CanadaBC Strategic Initiative for Enhanced Labour Market Information

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Canada/BC StrategicInitiative for
EnhancedLabour Market Information
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Community Based LMI Workshops and Training
Seminars

• Objectives
• Provide an overview of the Local Labour Market
  in context with the Provincial and National
  Scene
• Provide information on LM C Information
  products AVAILABLE and methods to ACCESS them.
• Discussion amongst participants to raise
  AWARENESS and determine the best APPLICATION of
  LM C Information
• Develop strategies on how to sustain the effort
  for useful and relevant LOCAL Community-based
  Labour Market and Career Information.

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FACILITATORS PRESENTERS
YOUR

• LARRY WARREN, HRDC LMI COORDINATOR, BC/YT,
  Co-Chair, LMI STRATEGIC INITIATIVE PROGRAM,
  FEDERAL GOVT.
• PHILIP STOOCHNOFF, PROJECT COORDINATOR,
  TRANSITIONS AND CAREER PROGRAMS INITIATIVES
  BRANCH, MED.
• JIM HOWIE, MANAGER CEISS, Co-Chair LMI STRATEGIC
  INITIATIVE PROGRAM, REPRESENTATIVE, PROV. OF
  B.C.
• SEANN LYNCASTER, SUNRAYE ENTERPRISES, PROJECT
  MANAGER, LMI SEMINARS
• JOAN RICHARDT, CAREER PRACTITIONER AND CONTRACTOR
• BARB HUNTER, CAREER EDUCATION SOCIETY
• VIJAY VEHMAN, YOUTH NETWORK COORDINATOR
• SHAWN RAFUSE, YOUTH SITE TECHNICAL COORDINATOR
• LOCAL LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION ANALYSTS, HRDC

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Canada/BC StrategicInitiative for
EnhancedLabour Market Information
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• Report on the Canada/BC Strategic Initiative for
  Enhanced Labour Market Information
• Human Resources Development CanadaandMinistry
  of Education, Skills and Training
• MEd.. MAETT

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What is the purpose of the enhanced LMI
initiative?

• Rapid increase in quantities of labour market
  information
• But few resources to support use of that
  information
• Career practitioners need help to locate and use
  labour market information
• Individuals need more access to labour market
  information
• Enhanced source data is needed to support info
  needs
• Standards for assessing and using available LMI
  are required

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Labour market information - a functional
definition . . .

• Any information which contributes to the smooth
  functioning of the labour market
• and which facilitates the matching of labour
  market supply and demand
• Includes demographic, social, economic and
  industrial information on current and future
  labour market demand, on the characteristics of
  available supply, and on conditions which may
  effect the interaction of the two
• Career counseling and the electronic labour
  exchange both facilitate job/worker matches
• though much less immediate, the careers
  curriculum in a secondary school has the same end
  objective as the electronic labour exchange

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Labour market information - categories of
information . . .
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Members and partners in the joint committee . . .

• Ministry of Education
• MAETT- Skills and Training
• Ministry of Employment and Investment
• Small, Business, Tourism and Culture
• Human Resources Development Canada
• B.C.L.F.D.B.
• Open Learning Agency
• BC Stats - Finance

• Centre for Curriculum Transfer Technology
• Advanced Education Council of B.C.
• Private Post-Secondary Education Commission
• Canadian Guidance Counselling Foundation
• Career Education Society
• L.M.C.I.A. of B.C.
• YES Canada B.C.
• Other Private Sector Members (PRIT)

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Enhanced labour market information - components .
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• Research and data development
• New and enhanced information products
• Community based information partnerships
• Implementation of new technologies
• Coordination and standards for LMI development
  and delivery

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All the PowerPoint presentations during the
workshop are available at the web
site http//www.pandabear.com/lmi Look under
the button entitled Latest News FAQs
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JOINT COMMITTEEfor

• ENHANCED LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION

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Research and data development initiatives . . .

• Regnl employment forecasting model
• Major projects and events listings
• Extension of student outcomes research
• Employer surveys and related

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Regional employment forecasting model . . .

• Current historical employment by industry data
  from LFS and Census
• Current (BC Finance COPS) projections at
  provincial level
• Data gap exists at regional level . . .

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Extension of student outcomes research . . .

• New reports from colleges/institutes and
  universities outcomes surveys
• ABE and ESL surveys extensions
• Private post-secondary student outcomes survey

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British Columbia employer survey . . .

• To address employer perceptions of preparedness
  of graduates for work
• Methodology and sample frame
• Preliminary results
• Proposed additional related activity

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New/enhanced information products and resources .
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• Resource inventories . .
• Career practitioners
• Planners and analysts
• Counselling resources
• Making career sense
• Making career sense . . .
• Facilitators guide . . .
• Guide to BC economy . .
• Student outcomes . . .
• Job destinations . . .

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British Columbia Work Futures . . .

• Changes and enhancements
• The Work Futures publishing tool and data base
• Additional Work Futures products
• youth version
• guide and lesson plans

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Community information partnerships . . .

