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The Agurban: From Boomtown Institute April 28, 2009 by Betsey Merkel.
Categorized as Dialogue & Inclusion. Not tagged.Moody's Job Outlook
Moody's,
an economic consulting firm, recently released a study that looks at
state-by-state job growth over the next three years. It's a good news,
bad news scenario. The good news, Moody's predicts that overall in the
United States, we should see job growth by mid-2010, with total jobs
growing by approximately 11 million through the end of 2012. The bad
news, we won't see job growth in the U.S. until mid-2010.
An
interactive graphic shows last year's actual job growth/loss and
Moody's Economy.com's forecasted job growth/loss for 2009 through 2012,
in total and by sector. It covers every U.S. state and 384 metro areas,
subdivided into fourteen industry sectors, including manufacturing,
construction, and financial activities. The data is seasonally
adjusted. Check it out here.
The
outlook for individual states and sectors varies widely. It is
encouraging to see the turnarounds predicted for all sectors.
At Agracel,
we are seeing a marked increase in inquiries for new facilities, with
companies looking out two and three years. We firmly believe that the
bottom in the 08/09 recession is close or has passed.
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From Workforce One April 28, 2009 by Betsey Merkel.
Categorized as Dialogue & Inclusion. Tagged with workforce.
| April 2009 | Vol 4. No 4 |
Dear Workforce3 One Community: Spring is in the air (at least for most of the country), and the 39th Annual Earth Day celebration has just occurred. There has been a great deal of on-going focus on Green Jobs and a lot of creative and exciting initiatives are happening all over the country. In this month’s newsletter, we have identified several new items that focus on "Green Jobs." We also provide a brief summary and overview of the recently-launched ReemploymentWorks! Community of Practice. If you have a program or initiative that could be replicated across the country, please submit it to Workforce3 One. To do this, just e-mail us at: Submissions@workforce3one.org |
| Green Jobs |
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| ReemploymentWorks! Community of Practice |
ETA has launched a Community of Practice (CoP) called ReemploymentWorks!. Significantly expanding on the original “landing page” developed for the ReemploymentWorks! Summit held in Baltimore in January, this CoP now fully exploits Web 2.0 technology and its networking features. ReemloymentWorks! is rapidly morphing into a full, interactive communications center and workforce system "switchboard" with blogs, discussion and chat features, a calendar, and other offerings to support our mutual efforts to assist American workers in regaining jobs. The site continues to house tools, files, and PowerPoints distributed at the national and regional conferences, Q&As related to reemployment, links to archived Webinars and other Workforce3 One resources. What’s new and attractive are the interactive features that enable our Community to share promising practices, lessons learned, and other technical assistance using blogs, comment and discussion threads and other tools such as wikis (collaborative Web-based tools designed to enable anyone with access to contribute or modify content). Part of our mission is to connect the Community of Practice to other ETA technical assistance endeavors, and to house already-available content while sharing peer-to-peer insights using this Web-based interactive forum. The site can be reached through Workforce3 One, behind the tab for "Communities" or at http://reemploymentworks.workforce3one.org/ |
| Regional Recovery and Reemployment Forums |
The Employment and Training Administration is holding six Regional Recovery and Reemployment Forums through early June, 2009. To date, two forums have taken place in Kansas City, Missouri and Boston, Massachusetts. The schedule for the remaining forums is:
For more Information and access to the respective registration information, please visit: http://reemploymentworks.workforce3one.org/page/regions. |
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Chagrin Valley Job Seekers club offers 'power networking' by I-Open Team.
Categorized as Quality, Connected Place. Tagged with networks, re-employment and re-employment networks.Here's a successful example of gathering people. This program at the Pioneer Baptist Church, in Solon, Ohio hosts a twice month
meeting, and uses a yahoo list organizer. Greg Reynolds and Jim Grant
lead the group and connect strongly with the human side of
participants. They have created a spread sheet which is an attached
document to the Cleveland.com quoted article below:
Chagrin Valley Job Seekers club offers 'power networking'
Posted by http://blog.cleveland.com/business/about.htmlAlison Grant January 16, 2008 22:25PM
http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/01/chagrin_valley_job_seekers_clu.html
Here's the article:
Hundreds of Northeast Ohioans are banding together in no-fee, grass-roots clubs to swap leads and lend mutual support during what can be one of life's scariest turns -- losing a job.
Internet-based social groups and employment listings are touted as the latest and greatest when it comes to career help.
But
there's no substitute for getting face-to-face when it comes to sharing
job-search strategies and finding support instead of feeling beat up
for being out of work, according to members of one of the country's
biggest employment networking groups.
The Chagrin Valley Job Seekers has an online network of 1,700
job-seekers, more than 40 electronic documents with guidance on finding
employment, and the steady leadership of an ex-LTV senior manager and a
human resources executive. Read the full article here.
David Greene on NPR: "100 Days: On the Road in Troubled Times" by I-Open Team.
Categorized as Branding Stories. Tagged with economic, npr and stories.David Greene is a correspondent for NPR News, based in New York. He is currently traveling the country for the series "100 Days: On the Road in Troubled Times," to bring home stories about the U.S. economy and how it touches people's lives in the early days of the Obama administration.
