Webinar Recap: Real-Time Data to Support Your Local Businesses Right Now

Thank you for attending our recent webinar on real-time and traditional labor market data that can be used to support local businesses during COVID-19. Josh Wright, EVP of workforce & economic development, and Dustin Lester, director of strategic partnerships, walked through data that can help communities support their local businesses, including:

• Emsi’s Job Posting Analytics and public dashboard

• An example of how data can help communities reposition companies and workers for COVID-19 response

• Assessing COVID-19’s impact on regional economies and industries

• Other key real-time metrics and data to consider

For those unable to attend, or if you’d like to watch again, below is a recording of the webinar along with downloadable slides and a detailed outline.

Outline 

Introduction

• Welcome (1:38)

• About Emsi (2:58)

• Agenda (3:22)

Setting the Stage

• Telling the story in a few charts (3:50)

• From the great pause to the great pivot (5:44)

Real-Time Indicators

• Key real-time(ish) metrics (6:50)

• Job Posting Dashboard and trends (8:39)

• Why track job posting activity? (11:44)

• Job Posting example: Orlando, Florida (13:08)

  • Which occupations are increasing in Orlando

  • The skills increasing in demand in Orlando

• Remote work trends (15:35)

• Keyword search in job postings (16:35)

Repositioning Impacted Workers

• Private sector partnerships in response to COVID-19 (18:09)

• Example: Ventec and GM partnership for ventilator production in Kokomo, Indiana (19:17)

  • Ventec labor market profile – occupations

  • Ventec labor market profile – skills

  • Community support for hiring in Kokomo

  • Kokomo region’s production worker labor market

  • Production worker skills transferability

  • Supply chain requirements and supplier network

  • How industry and labor market information applies, what community leaders can do now

Economic Impact & Supply Chain Analysis

• Assessing the impact (29:13)

• Input-Output Model example – restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia (32:18)

  • Supply chain impact

  • Impact of losing 100 restaurant jobs in Atlanta

Other Data to Consider (37:10)

Prepping for Post-COVID (39:08)

Additional Emsi Resources (41:47)

Q&A (42:41)

For additional data to help support your community’s response, visit our COVID-19 resource page. If you have any questions about the webinar content, our data, or would like to chat about your community’s needs, please contact us.