Labor Market Information

North Dakota Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (NDDVR) is working to enhance partnerships with business by raising awareness of VR’s business services and how VR can help business with their employment needs. NDDVR is improving their use of labor market information (LMI) to advance clients’ understanding of the job market and potential for employment.

This webinar will explain NDDVR’s JD-VRTAC project regarding business engagement and the use of labor market information. In this webinar, NDDVR staff will discuss project goals, accomplishments, challenges, lessons learned, and what comes next for this project.

Download the Powerpoint presentation: Getting More People Employed in North Dakota: Improving Business Engagement and Utilizing Labor Market Information Powerpoint (PDF)

All ExploreVR webinars are live captioned: Getting More People Employed in North Dakota: Improving Business Engagement and Utilizing Labor Market Information Transcript (WORD)

Business Engagement at North Dakota DVR: 

• Best Practice Guidelines for Business Engagement (PDF)
• Business Engagement Rapid Response (PDF)
• Business Engagement Bi-weekly Meeting Structure (PDF)
• Governor's Conference Business Engagement Powerpoint Presentation (PDF) 
• Society of Human Resource Management Business Engagement Powerpoint Presentation (PDF)

Using Labor Market Information at North Dakota DVR:

• The Career Index Plus Guided Study (PDF)
• O*Net Guided Study (PDF)
• Career Exploration Lesson Plan (PDF)
• LMI Worksheet Occupational Research Summary (Word) 

Pennsylvania’s Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (PA OVR) initiated two job-driven projects as part of the Job-Driven VR Technical Assistance Center (JD-VRTAC). For the first project, the results of a preliminary staff survey informed a training curriculum on how to integrate labor market information (LMI) into the VR process. For the second project, the results of a business roundtable helped shape a training curriculum informed a training curriculum on engaging businesses to hire minors.

In this webinar, Sara Gales and Vondol Hammond from PA OVR will provide an overview of their JD-VRTAC projects on LMI and business engagement. They will discuss the goals of this project, how it was implemented, and some accomplishments, challenges, and lessons learned. Gales and Hammond will also share their experiences as members of the JD-VRTAC Learning Collaborative, and the future direction of their job-driven projects.

Download the Powerpoint presentation: Integrating Labor Market Information and Engaging Employers to Hire Minors: An Overview of PA OVR’s Completed JD-VRTAC Project Powerpoint (PPT)

All ExploreVR webinars are live captioned: Integrating Labor Market Information and Engaging Employers to Hire Minors: An Overview of PA OVR’s Completed JD-VRTAC Project Transcript (WORD)

All other downloadable files:

• PA OVR's LMI Survey (PDF) (WORD)
• PA OVR's LMI Training Powerpoint: Integrating LMI into the VR Process (PDF)
• PA OVR's Business Engagement for Students Powerpoint: Employer Engagement to Increase Work-Based Learning Experiences for Students with Disabilities (PDF)
• PA OVR's Employer Roundtable Questions (WORD)

The JD-VRTAC is a national center housed at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The center and its webinars are funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) within the US Department of Education under grant #H264A140002.

This webinar will focus on how vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies can identify and use labor market information (LMI) to benefit clients. Libin Zhang and Rick Kugler from the Institute for Community Inclusion will discuss uses and misuses of LMI. Lindy Foley from Nebraska VR and Rob Hines from the Washington VR will explain their agencies’ experiences incorporating LMI into VR practice with clients.

The goals of this webinar are to:

• Assist counselors and employment specialists in identifying relevant LMI
• Help supervisors guide counselors and employment staff on the best ways to incorporate LMI into their tasks
• Inform participants about how 2 state VR agencies think about LMI and put it into practice

Download the Powerpoint presentation: LMI: An Embarrassment of Riches or Fools Gold? Powerpoint (PDF)

All ExploreVR webinars are live captioned: LMI: An Embarrassment of Riches or Fools Gold? Transcript (WORD)

The JD-VRTAC is a national center housed at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The center and its webinars are funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) within the US Department of Education under grant #H264A140002. 

