Employment Dynamics Information for

Strategic Industry Partnerships

Prepared by: 

The Jacob France InstituteUniversity of Baltimore

 In partnership with: 

Office of Workforce Information and PerformanceDivision of Workforce Development and Adult

LearningMaryland Department of Labor, Licensing and

Regulation 

And

The Governor’s Workforce Investment Board2

EARN Marylandwww.earn.maryland.gov

The purpose of the Maryland EARN Program is to create industry-led partnerships to advance the skills of the State’s workforce, grow the State’s economy, and increase sustainable employment for working families.”

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Topics coveredThe DLLR Workforce Dashboard interactive

toolThe skills gap or shortage conceptA primer on use of Census Bureau LEHD

website resourcesFollow-up technical assistance availability

and contact information

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Reasons for a local skills gap or shortage

New technologiesGrowth of demand for product/service

(magnitude vs % change) New laws, regulations, court decisionsWorkforce composition

(age, gender, educational attainment)Non-competitive compensation ($ and

benefits)Local quality of life (spatial mismatch; place

of residence vs place of work; cost-of-living; commuting time/cost)

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Understanding Skills gap or shortage

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How to obtain information for your area?

THE DLLR Workforce Dashboard interactive tool Data collected by the Maryland Workforce Exchange Real time labor market information in Maryland Available by regions, counties and jurisdictions

Census Bureau, Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) ProgramA federal-state partnership that combines UI wage and QCEW

data with other sources to provide detailed local economic information

Industry Focus ranks industries by employment, hiring and earnings

Interactive online tool for customized maps: OnTheMap Indicators currently available from 2002-2012 Available at the county, WIA and more detailed levels

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Industry Focus Ranking Toolhttp://lehd.ces.census.gov

Click to access the Industry

Focus ranking tool

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1. First select the state of Maryland,

then select the desired entity such as WIA, the drop

down manual below provides all WIA

areas

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2. Next use the radio buttons to choose one ranking method, and

use the check boxes to select key indicators

3. Select industries if so desired

4. Click “View

Report” if satisfied

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The report ranks

industries by number

of new hires, and

shows growth in employme

nt and hiring

Use these drop downs

to select subgroups to

report

Select different tabs to report

for these subgroups

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The DLLR Workforce Dashboard interactive tool

http://www.dllr.maryland.gov/workforcedashboard

Select Compare tab to see

job openings

vs. job seekers

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1. Select area filter

2. Hover

for details

3. Alternate view and

more information

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Census Bureau LEHD Program http://lehd.ces.census.gov

LED Extraction Tool (beta version)

Click to access the customized

mapping tool

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Search for Anne Arundel County, then click on the correct

result below the search box

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Click “Perform

Analysis on Selection

Area”

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1. The Analysis Settings panel

pops up to display analysis

options

2. You can choose to include

multiple years and various job

types

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1. The “Area Profile” analysis type offers the most details on local LMI; click

the radio button to select

2. Click to open the drop down manual and select the labor market segment of

interest available by age groups,

earnings, and industries

3. Click “Go!” when satisfied

with your selections

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Wait for the analysis to run. Do not

click any buttons.

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1. You will be taken to the “Results” tab. The “Display Settings” panel shows your previous selections for the analysis: Here we chose to display primary jobs of all

workers from 2007-2011. Click a single year to view data on

the map.

2. The right strip displays labor market segments distributions; charts at

the top and data tables at the bottom

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Navigate to the “Base

Map” tab to select or deselect layers to

create your own map

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Go back to the “Results” tab

to view the less cluttered map with legends;

the darker purple/blue dots show where jobs concentrate

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Either use the dropdown to

view each year on the

map, or click the “Animate Overlays” link

to view change over

time

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From the animation we see job

concentrations gravitated toward the D.C. area over

the Great Recession

Stop Animation when finished with observing changes over

time

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Select “Detailed Report” from the

left panel, and you can save these

reports in different formats

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1. Move this needle to

zoom in or out, and use the arrows above to

center the map

2. Use the “save” and “load” button to save your map or pick up where you left off,

it’s just like saving or opening a file

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Contact Information

http://www.jacob-france-institute.org/The Jacob France Institute, University of

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