Projecting Tomorrow's Workforce Needs
Dates
July 9 13, 2012
Application deadline
June 9, 2012
Tuition
$2,000
Participants
This seminar is designed primarily for economists, statisticians,
researchers, analysts, and managers working with labor force statistics.
Participants should have an elementary knowledge of statistics and experience in
analyzing labor or social data.
Objectives
To enhance the participants' ability to develop and analyze data for
projecting future workforce needs by:
- Fostering an understanding of the types and sources of workforce data
available for developing statistics on future workforce needs
- Presenting concepts in projecting workforce supply and demand, both by
industry and by occupational classification
- Introducing methodologies and tools for constructing inventories of
skilled workers
- Discussing the utility of projections data in planning, training, and
implementing human resources development programs
Program content
This seminar focuses on the use of various sources of data for projecting
future workforce needs, and on the analysis of projections for planning and
developing human resources programs and policies.
The program begins by describing various sources of workforce information,
their uses and adequacy, the methods of collecting and classifying the
information, and the analysis and adjustment of data for use in workforce
projections. A portion of this seminar will be devoted to methods and techniques
of projecting workforce needs by industry and occupation. This will include a
study of the techniques for developing workforce supply and demand projections
for semiskilled, skilled, and high-level technical and professional categories
of workers so that training needs may be determined.
The application of employment projections and supply of workforce also will
be covered in the seminar, including the development of policies and programs
for education and training, employment services, and employment
opportunities.
Participants will have the opportunity to schedule individual appointments with staff of
BLS and other organizations to discuss special problems and explore areas of special interest.
A summary of the program follows:
Projecting the labor force
- Methodologies for analyzing and projecting the working population and
labor force
Projecting workforce supply
- Sources of information
- Survey techniques
- Methodologies for projection by occupation and industry
Projecting workforce demand
- Sources of information
- Approximations of future employment by economic activity
- Estimations of employment by occupation
- Estimations of training needs by occupation and skill level
- Estimations of flows
Workforce training programs
- Application of labor statistics for planning and administering education,
training, and apprenticeship programs
Employment programs
- Application of labor statistics for planning programs to provide
employment opportunities and for administering employment services
Career guidance publications
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Occupational Outlook Quarterly
- Career Guide to Industries
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Last modified: February 9, 2012