Greene
joined NPR in February 2005 as a White House Correspondent, reporting
on former President George W. Bush and the policies and people of the
White House. He was an integral part of NPR's coverage of the historic
2008 election, covering Hillary Clinton's campaign from start to
finish, and also focusing on how racial attitudes were playing into
voters' decisions. You can read the full article here. You can learn more about the program and listen to the podcasts on this page.
NCI WIRED Success Stories 12-31-08 by I-Open Team.
Categorized as Branding Stories. Tagged with indiana, innovation, wired and workforce development.
Lifehack: How to Stay Motivated and On-Track When You’re Struggling by I-Open Team.
Categorized as Dialogue & Inclusion. Tagged with coaching, out of work and tips.Here's a good article with excellent tips from Susan Baroncini-Moe who started her entrepreneurial adventures with a lemonade stand. Now, Susan is the CEO of Business in Blue Jeans, dedicated to helping you turn your passions and expertise into a passive income-generating business you can run from home or anywhere in the world.
Maybe you’ve been trying to kick-start your business
and it just hasn’t worked yet. Maybe you’ve just started but you’re
already frustrated. Or maybe you’ve wanted to hit that next level for years and haven’t been able to get there. Regardless of your situation, getting motivated and on-track isn’t difficult. It’s staying
that way that’s the trick. And when you’re struggling to “make it,”
sometimes it’s even harder. You find yourself wandering, letting
yourself get distracted, and wondering if you’ll ever really make your
mark. Want to end the cycle of struggle? Master these tips and you’ll
be virtually unstoppable. Read the full article.
NBC News: Employment Connection by I-Open Team.
Categorized as Quality, Connected Place. Tagged with technology.Here is the NBC news story featuring a brief clip of the computer lab at Employment Connection.
Note: You have to watch the commercial first.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#29537568
Mark A. Dzurec
Workforce Consultant
CGI Federal Inc.
1001 Lakeside Avenue
Suite 800
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Phone 216-416-6430
Fax 216-687-1488
Slashdot: Microsoft Unveils "Elevate America" by Betsey Merkel.
Categorized as Dialogue & Inclusion. Tagged with employment and technology. from the we-really-need-some-good-pr-what-can-we-do dept.
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/23/220227
nandemoari writes "In response to the current economic crisis, Microsoft Corp. has come out with a [0]stimulus plan of their own. Their goal is to help a large group of individuals use their computers to land employment in ways other than to generate a compelling resume. The new online initiative, Elevate America, is set to equip close to 2 million people (over the next three years) with the skills needed to succeed in the field of technology."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/02/23/220227
Links:
0. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/feb09/02-22elevateamericapr.mspx
Work Wonk Feb 12, 2009 by I-Open Team.
Categorized as Dialogue & Inclusion. Tagged with green and jobs.
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Ed's Garage: Redesigning incentives to support open innovation by I-Open Team.
Categorized as Brainpower. Tagged with innovation zone and open source economic development.
This morning, I'm in Jefferson City, MO, where I am leading a workshop
on Open Source Economic Development for the state's economic
development professionals, the Missouri Economic Development Council.
We will be talking, in part, about how economic development incentives
can be redesigned to support the development of networks and open
innovation.
Ed refers readers to the Cuyahoga Innovation Zone program I-Open designed in 2007. You can view the original final draft Strategic Guidebook below and a visual guide here. Read the full post.
FlowingData: USA Today Digs Into Job Forecasts for 2009 by I-Open Team.
Categorized as Branding Stories. Tagged with data visualization and economic.Posted: 10 Feb 2009 02:53 AM PST
While on the topic of job losses, USA Today provides a look into job forecasts from Moody's Economy.com. While the new forecast shows U.S. employment growing in 2010-2012, the outlook for different sectors and states varies quite a bit. Take a look at different job sectors via bar chart and map and then filter down by state.
[Thanks, Juan & Ron]
From Flowing Data http://flowingdata.com
FlowingData: 4 Different Looks at Job Losses During Recessions by I-Open Team.
Categorized as Branding Stories. Tagged with data visualization, job loss and visualization.Posted: 10 Feb 2009 12:41 AM PST
There are so many ways that you can cut a dataset whether it be big or small. Cut it by time, different chunks of time, categories, etc., and you just might get a different story out of your graph. Over on Barry Ritholtz' blog, The Big Picture, debate over the extent of job losses and this recession led to these four depictions of, well, job losses and recessions.
This first one is from Time Magazine, which shows job losses in recent recessions, and what got the discussion started.
This one takes the natural next step and shows job losses is all post World War II recessions:
Now what if we look at the time it took to recover from job losses? Does that give us a better story?
Lastly, here's a look at the recession decrease in employment from the peak of NFP(?) per household:
I'm no economist, but it's clear from the graphs that there is some serious job loss, and probably why Obama is so focused on creating and saving 4 million jobs. However, the severity of the current recession changes depending on what angle you point your camera. Which viewpoint do you think is right?
[Thanks, Barry]