The Vocational Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Demand-Side Strategies (Demand-Side RRTC) is housed at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The center and its webinars are funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) Grant # H133B120002.

Mid managers play a key role in ensuring LMI is fully incorporated in the counseling process. As new procedures and expectations emerge, an understanding of change implementation and strategies will be useful to managers responsible for training and supporting counselors.

Change initiatives are a part of organizational life. Individuals holding middle management positions are frequently tasked with implementing a change directive and ensuring it is translated to new employee behavior.  As a result, it is essential for middle management to understand “the human side of change”, strengthen change leadership skills, and develop strategies to support change implementation.

This webinar presentation will explore:

• The human side of change
• Leadership for change initiatives
• Applying a model of change (ADKAR) to the use of LMI in VR
• Anticipating changes for counselors relative to LMI utilization

Download the Powerpoint presentation: Implementing Change in the Age of WIOA: Mid-Managers Supporting Counselors in the use of LMI Powerpoint (PDF) 

All ExploreVR webinars are live captioned: Implementing Change in the Age of WIOA: Mid-Managers Supporting Counselors in the use of LMI Transcript (WORD)

The JD-VRTAC is a national center housed at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The center and its webinars are funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) within the US Department of Education under grant #H264A140002. 

The Vocational Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Demand-Side Strategies (Demand-Side RRTC) is housed at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The center and its webinars are funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) Grant # H133B120002.

This ExploreVR webinar is for current and future VR leaders who want to discuss leadership-level engagement in the VR agencies' use of Labor Market Information (LMI). This topic is increasingly important given the passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

Topics include:

• The role of LMI in planning processes,
• Creating LMI partnerships/collaborations,
• Obtaining buy-in from VR counselors in fully using LMI tools, and
• LMI data and information technology needs. 

Download the Powerpoint presentation: LMI for VR Leadership in the Age of WIOA: A View from the Top Powerpoint (PDF)

All ExploreVR webinars are live captioned: LMI for VR Leadership in the Age of WIOA: A View from the Top Transcript (WORD)

The JD-VRTAC is a national center housed at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The center and its webinars are funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) within the US Department of Education under grant #H264A140002. 

The Vocational Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Demand-Side Strategies (Demand-Side RRTC) is housed at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The center and its webinars are funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) Grant # H133B120002.

This webinar will examine the value of Labor Market Information (LMI) as it applies to national workforce job-driven initiatives around preparing youth and adults with disabilities for work. This presentation will focus on how vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies use LMI throughout various levels of the agency to inform their work with consumers and businesses. Presenters will define and discuss the impacts of traditional and real-time LMI, as well as LMI gathered from the field.  

Download the Powerpoint presentation: Introduction to Labor Market Information (LMI) in a Job-Driven Economy PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

All ExploreVR webinars are live captioned: Introduction to Labor Market Information (LMI) in a Job-Driven Economy Transcript (WORD)

The JD-VRTAC is a national center housed at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The center and its webinars are funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) within the US Department of Education under grant #H264A140002. 

The Vocational Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Demand-Side Strategies (Demand-Side RRTC) is housed at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The center and its webinars are funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) Grant # H133B120002.

This webinar describes VR clients’ educational attainment by patterns of employment closure, the variation of wage between occupation groups, and detailed information on differences of wage according to client’s characteristics (demographic, education, and primary disability).

This webinar will describe the demographic and primary disability variations of VR closure in major occupation groups from 2008 to 2012. The speakers will describe the patterns and trends of variations of demographic characteristics such as age, gender, and racial/ ethnic group. In addition, the webinar will present information on primary disability patterns such as sensory/communicative impairments, physical impairments, cognitive impairments, and psychosocial and other mental impairments.

This webinar will describe national VR employment closure patterns by occupation types from years 2008 – 2012. In addition, the speakers will discuss state level variation trends. This information is illustrative of where VR clients have been placed in past labor market opportunities, and can help VR professionals target specific occupations and industries for successful employment.