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Analyzing Sector Skill Needs LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER May 4, 6, 13, 2021 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET Get to know your region’s skills, credentials, and training programs. VIEW DETAILS As communities and local economies look for ways to recover from the last year, applied researchers are often asked to provide detailed examinations of […]
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Features: Take Us on a Tour of Your City at This Year’s Annual Conference
Featured Event: Member-Only Workshop – How to Clarify and Communicate Regional Skills Strengths and Gaps: Presented by Emsi
Data Visualization: 67 Percent of Private Industry Workers Had Access to Retirement Plans in 2020
Continue ReadingC2ER is in the process of completing its annual summer update of the State Business Incentives Database. The C2ER State Business Incentives Database provides users with data on 2,100 state business incentive programs from all US states and territories. Through a regional analysis of incentive programs in the Southern US, we can understand how geography […]
Continue ReadingOn March 10th of this year, C2ER distributed a survey—to both members and non-members—with the goal of exploring how respondents were addressing and adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey remained opened until April 1, accruing 105 responses from C2ER members and 101 additional responses from non-members. Question 1 asked respondents how their organization been […]
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The American Workforce Policy Advisory Board met on September 18 to receive recommendations from four Working Groups. One of those groups focused on the importance of data to the nation’s workforce system.
Continue ReadingWritten by Anuradha Dhar At the end of June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) at the Department of Labor released a report on 2018 data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on the role of professional certifications and occupational licenses in the U.S. labor market. Their most recent annual data was released in January […]
Continue ReadingThe demand for medium term (e.g., 5-year) projections continues to increase. According to many customers of labor market information, five-year projections would better assist individuals to make informed career decisions and give policymakers more relevant information for aligning and allocating current and future resources across the education, workforce and economic development systems. At present, states […]
Continue ReadingCurrent LMI Institute Membership The LMI Institute’s membership is comprised of state LMI agencies and other professionals in LMI and related fields. Currently, 34 states and U.S. Territories are active members of the LMI Institute. The LMI Institute also has a growing number of affiliate members, representing workforce development professionals, community colleges, and independent […]
Continue ReadingDuring the past 12 months, the Council for Community and Economic Research, YOUR professional membership organization, has been hard at work increasing the visibility of economic, workforce, and community research by advocating for higher quality data, promoting more focused public and private investments in local data, and continuing to strengthen C2ER products and services. We […]
Continue ReadingA survey from the Chronicle of Higher Education shows that government and nonprofit employers have a more-difficult time with recent-graduate hires. Most of the issues cited involve “soft skills.” Of the 700 employers in the survey who offered feedback on specific troubles they experienced with recent grads, most mentioned communication and critical thinking. Specifically, the […]
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