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Northern Illinois P-20 Network

Alignment of Standards for Advancing Student Opportunities

2014 Workforce Needs Report – McHenry County College

The data in this report is based on skills listed in job postings for the McHenry County College district area from January 1 to December 31 in 2010 and 2014. The

NIU Center for Governmental Studies retrieved the data on a city by city basis for the geographic region that each community college serves, using Burning Glass

Technologies. Four types of data were pulled. The first set is by employer. The second set is by occupation. The third set is by salary. The fourth set is by skills, as

defined below. A map documenting the cities represented in this report is included at the end of this report. Cities that fall partially within a community college

district have been included. Cities may lie in more than one district. Duplicated job postings are scrubbed from the data.

Skill types are defined by Burning Glass Technologies as follows.

Specialized Skills: more occupation-specific. Accounting, python, phlebotomy, patient care, etc.

Baseline Skills: these are general skills, such as communications, leadership, and writing, and are transferrable across occupations.

Software and Programming skills: All computer-based skills. NOTE: these may *also* fall into either baseline or specialized skills lists. Baseline will

include basic skills, e.g. Excel, Word, while specialized will include more advanced computer skills; e.g. C#, STATA, R, Python.

Burning Glass's Labor Insight tool is an advanced analytic application that allows users to analyze, trend, and compare real-time jobs data on a regional,

statewide, or national basis, at a granular level of detail that highlights skills, knowledge, experience, and education in demand as well as industries and

occupations. Using a branch of artificial intelligence called Statistical Natural Language Processing (SNLP), Burning Glass's patented approach allows this tool to

mine the text of each job posting to extract and code a much larger data record, which includes: job function (O*NET), employer industry (NAICS), location

(through geo-coordinates, MSA, and LMA), educational requirements (degree, level, and major), source, common and specialized skills (using a multi-level,

hierarchical and fully customizable skills dictionary of over 15,000 skills), the duration and level of experience, required certifications or licenses, and much more.

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388

234

153

146

141

137

134

130

120

119

117

115

115

114

112

111

104

104

103

103

99

99

98

97

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Bon Secours Health System…

Capital One

Sears

US Air Force

Macy's

Mchenry County College

State Of Illinois

Bon Secours Richmond Health

Community Unit School District 300 -…

Best Buy

Jiffy Lube

Consolidated School District 158

Great Clips

C.R. England, Inc

Covidien

Suntrust Banks

Toys"R"Us, Inc

Boston Market

Genworth Financial Incorporated

Taco Bell

Carmax

Lifetime Fitness

JCPenney

Kohl's

Verint Systems Incorporated

McHenry Top 25 Employers Job Postings 2014

234

81

68

57

50

50

50

45

42

40

39

35

33

31

30

27

26

25

24

24

24

23

22

22

22

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Centegra Health System

Petsmart

JP Morgan Chase Company

Catalent Pharma Solutions

Brown Shoe Company Incorporated

TCF Financial Corporation

Follett Corporation

State Of Illinois

O'Reilly Automotive Inc

Ryder System Incorporated

The Dress Barn, Inc.

Dick's Sporting Goods Incorporated

Mchenry County College

Mchenry County Government Center

Brunswick

Sears

Affinia Group Incorporated

Amedisys

AT&T

Harris Bankcorp, Incorporated

Burger King

Fifth Third Bank

Otto Engineering Incorporated

Best Buy

Lifetime Fitness

McHenry Top 25 Employers Job Postings 2010

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686

529 552

632

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233197 196 194

232178 175 174

206 198 183 177

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McHenry Top Occupations Job Postings, 2014-2010

2014 2010

A “0” in the 2010 numbers indicates that the occupation was not one of the top 25 occupations for 2010. It does not indicate that there were no job postings for those

occupations.

