Program UpdatesSenate Higher Education and

Workforce Development CommitteeFebruary 27th 2014

Cynthia Bauerly, DEED Deputy Commissioner of Workforce DevelopmentJoe Mulford, MnSCU Systems Director for Education and Industry Partnerships

Johnnie Burns, DLI Director of Labor Standards and ApprenticeshipMichelle Ufford, Executive Director of the Northeast Minnesota Office of Job Training

Steve Hine, DEED Director of Labor Market Information

Customized Training Pilot Program

• Passed in the 2013 legislative session

• Addresses both short- and long-term manufacturing needs

Customized Training Pilot | Overview

Customized Training Pilot | Institutions

Customized Training Pilot | Partnerships

Higher Education Career Advising Project

• Group and individualized counseling including career exploration and career assessments, resume preparation, mock interviews, and job search assistance

• Connections to businesses and community resources through a local career fair, career event, and tours of businesses

HECAP | Overview

• Received $40,000

• Working with the St. Cloud school district

• 118 students served individually; many additional student served through work experience classes

HECAP | Stearns-Benton Employment and Training Council

• Received $40,000

• Working with the Moorhead, Dilworth, Glyndon, and Felton school districts

• 138 served individually

HECAP | Rural Minnesota CEP

• Received $80,000

• 32 schools throughout six counties participated in the program in the fall of 2013

• 603 students received individualized, personal services

HECAP | Northeast Minnesota Office of Job Training: EdVenture Program

“Better” Labor Market Information

• Current and future job growth– By industry, occupation, region, educational requirement, race and

retirement (Current Employment Stats, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Current Population Survey, American Community Survey, Industry and Occupational Projections)

• Current vacancies– By industry, occupation, region and educational requirement (Job Vacancy

Survey, Help Wanted On-Line)• Credentials and Educational Requirements

– For industry and occupations (licensing data, BLS educational requirements)• ‘Areas of Opportunity’

– High growth, high vacancy, high wage (Occupations In Demand)

Better LMI | Trends that inform job search and career choice

• Current educational attainment– Distribution of education across industries, occupations, regions

(Workforce Data Quality Initiative, American Community Survey)• Recent graduates and current enrollees

– By major or program, degree type (WDQI)• Graduation rates

– By major or program, institution type, degree type (Office of Higher Education, WDQI)

• Graduate employment and wage outcomes– Also by major or program, institution type, degree type (WDQI)

• Average debt– By same groups (OHE)

Better LMI | Qualities of the Workforce

Better LMI | Summary of Progress and Plans

• Much of our effort has been in developing post-secondary-to-employment data; planned launch of WDQI next month

• Launch of new DEED web site caused us to rethink our presentation but expanded our possibilities

• New data visualization tool will be used to improve presentation

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