1. Tools for Labor Market Information
Center for Workforce Information & Analysis (CWIA)
August 18, 2011

2. Recommended Data Sources
• Fast Facts
• Real-Time Data (HWOL, New Hires, & Job Spidering)
• Database Tools (LED & RDAT)
• Customized Reports
(Area TIC Snapshots & Employment Assessments)
• TORQ
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3. FAST FACTS
• Fast Facts is a primary delivery method for many of CWIA’s data sets
• Data sets include:
Labor Force Industry Highlights
Demographics Employer Activities
Local Employment Dynamics Help Wanted Online (HWOL)
Unemployment Compensation New Hires
Jobs/Industry Much more
• Use Fast Facts for overall economic and area trends and planning
• Posted on CWIA’s homepage, and distributed to Local WIBs and
CareerLinks™
• WIA Fast Facts now available. Release schedule on our website
• Marcellus Shale Fast Facts currently published monthly
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4. FAST FACTS
• Statewide
• Regional
• Marcellus Shale
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5. 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 at CareerLinks™
• Determine training needs
• Identify emerging industry and occupational trends.
• Use for economic development and find employers for outreach
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6. 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 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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7. 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
•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 Job Spidering in conjunction with our many other
labor market information products for focused job searches by industry,
occupation, or employer (e.g., HWOL, New Hires, Occupational Projections, TIC)
• 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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8. LED Database
• The Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Database is a new tool offered by CWIA.
The purpose of this database is to facilitate easier and increased usage of Local
Employment Dynamics data
• This data can be used to generate information that is local to the county or WIA.
Additionally, this is currently one of the only ways to analyze information on
employment and earnings in different industries by age and gender
LED is:
• Local - It provides data on various geographic levels, including state, county, and
WIA
• Employment - It provides data on employees (age and gender), industries (2-digit
to 4-digit NAICS codes), and earnings by industry
• Dynamics - Worker changes (new hires, separations, turnover, and earnings) and
firm changes (job gains and losses) can be analyzed by industry and geography
• Distributed by DVD (mailed) to WIBs on a quarterly basis, available upon request
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9. LED Database
Can Help Answer:
1. What Industries
have a high
proportion of older
workers?
2. What industries have
the most new hires
and what are they
making?
3. What industries have
the highest number
of separations?
4. What are the age or
demographics of a
specific industry?
How have they
changed over time?
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10. Regional Data Analysis Tool (RDAT)
• CONFIDENTIAL Access database tool designed for WIBs
• Contains 6-digit level Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
data at the county level.
• User can easily create unique industry clusters or evaluate those (11) identified
by the state.
• User can easily create unique geographies based on counties that cross
multiple WIAs for the purpose of generating IP specific data.
• Pre-populated with WIAs, PA Targeted Industry Clusters and Sub-Clusters and
PA Green Clusters
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11. Regional Data Analysis Tool (RDAT)
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12. Customized Reports
Area Cluster Reports
Data Items:
• Cluster employment, growth and wages
• Top employing (volume or percent) industries
• Location Quotients (LQ)
• Occupations related to the clusters
Analysis:
• Shift/Share and LQ
• Area compared to region, state and/or nation
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13. Customized Reports
Employment Assessment Reports
• Companies with Layoffs – Rapid Response
• Businesses with Hiring Difficulties
• New or Relocating Companies
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14. Customized Reports
Employment Assessment Reports
Data Items:
• Staffing Patterns/Occupational Listings
• Openings & Wages
• Related Occupations
• Educational Requirements - TORQ
• Average Work Experience - TORQ
Analysis:
• Reemployment/Employment Outlook
• Competition
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15. TORQ
• New Tool, Real-Time Data
• OJT and Reemployment Assistance
• Granular Details (Reports for Job Seekers)
• Roll-Out Plan
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16. TORQ
TORQ in Pennsylvania
Bill Johnston
President
TORQworks
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17. What is TORQ?
• An algorithm that measures how easy or hard
it is to transfer from one occupation to another,
based on O*NET KSA data
• A tool that links this transferability analysis
with real time job listings and local training,
allows filtering by wage or job growth, and
provides reports
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18. Where is TORQ Used?
• By state agencies in Alaska, Florida, Hawaii,
Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Mexico, North Dakota, and Washington
• By WIBs in Florida, Hawaii, Indiana,
Pennsylvania and Washington
• By CWIA in Pennsylvania, starting in Sept!
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19. How is TORQ Used?
• Enables analysts to prepare reports to
respond to mass layoffs (e.g., WARN notices)
• Helps business development staff to
document and structure OJT referrals
efficiently
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20. How is TORQ Used?
• Allows economic development specialists to
report on the availability of skilled workers
needed by employers
• Helps One Stop counselors to place jobseekers
in new occupations or training
• Guides workers receiving unemployment
insurance to available jobs
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21. TORQ in Action
Rapid Response
Transferable Occupations for Billing, Cost, and Rate Clerks
(Title from Bushmaster Firearms: A/R Specialist)
Provided by TORQ™, Prepared by the Maine Department of Labor
TORQ value Title
95 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying
duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings
pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.
Median Wage Employment in Cumberland Co. Region Current Job Postings?
$33,647 2,030 Yes
Job Postings
Accounting Clerk Accountemps 1/5/2011
Accounting Clerk 1/5/2011
Accounting Clerk Robert Half Finance & Accounting 1/4/2011
Bookkeeping Opening, Full Charge Bookkeeper OSI Business 1/3/2011
AP/AR Clerk Southworth Products 1/2/2011
A/P, Accounting Assistant Native Maine Produce and Specialty Foods 1/2/2011
Education Programs
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Central Maine Community College 207-755-5100
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Kennebec Valley Community College 207-453-5000
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Northern Maine Community College 207-768-2700
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22. TORQ in Action
OJT analysis, referral and reimbursement
Machine Tool Setter to a Cabinetmaker
‒ Job Zone 3 = 800 hours
‒ Grand TORQ = 86
‒ Subtract 20%
‒ Total OJT hours = 640
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23. TORQ in Action
Labor Supply
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24. TORQ in Action
Counseling
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25. CWIA Contact Info
CWIA Contact Information
Ed Legge, elegge@pa.gov, 717-787-8646
Tim McElhinny, tmcelhinny@pa.gov, 717-787-3948
Mike Butson, mbutson@pa.gov, 717-772-1338
Kim DeLellis, kdelellis@pa.gov, 717-772-1364
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26. CWIA Contact Info
CWIA Contact Information
Customer Response Line: 877-493-3282 or
877-4WF-Data
Email: workforceinfo@pa.gov
On the web: www.paworkstats.state.pa.us
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