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495

512

462

1,712

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000

More than $75,000

$50,000 to $74,999

$35,000 to $49,999

Less than $35,000

McHenry Distribution of Advertised Salary, 2014

84

99

139

356

0 500 1,000 1,500

More than $75,000

$50,000 to $74,999

$35,000 to $49,999

Less than $35,000

McHenry Distribution of Advertised Salary, 2010

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McHenry Mean Salary for Top 20 Occupations 2014

SOC Code (ONET-6) Occupation title

Real Time Job Postings

Advertised Mean Salary

% Real Time Job Postings Requiring High School

% Real Time Job Postings Requiring Post-Secondary or Associate's Degree

% Real Time Job Postings Requiring Bachelor's Degree

% Real Time Job Postings Requiring Graduate or Professional Degree

2013 Mean National Salary according to BLS

41-2031 Retail Salespersons 1,130 $42,536 82% 11% 13% 6% $25,370

39-9011 Childcare Workers and Nannies 974 $23,891 65% 6% 29% 9% $21,490

53-3032 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 850 $71,500 81% 5% 24% 0% $40,940

41-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 626 $44,803 66% 19% 35% 12% $41,450

41-4012 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products

596 $61,066 45% 12% 57% 6% $64,670

43-4051 Customer Service Representatives 589 $38,961 86% 15% 12% 4% $33,370

35-3021 Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food

533 $37,115 99% 13% 2% 1% $18,880

29-1141 Registered Nurses 498 $66,934 2% 40% 47% 23% $68,910

35-1012 First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

377 $33,445 96% 10% 7% 2% $31,980

53-7062 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 355 $28,543 95% 14% 2% 2% $26,690

15-1132 Software Developers, Applications 352 $74,325 20% 3% 95% 28% $96,260

27-1026 Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 328 $35,803 94% 19% 8% 2% $29,930

11-9111 Medical and Health Services Managers 243 $69,924 1% 8% 79% 36% $101,340

53-3033 Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers 242 $45,972 100% 20% 0% 0% $33,490

51-4011 Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic

226 $32,830 94% 4% 6% 2% $37,310

41-2011 Cashiers 210 N/A 100% 15% 0% 0% $20,420

39-5012 Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 205 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A $27,530

43-5081 Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 201 N/A 83% 42% 5% 2% $24,940

39-9021 Personal Care Aides 199 $47,775 91% 0% 2% 7% $20,990

41-2031 Retail Salespersons 1,130 $42,536 82% 11% 13% 6% $25,370

This report provides information on both the preferred and minimum/required education levels for job postings. For this reason, a job posting may be counted in more than

one of the educational categories shown in the table above.

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828 835

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Specialized Skills

Top 25 Specialized Skills 2014-2010 Comparison

2014 2010

A “0” in the 2010 numbers indicates that the skill was not one of the top 25 skills for 2010. It does not indicate that there were no job postings for those skills.

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4,737

3,361

2,734

2,546

1,823

1,487

1,377

1,329

1,243

1,241

1,228

1,114

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871

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801

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Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Writing

Customer Service

Problem Solving

Microsoft Excel

Computer Skills

Planning

Detail-Oriented

Building Effective Relationships

Microsoft Office

English

Supervisory Skills

Multi-Tasking

Quality Assurance and Control

Project Management

Troubleshooting

Time Management

Research

Leadership

Teaching

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Powerpoint

Team Work

Creativity

McHenry Top 25 Baseline Skills Report 2014

927

659

615

482

384

320

291

286

271

238

206

196

195

194

188

171

149

145

139

137

133

130

108

106

95

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Customer Service

Writing

Problem Solving

Microsoft Excel

Detail-Oriented

Planning

Computer Skills

Supervisory Skills

Building Effective Relationships

Microsoft Office

Troubleshooting

Quality Assurance and Control

Multi-Tasking

English

Listening

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Microsoft Windows

Research

Time Management

Budgeting

Creativity

McHenry Top 25 Baseline Skills Report 2010

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1,487

1,228

584

544

391

356

288

261

187

183

175

175

170

167

132

117

108

95

93

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Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Powerpoint

SQL

Microsoft Word

Oracle

JAVA

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

SAP

Word Processing

JavaScript

Computer Aided Drafting/Design (CAD)

UNIX

LINUX

AutoCAD

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Microsoft C#

Cisco

SQL Server

Scrum

.NET Programming

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft Sharepoint

Microsoft Outlook

McHenry Top 25 Software Skills Report 2014

320

196

133

79

64

61

59

49

44

43

42

42

40

32

28

26

24

23

23

22

20

20

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0 200 400 600 800 1,0001,2001,4001,600

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Word

Taleo

Microsoft Powerpoint

Oracle

SQL

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Computer Aided Drafting/Design (CAD)

SAP

JAVA

Word Processing

SQL Server

JavaScript

LINUX

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

UNIX

Java Server Pages (JSP)

.NET Programming

Oracle PL/SQL

AJAX

ICD-9-CM Coding

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design…

C++

McHenry Top 25 Software Skills Report 2010

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