross-sector partnerships
– Education providers, workforce investment system, and employers
mandated to work together

6. Background on Emsi
• Extensive expertise in local and regional labor
market analytics (via software and consulting)
• Industry-leading LMI, contextualized with job
posting analytics
• Worked with JPM on New Skills at Work Initiative
& White House on original TechHire analysis
• Data and analysis regularly cited by media

7. Tompkins Cortland Community College won
$2.3M in NY state grants to help fund Farm to
Bistro program.
Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program
won $5.2M DOL training grant after coal mining layoffs.
Iowa community colleges, led by Hawkeye Community
College, are using $15M TAACCCT grant to train for in-demand
jobs & supply students with career and education info.
Client Success Stories

8. From grant announcement:
• Training must help participants begin
careers in in-demand and/or high-growth
H1-B occupations and industries. (pg. 6)
• “To the extent possible, data should reflect
the service area proposed.” (pg. 30,
statement of need section (a) ii.)
Need for Data

9. From page 8 of grant announcement (section 1-B):
• Those that are projected to add a significant number of new jobs
• Those being transformed by technology and innovation, requiring
workers to acquire new skills
• Those that have a significant impact on the economy or the growth of
other industries and occupations
High-Growth Jobs, Defined

10. Based on statement of need (pg. 30):
• Identification of high-growth industries
and occupations (section (a) i.)
• Description of current and future demand
(section (a) ii.)
• Training, degrees, skills necessary
(section (a) iii.)
• Assessment of current training and why
it’s not meeting capacity (section (a) iv.)
Data Outline

11. MSA pop.: 193,400
8% job growth (2010-2015)
Example Region: St. Cloud, Minn

12. In-Demand, High-Growth Industries
Description 2015 Jobs 2020 Jobs
2010 - 2015
Change
2010 - 2015 %
Change
2015 - 2020 %
Change
2015 Location
Quotient
Competitive
Effect
2014 Payrolled
Business
Locations
Current Total
Earnings
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 6,153 7,022 1,613 36% 14% 1.88 1,407 6 $62,404
Colleges, Universities, and Professional
Schools (State Government)
2,797 2,846 695 33% 2% 1.50 557 2 $51,898
Offices of Physicians 2,601 2,807 319 14% 8% 1.44 89 55 $123,253
Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing 976 977 448 85% 0% 50.42 496 10 $47,843
Software Publishers 492 689 326 196% 40% 2.12 286 5 $80,999
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services 291 338 266 1064% 16% 1.36 260 7 $70,832
Source: EMSI 2015.3 (Employees)

13. Industry IT Jobs in Industry (2015)
Job Change
(2010 - 2015)
% Job Change
(2010 - 2015)
% of IT Jobs in Industry (2015) % of Total Jobs in Industry (2015)
Software Publishers 276 181 191% 14.2% 56.2%
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services 119 107 892% 6.1% 41.1%
Custom Computer Programming Services 203 62 44% 10.4% 61.2%
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
(State Government)
124 32 35% 6.3% 4.4%
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 72 24 50% 3.7% 1.2%
Sales Financing 31 11 55% 1.6% 6.9%
Temporary Help Services 43 10 30% 2.2% 3.1%
Where IT Jobs Are Employed

14. Computer User Support Specialists
• 2010-2015: 73 new jobs, 20% growth
• 2015-2020: 38 new jobs, 9% growth
• $20.85 median hourly earnings
App Developers
• 2010-2015: 67 new jobs, 42%
• 2015-2020: 61 new jobs, 27%
• $33.20 median hourly earnings
Computer Systems Analysts
• 2010-2015: 51 new jobs, 29%
• 2015-2020: 38 new jobs, 17%
• $32.74 median hourly earnings
Growing IT
Occupations
(2010-2015 and 2015-2020)

15. Target Occupation: Computer Systems Analysts
• Typical entry-level education: bachelor’s
• Most applicable program:
– Computer systems networking and
telecommunications
• Top certifications:
– Project Management Professional (PMP)
– Certified Information Systems Security Professional
– Security and secret clearance
Training, Degrees,
Certifications

16. Desired Skills for Computer Systems Analysts

17. Target Occupation: Computer Systems Analysts
• Graduate pool dwindling in computer
systems networking and telecommunications
(CIP 11.0901):
– 2003 completions: 80
– 2014 completions: 5
• This compares to 12 annual openings, per
EMSI estimates (2015-2020)
Educational Pipeline vs.
Estimated Demand

18. 30
Avg. Monthly Unique
Postings
(Jan. 2015-Oct. 2015)
11
Avg. Monthly Hires
(Jan. 2015-Oct. 2015)
Job Postings Analytics for Systems Analysts

19. Race & Ethnicity Breakdown of Workforce

20. Age Breakdown of Workforce

21. If you have questions, contact John or Doug—
or reach out to your service rep.
• jhawkins@economicmodeling.com
• doug.heckman@economicmodeling.com
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