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LMI Pro Suite Training Curriculum

Introductory Module | Intermediate Module | Advanced Module

INTRODUCTORY MODULE

The Introductory Module is designed for workforce professionals, including career counselors, labor market analysts, program planners, economic developers and job developers, who wish to become sophisticated consumers of career and labor market information.

10:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon
Presentation of the Ohio Career Information System (OCIS), with occupational career videos and the military career guide.

12:00 Noon to 1:00 P.M. Lunch

1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Presentation of Ohio's Labor Market Information (LMI) web, emphasizing the Internet job banks, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) eligible training providers listed in the College Navigator web site, and Career Center web page. Includes review of the County Profiles of the Ohio Department of Development.

2:00 P.M. to 2:15 P.M. Break

2:15 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.
Small group exercise of case study development using aforementioned resources of OCIS, the military career guide and Ohio's LMI web.

3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Participants' Presentation of Case Study Results.

4:00 P.M. End of Day

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INTERMEDIATE MODULE

The Intermediate Module is designed for workforce professionals, including job and economic developers, who wish to increase analytic skills related to applications of labor market information, especially employer directories.

10:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.
Presentation of the Analyst Resource Center database.

11:30 A.M. to 12:00 Noon
Presentation of the Economic Development and Employer Planning System (EDEPS).

12:00 Noon to 1:00 P.M. Lunch.

1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Presentation of the Internet Employer Locator.

2:00 P.M. to 2:15 P.M. Break

2:15 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.
Small group exercise of case study development using aforementioned resources of the Analyst Resource Center database, EDEPS and the Employer Locator.

3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Participants' Presentation of Case Study Results.

4:00 P. M. End of Day

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ADVANCED MODULE

The Advanced Module is designed for workforce professionals and human resource program planners, who wish to operate as their own labor market analysts.

10:00 A.M. to 10:45 A.M.
Presentation about the different types of unemployment and making the right economic diagnosis to guide labor market interventions.

10:45 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
Presentation of the electronic community services directory as a tool to help maintain families and manage seasonal unemployment.

11:00 A.M. to 11:15 A.M.
Presentation of the Internet versions of the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), the Career Guide to Industries and the Leading Economic Indicators as tools to identify occupations and industries sensitive to economic downturns and develop responses to cyclical unemployment.

11:15 A.M. to 12:00 Noon
Presentation of Ohio's LMI web as means to use labor market information and reduce job search time (i.e., reduce frictional unemployment).

12:00 Noon to 1:00 P.M. Lunch.

1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Presentation of the OCIS and Ohio's LMI web, including the College Navigator web site and the Career Centers web page, as tools to identify eligible training providers under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and improve the economic returns to training investments by reducing structural unemployment.

2:00 P.M. to 2:15 P.M. Break

2:15 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Sources of information about labor availability and costs, including Ohio's LMI web for occupational wage data (i.e., labor costs) and labor supply information.

4:00 P.M. End of Day

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