PROGRAM GOAL:  Fuel Business Growth in an Advanced Manufacturing Corridor.

 

WDB NEED:  Identify and survey employers about their future needs, including in-demand occupations, skills training priorities, and talent pipeline requirements, to better align workforce resources with industry growth and workforce development efforts.

 

No two projects are alike. EconoVue’s flexible search capabilities empower users to create highly customized search parameters. As a result, users can pinpoint and engage the right businesses for the right programs at the right time.

 

Identify and prioritize outreach to manufacturers currently operating in the corridor. Refine and expand the employer universe within the designated sectors and geography.  Succeed when the local advanced manufacturing ecosystem is surveyed. In addition, the workforce board understands what is required to fuel the talent pipeline and business growth.

 

 

EconoVue at-a-glance.  All the collateral you need to understand how EconoVue supports Workforce Development Programs.

Hundreds of workforce development and economic development agencies nationwide rely on EconoVue’s capabilities and intuitive data visualization platform. They also use its deep business intelligence to help business services and program teams work smarter and faster. As a result, they engage more effectively with their business community. In addition, EconoVue capabilities and use cases are cited by many agencies as best practices for supporting their business engagement.

Click below to see how business services and program teams can accelerate business engagement and improve program outcomes with data-driven outreach strategies with EconoVue.

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The EconoVue Use Case Brochure details how EconoVue is a force multiplier for business engagement across various workforce programs. This brochure shows the breadth of support provided. It includes layoff aversion and rapid response, job placements and hiring, strategic workforce planning, apprenticeships, underserved population initiatives, economic development, and more.

Hundreds of workforce development and economic development agencies nationwide rely on EconoVue’s capabilities and intuitive data visualization platform. They also use its deep business intelligence to help business services and program teams work smarter and faster. As a result, they engage more effectively with their business community. In addition, EconoVue use cases are cited by many agencies as best practices for supporting their business engagement.

Read the EconoVue Use Case Brochure to understand how we support workforce programs. It also shows how we accelerate business engagement for workforce boards nationwide. As a result, EconoVue helps organizations identify solutions that best fit their needs. Many workforce boards share that EconoVue makes a measurable impact and delivers results.

 

APPRENTICESHIP GOAL:  Discuss career mapping to increase employer sponsor participation. 

 

WDB NEED:  Identify and engage high-potential employers in expansion industries unfamiliar to them. Discuss not only meeting the employers’ needs but also supporting apprentices’ professional goals, thereby improving retention.  

 

EconoVue’s advanced search helps workforce boards build mutually beneficial career pathways tailored to employer needs. It also addresses employee goals, driving stronger participation and long-term success.

 

Identify and engage with the best employer sponsor candidates to encourage apprenticeship participation. Succeed when businesses become employer sponsors and expand the apprenticeship program, providing employees with strong career pathways and a long career trajectory with the company.

 

PROGRAM GOAL:  Layoff aversion proactive outreach to struggling businesses for early intervention.

 

WDB NEED:  Identify and engage with businesses showing increased risk of failure or a decline in business activity.

 

Using EconoVue’s advanced search capabilities, specialized business health indicators, and time-series data, the WDB was able to standardize a process of producing a quarterly report of businesses with increasing risk of contraction or failure, and then prioritize their engagement activity by business size, industry importance, and economic impact. 

 

Identify those businesses with increased risk over the prior quarter, and prioritize their engagement efforts for the most effective impact. Succeed when businesses get the assistance they need – and grow.

 

Here is July 2026 EconoVue Newsletter. EconoVue is pleased to announce another product enhancement. It is a new research tool – NAICS/O*NET LOOKUP, available across all four modules. We also highlight three unique use cases with broader goals than workforce development. Yet these are relevant to every workforce region:

Sourcing Local Businesses for Buy Local Initiative: As part of a Buy Local initiative, a County workforce board was asked to assist in identifying local businesses. These local businesses could provide commodities and goods. They would replace those currently purchased from “out of county” vendors.

Building Clustered Business Outreach Strategies: A workforce board launched a business walk program. They wanted to cluster businesses around a specific address or corridor. Alternatively, their goal was to identify industry-specific groups for the Business Service Teams.

Employer Outreach for Occupational Safety Campaign: Another workforce board needed to proactively engage employers in high-hazard sectors, such as agriculture, forestry, and farming, to provide occupational safety training.

PROGRAM GOAL:  Source local businesses for ‘Buy Local’ initiative.

 

WDB NEED:  Identify local businesses that could provide commodities & goods currently purchased from “out of county” vendors.  The program’s goal was to shift County spending to local businesses to bolster the local economy.

 

Strong economies bolster a stronger workforce, and collaborative initiatives between economic programs and workforce development support innovative programs such as “Buy Local” initiatives.  EconoVue’s deep data and agile user search abilities enable creativity and innovation across multi-departmental programs.    

 

First, the workforce board internally created an AI-assisted crosswalk to translate commodities to NAICS codes. Next, the workforce board ran a custom NAICS search to identify local businesses in those sectors, AND that were either a Headquarters location or a Single Location business. Target and engage priority candidates for the new program.

 

Here is the EconoVue Newsletter September 2025. September is National Workforce Development. This month, we celebrate we salute all workforce development professionals, workforce development boards (WDBs), and YOUR Impact on all job seekers, businesses, and communities. We highlight the success customers have realized from data-driven strategic and informed business engagement in recent case studies and use cases.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT  Engage at-risk employers for layoff aversion, rapid response, and growing employers for hiring opportunities.
JOB PLACEMENTS  Identify strong, growing, and hiring businesses to participate in job fairs, hiring events, and re-entry initiatives.
STRATEGIC PLANNING   Build sector strategies and local area plans based on reliable business data.
WORK-BASED LEARNING   Target businesses for staff development and work-based learning programs, such as apprenticeships and OJT / IWT programs.
TARGETED PROGRAMS  Pinpoint specialized groups such as minority & women-owned businesses, veterans, and justice-involved workers.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  Improve economic development programs aimed at business retention, expansion, and attraction.

ENGAGEMENT GOAL:  Develop Business Clusters for Proactive Business Engagement to enable Business Service Team’s Outreach Strategies.

 

WDB NEED:  Launch a ‘Business Walk’ engagement program for businesses on Main Street and the Manufacturing Corridor. Assign by a specific address, or corridor, or industry.

 

For programs that are statewide, or “Main Street Local”, EconoVue provides the data for strategic planning and focused employer engagement. This gives BSRs employer-specific information for engagement prep.    

 

Identify which businesses should be grouped together for the Business Service Teams. Prioritize businesses by address,  corridor, or NAICS. Succeed through early engagement with the right strategies – and companies move forward.

 

 

OUTREACH GOAL:   Conduct Employer Outreach Campaign for Occupational Safety

 

WDB NEED: Proactively engage employers in high‑hazard agriculture, forestry, and farming industries and provide occupational safety resources, education, and support on workplace hazards and labor safety compliance.

 

Actionable employer data is essential to every successful business engagement. EconoVue not only supports workforce programs and economic development but also broader initiatives such as safety education and hazard prevention campaigns.

 

Identify which businesses are in high-hazard industries. Target specific high-hazard industries. Succeed when employers understand the safety measures for workplace hazards.