• Macro and micro views of the British Columbia
  labour market
• Models for distributed information collection
  and management (NLMIS)
• Pilot projects
• Comox Valley Data Base Society
• Pacific Rim Institute of Tourism
• Pilot projects - criteria for funding proposals

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Introduction of new technologies . . .

• Forum on LMI and the Internet
• the One Start Shop for LMI
• British Columbia WorkInfoNet . . .
• Explore on the World Wide Web
• Sector-specific ELE

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British Columbia WorkInfoNet initiative . . .

• Community and provincial LMI forum results
• The CanWorkNet connection
• Towards a vision of distributed on-line LM
  information
• Development of BC WorkInfoNet

http//workinfonet.bc.ca
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Explore application on the world wide web . . .

• Current version of Explore on CD-ROM
• Need for access to additional data and
  information
• Program outcomes, occupational outlook and
  related data is available
• Moving Explore to the world wide web

Explore
Your electronic guide to programs offeredin
B.C.s public post-secondary institutions
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Sector-specific electronic labour exchange pilot
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http//www.prit.bc.ca

• Development of sectoral LMI resources and on-line
  labour exchange. National ELE connections . .

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Standards and certification for LMI distribution
and use . .

• Quality, relevance and timeliness of labour
  market information
• Standards for on-line LMI distribution
• Career development strategies for BC
• Making career sense . . . training

Explore
Your electronic guide to programs offeredin
B.C.s public post-secondary institutions
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Making career sense of labour market information
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• Support for use of career-related LMI in schools
  as well as other settings
• Access to available LMI resources
• Developing the Virtual LMI Tool Kit and lesson
  plans

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Partnering LMI collection and distribution . . .

• MEST/HRDC client information needs
• Labour market info for clients on income
  assistance
• Info strategies to address . . .
• ACR/LMI strategic initiative

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Regional employment opportunities bulletin . . .

• What Works for young people . . .
• Assessing client information needs
• Contributors to What Works bulletin
• Timelines and deliverables

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Learning a Living on the Knowledge Network . . .
http//www.ola.bc.ca/knowledge/nav/primetime/plear
ning.html

• Labour market information resources via alternate
  media. The Knowledge Network . . .

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Forward planning, organization, priorities . . .
LMI

• Evaluating the strategic initiative
• Marketing and communications
• Planning for 1997/98 and beyond
• Short, medium and hand-off priorities

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Logic of the Enhanced LMI Strategic Initiative
Evaluation Framework for the Labour Market
Information Strategic Initiative - Logic of the
Initiative
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Deliverables - research and data development . .
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• Regional forecasting model
• Colleges/institutes outcomes survey
• ABE/ESL student survey research
• Private training sector outcomes survey pilot
• Intermediate skills research analysis

• Federal/provincial major projects listings
• National and provincial employer surveys
• Employability skills follow-up
• Research on worker mobility issues

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Deliverables - enhanced information products . . .

• LMI Resources for Career Practitioners
• Resources Guide for Analysts Planners
• Making Career Sense of LMI
• Work Futures 1996
• guide lesson plans
• Guide to the BC Economy

• Job Destinations reports
• Post Secondary Education Guide
• BC Career Support Associations listings
• School District Career Programs listings
• Labour Market Info products brochure

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Deliverables - community information partnerships
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• Community consultations and forums
• Pacific Rim Institute of Tourism sectoral labour
  market and training information web site

• Comox Valley labour market information data-base
  prototype
• Community based projects to develop or access
  labour market information

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Deliverables - introduction of new technologies
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• Preliminary research and visioning (OLA)
• LMI on the Internet forum
• BC WorkInfoNet prototype
• Labour market information resources on-line at BC
  WIN

• Career Paths and Motiv8 on-line on the Internet
• Tourism sector electronic labour exchange pilot
• Enhanced Explore data-base in the Web

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Deliverables - LMI quality standards and training
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• Labour market info resources mobilization
  studies and reports
• Inventory of training programs and resources for
  career practitioners
• Links to national career development strategy

• Practitioner training needs analysis
• Certification and articulation of labour market
  information training
• The Virtual LMI Tool Kit - resources, guide and
  lesson plans, and in-service training

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Deliverables - linkages to ACR/LMI initiative .
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• Development and distribution of the LMI Tool Kit
• Plain language versions of labour market
  informaion resources
• What Works for young people

• Learning a Living on the Knowledge Network
• Practitioner training in use of labour market
  information
• The Job Guide on the Internet

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For more information . . .

• Larry Warren, orDerek BrackleyStrategic Service
  and External RelationsHuman Resources
  Development CanadaBC/Yukon Region15th Floor
  300 West Georgia St.Vancouver, BC V6B
  6G3Ph 604 666-8370Fx 604 666-1042

• Jim Howie, orKathy StephensResearch and
  InformationCentre for Education
  Information Standards and Services4th
  Floor1483 Douglas StreetVictoria, B.C.V8W
  3K4Ph 250 413-4414Fx 250 413-4401

• ELMISI update of activities and projects is
  available at
• http//www.ceiss.org/randa/jointcom.htm