Teaching LMI Training to Job Seekers and Students

1. Teaching LMI Training to Job Seekers and Students Tom Morgan Communications Director Labor Market Information

2. What you will learn • Concepts • Style and content • Customization • How to use the CD-ROM • Future training development

3. Concepts • Internet based • Target audience: • Job Seekers • Students • Objective oriented • Easy to understand and teach

4. Concepts Different phases of the employment process GettingReady Getting Real Getting Out There

5. Module Structure • Overall Module Structure • What you will learn • Why it is important • Module Segments • Conclusion • What you learned • Case Study • “Punching the buttons”

6. Module Segment Structure • What you will learn and why it is important • Case Study • “Punching the buttons”

7. Presentation Time

8. Getting Ready • Wages • Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) • Colorado Navigator • Bureau of Labor Statistics • Long Term Projections • America’s Career Infonet • O*Net • Career and skills search

9. Getting Real • Differences • Industries and Occupations • Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) • Finding employment and wages by county • Job Vacancy Survey • Combines both Industry and Occupation data • Targeted Industries • Finding employers in growing industries

10. Getting Out There • 10 minute Resume • Interview tips • Finding employers

11. Working With the Presentations • Animation • Generally consistent within a presentation • Varies from module to module • No sound • Notes • Some scripting to help guide the presentation • Print Notes pages for all presentations • Web pages • Take several “dry runs” before going public • Redundancy

12. Working With the Presentations • You get notes • If you don’t understand, students won’t get it. • If the information is unclear, call us • Use common sense You don’t have to be an expert or an economist

13. Customizing the Modules • Change the background or add your logo • Time constraints • Edit the notes • Revise the animation • Modify to fit presentations you currently use • Add your own material

14. The following series of slides are a sub-module from “Getting Ready”

15. DEMONSTRATION Why this information is important • Develop realistic expectations • Look to your future • Expand opportunity by knowing what skills are required for a variety of jobs

16. [click] Ask DEMONSTRATION Notes page

17. DEMONSTRATION How to use Occupation Wages You are looking for occupation information, not industry information. • Occupations refer to Jobs and careers. • Industries refer to company categories.

18. DEMONSTRATION How to use Occupation Wages • How much do people get paid in a chosen occupation or career? • Compare local, state and national wage averages. • Is continuing education a good investment for you?

19. DEMONSTRATION How to use Occupation Wages The information is available for: • National • State • County

20. DEMONSTRATION How to use Occupation Wages • Find average wages for people currently working in an occupation. • Wages are available for entry level and experienced positions • Find pay for a percentage of positions: • 25% get less than $X • 50% get less than $Y • 75% get less than $Z

21. DEMONSTRATION Case Study: Using Occupation Wages A job seeker is trying to decide whether to find a job as a hospital orderly now or go back to school to become a registered nurse. How much more money does a registered nurse make than an orderly in Grand Junction?

22. Click here Find wages for orderlies and RN’s in Grand Junction, Colorado DEMONSTRATION Open the Colorado Navigator at : http://www.coworkforce.com/lmi/ Then click here

23. DEMONSTRATION Under Jobs & Career choose Occupation Wages. Then select both • a county(Mesa)and • a major occupation group(Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations)

24. DEMONSTRATION What if you don’t know the occupation category where a particular job fits? TypeRegistered nursehere. Search for the job at http://www.bls.gov/search/soc.asp

25. DEMONSTRATION Click on the occupation name to find the occupation title When you have the occupation title, click the back button on your browser to return to the Navigator.

26. DEMONSTRATION • Select the occupational group you want to search • Click Find Results to see what jobs are available

27. Scroll to view different occupations DEMONSTRATION Occupations can be downloaded and sorted in a variety of ways. To view sorting choices and instructions on how to download the search results for use on your computer, scroll to the bottom with this bar.

28. DEMONSTRATION • To find the highest paying occupations, sort the search results in descending order by the 75th percentile field. • Write down the information for registered nurses or follow the directions and download the whole file. 1111Registered Nurses $20.43 $18.11 $21.92

29. The CD -ROM • “Read Me” file – Adobe Acrobat • Teaching tips • Printing tips • Content outline • Presentations: .ppt • Shows: .pps • Print files .pdf

30. Future Training from LMI • New Modules • Target: Workforce Staff and educators • Target: Policy Makers and Academics • New Opportunities • Better Use of Technology

31. Questions? Suggestions?