"ACLMIS: Dislocated
Worker"
Alabama Department of
Industrial Relations/Labor Market Information Division
Summary
The ACLMIS' Dislocated Worker is a module
of Alabama's Comprehensive Labor Market Information System designed for
individuals who have lost their jobs due to permanent layoffs or plant
closings.
The ACLMIS System
allows users to research occupations, analyze their skills to find suitable
occupations, or find occupations similar to their current occupation.
Users can view detailed information about
an occupation including requirements, wages, employers, and jobs that are
available.
In addition, a Skill Survey can be completed
to help the user determine occupations for which they are best suited.
This web-based application allows the user
several ways to explore occupational information.
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select an occupation from an alphabetical
listing;
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select a group of occupations with similar
activities; and
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select an occupation based on education and
experience.
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explore an occupation based on their current
occupation.
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find occupations similar to their current
occupation based on their skills and abilities.
How
is O*NET being used?
The ACLMIS' Dislocated Worker System has
a skill survey questionnaire based on O*NET data (abilities, knowledges,
skills and work activities). In addition, the system uses the O*NET classification
allowing for easy linkage to Alabama's labor market information (wage and
employment outlook) as well as O*NET occupational descriptions and tasks.
Who
is your target population?
This Dislocated Worker System is targeted towards
individuals who have lost their jobs due to permanent layoffs or plant
closings.
What
kind of results is O*NET helping you to achieve?
The skill survey provides skills assessment,
useful in determining transferability of skills to new occupations. It
is also useful in determining for what occupations the user would be best
qualified.
Customers are finding jobs using this system.
A user is able to see that the skills they have can help them transition
to a new job.
The system is actively being used in 12
One-Stop Sites. In addition, a large percentage of the Alabama public schools
are using this as a career exploration tool.
According to feedback heard in the State,
not only do individual like using the ACLMIS System, but businesses like
it; and the Chamber of Commerce likes it.
What
are the related program initiatives?
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) system,
dislocated workers, students, job seekers, career changers, and welfare
to work clients.
Is
your product, program or service available for others to use?
The ACLMIS' Dislocated Worker System is
available on the Internet at:
http://www.dir.state.al.us/aldws/
What
other strategies make your product, program or service successful?
The ACLMIS' Dislocated Worker System is
an example of a creative and new way of helping users help themselves.
This system also links to America's Job
Bank where individuals can check for job openings locally and around the
country. It also links to the ACLMIS Job Seeker system that enables the
user to view information such as average wages, employment outlook, and
employers.
Do
you have other pertinent information?
A local university business class uses
the survey as a self analysis for educational and career decisions.
The Alabama Department of Industrial Relations,
Division of Labor Market Information, in an effort to demonstrate their
commitment to customer service, is currently working on a procedure to
obtain customer feedback about the ACLMIS' Dislocated Worker System.
Contact
information.
Doug Dyer
Chief
Alabama Department of Industrial Relations
Division of Labor Market Information
649 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36131
tele: 334-242-8859
e-mail: ddyer@dir.state.al.us
revised 4/21/00
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