Texas Industry Profiles: Growing the Texas Economy www.texasindustryprofiles.com

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Texas Industry ProfilesGrowing the Texas
Economywww.texasindustryprofiles.com

• Richard Froeschle
• Labor Market Career Information
• Texas Workforce Commission
• rich_at_cdr.state.tx.us
• [phone]

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An emerging priority for the workforce
systemWorkforce development is an essential
component of economic development

• We are all in the business of economic
  development!

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Strategies for Economic Development

• Jobs to PeopleGenerating jobs targeted for
  particular places in decline or need, e.g.
  Enterprise zones
• People to JobsReducing barriers to job access
  better public transportation, subsidized housing,
  social services
• Educational UpgradingIdentify workforce skill
  deficiencies and focus training resources aligned
  with economic development priorities
• Economic GrowthExpand the overall industrial
  base, less concern for job quality, more on job
  growth
• Economic DiversificationRecruit specific sectors
  with unique criteria, complementary products, job
  qualities, environmental concerns

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Growing the Local Economy Ten Things Government
Can Do to Enhance Economic Development (part I)

• 1. Construct an image for the Place. Identify
  key features and amenities and create the
  marketing image
• 2. Invest in marketing the Place. Packaging is as
  important as creating the image
• 3. Engage in imagineering on behalf of
  prospective expanding or relocating employers
  (what could be)
• 4. Review local community processes to see if
  they work smoothly or are a hindrance. Fix whats
  broke.
• 5. Invest in infrastructure roads, airport
  access, telecommunications/broadband, utilities

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Growing the Local Economy Ten Things Government
Can Do to Enhance Economic Development (part I)

• 6. Create a viable workforce through local
  investments in quality basic education and skills
  training
• 7. Establish an all stakeholders public
  advisory body to serve as a rapid response team
• 8. Create financial opportunities e.g. tax
  incentives, industrial revenue bonds, land
  grants, private deal-making authority
• 9. Support small business assistance centers,
  business incubators, entrepreneurial training and
  related new business formation activities
• 10. Collect and maintain data on local
  industries, labor supply, growth trends,
  prevailing wages, profiles, etc.

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Goal 1 Document TWC Interactions

• To provide TWC administrators with pertinent
  information regarding how the Agency and Local
  Workforce Development Boards are interacting with
  the Texas and regional economy. Specifically how
  the TWC interacts with Texas industry sectors.
  This knowledge will be useful for reporting
  requirements and marketing within Texas industry
  segments and as a guidepost for the allocation
  and dispersion of targeted education and skills
  training funds.

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Goal 2 Provide Data Tools for Regional
Economic Development

• To provide persons engaged in Texas economic
  development access to decision-critical
  information about the dynamics of the Texas and
  regional economies. This system will focus on
  aspects of industry employment dynamics, regional
  characteristics, availability of labor supply,
  industry clustering and related analyses to
  provide a foundation for economic development
  activities. Analytical functions will overlap, or
  be integrated with, the SOCRATES targeting
  system.

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Its real and on the web!!
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On-Line SurveyStay in touch with your
neighbors

• 1. Respond to on-line LWDB Business Services
  survey questionnaire
• 2. View survey responses from other LWDB Business
  Services groups on economic development activity
• 3. Respond to survey questions regarding Employer
  Interests and Concerns
• 4. View survey responses from other LWDB
  regarding Employer Interests and Concerns
• 5. Message board for facilitated web discussions,
  questions, info. exchange

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TWC Dashboard IndicatorsConnections with
industry

• 1. TWC dashboard indicators narrative report
• 2. Interactive A.G. New Hire reporting/display
• 3. Interactive UI Claimant reporting/display
• 4. Interactive TWC applicant reporting/display
• 5. Interactive TWC openings reporting/display
• 6. TWC contract training data e.g. SDF
• 7. TWC and LWDB program follow-up data

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Occupational ClustersCommon core skills across
occupations

• . 1. Career cluster data sets by LWDB and 16 U.S.
  DoE clusters
• 2. Occupational coefficients of specialization by
  detailed SOC
• 3. Interactive ONET knowledge skills survey
• 4. Selected interactive career pathways e.g.
  Pathways to Personal Independence

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Economic Base AnalysisIdentifying comparative
advantage

• 1. Regional location quotients by NAICS with
  export sector identification
• 2. Interactive shift-share tool by NAICS
• 3. Texas industry projections, with graphic and
  statistical display
• 4. Texas wage information (WIN), ad hoc
  occupational wage data by industry and occupation
  

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Industry Narrative Profiles Every industry has a
story

• 1. Create industry narrative profiles by NAICS
  and LWDB
• 2. View graphical industry data with on-line GIS
  display engine, including child care, new hire
  and employers
• 3. Industry profile quarterly employment and
  wages snapshot

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Industry Clusters Identifying economic growth
poles

• 1. View Perryman industry clusters by LWDB with
  definition
• 2. View employment growth based on labor-based
  industry clusters
• 3. View employment growth based on EDA industry
  clusters
• 4. View employment growth based on financial
  industry clusters

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Modified Perryman Clusters (part I)

• 1. Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Medical
  Services
• 2. Electronics Applied Computer Equipment
• 3. Telecommunications Information Services
• 4. Legal, Protective Human Support
• 5. HQs, Administrative Government
• 6. Business Financial Services
• 7. General Store Retailers
• 8. Tourism, Hospitality Leisure
• 9. Distribution, Transportation Logistics

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Modified Perryman Clusters (part II)

• 10. Heavy Special Trade Construction
• 11. Energy, Mining and Related Support Services
• 12. Petroleum Refining Chemicals
• 13. Transportation Equipment
• 14. Production Support Industrial Machinery
• 15. Agriculture, Forestry and Food
• 16. Education, Training Personal Development
• 17. Apparel, Leather, Wood related Non-durables
• 18. Personal and Residential Services

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Workforce SupplyDo you have a skilled
workforce?
Done!

• 1. County narrative profiles (CNP) with enhanced
  filtering capabilities, GIS display
• 2. Labor Availability Estimator for labor supply
  by region by occupation for potentially
  relocating industries
• 3. Interactive Industry-Occupation matrix
• 4. Employer contact information with keywords and
  filters
• 5. Dislocated worker employer job search directly
  from occupational narratives
• 6. College location mapping and attributes

Done!
Done!
Done!
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Partners ConnectionsSynergy through
collaboration

• 1. Connections with WorkInTexas labor exchange
  system
• 2. Useful economic development links all state
  economic development sites, generic calculators,
  research sites
• 3. Industry partner web pages Related external
  partner sites organized by cluster
• 4. Tools of the trade Crosswalks, research
  papers, alternate clusters, economic development
  how to guides, etc.