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Santee-Lynches Region’s 2-Year Economic Forecast & Workforce Development Issues

Santee-Lynches Region’s 2-Year Economic Forecast & Workforce Development Issues. Bruce Mills, Research Analyst Santee-Lynches Workforce Development. Clarendon School District 2 Board Meeting June 25, 2013. Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and Sumter counties. Santee-Lynches Employment.

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Santee-Lynches Region’s 2-Year Economic Forecast & Workforce Development Issues

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  1. Santee-Lynches Region’s 2-Year Economic Forecast&Workforce Development Issues Bruce Mills, Research Analyst Santee-Lynches Workforce Development Clarendon School District 2 Board Meeting June 25, 2013

  2. Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and Sumter counties

  3. Santee-Lynches Employment

  4. Santee-Lynches Unemployment Rate Number of Unemployed seeking work Number of Employed + Number of Unemployed seeking work (OR “Labor Force”)

  5. Santee-Lynches Labor Force Labor Force = Number of Employed + Number of Unemployed seeking work

  6. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics’ August 2011 U6 Unemployment Rates for adults 25-and-older. U6 Rate measures the total unemployed, plus those employed part-time involuntarily, plus discouraged workers who have at least temporarily given up searching for work. Thus, U6 rates describe the real number of people in the U.S. who are feeling the effects of unemployment. U6 national rates applied to Santee-Lynches Region by COG calculation.

  7. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

  8. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages

  9. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages

  10. MANUFACTURING: Blue-CollarJobs Go High Tech 20th Century America Low-cost, low-skilled labor Dirty Labor-intensive H.S. Diploma or less LABOR Today & into future Cutting-edge technology Clean, like a medical lab Fewer, but higher-skilled, workers 1 & 2-year technical degrees SKILLS Illustration by TIME

  11. Labor Force Labor Force Jobs Labor Force Jobs Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

  12. Central Carolina Technical College“Scholars Program” • Free, 2-year scholarship offer to the college in any program of study to any high school graduate from any high school in CLARENDON in the Class of 2015, if meet following requirements: 1) graduate high school on time; 2) maintain a “C” average in high school; and 3) test ready for college-level coursework. • Current average student age is 27.7 years old. • Current 18 and 19-year-old enrollment at college is only 16.3% of total credit student enrollment.

  13. Sample of CCTC 2-year Associate Degree Programs 2-year field of study Occupation Starting pay • Nursing Registered Nurse $50,000 • Human Services Counselor $26,000 • Paralegal Paralegal/Legal Assistant $30,000 • Computer Technology Programmer/Technician $40,000 • Criminal Justice Police Officer/Forensic Tech. $25,000

  14. Sample of CCTC 2-year Associate Degree Programs 2-year field of study Occupation Starting pay • Mechatronics Maintenance Technician $40,000 • Welding Welder $40,000-$50,000 • Engineering Graphics Eng. Graphics Technician $36,000 • Machine Tool Machine Tool/CNC Operator $30,000-$36,000 • Automotive Technology Automotive Technician $30,000 • HVAC/R Technology HVAC Service Technician $30,000

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