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REENTRY PROGRAM GOAL: Validate Local Job Opportunities and Employer Needs for Reentry Apprenticeships Federal Grant.

WDB NEED: Match existing occupation training programs to employers in their area with that occupational demand, and find and quantify active job postings in those occupations to justify their grant funding request.

EconoVue enables WDB to aggregate vast, disparate information quickly – from occupation searches to job searches to business searches across a designated area – enabling targeted outreach and engagement for Reentry Apprenticeships and other workforce programs.

Determine if the offered training programs matched the local employer needs for the RESTART Federal grant. Conduct a Career Pathways search based on their existing occupational training to identify businesses with a demand for the occupation. Followed by an O*NET-specific search for businesses actively hiring in those occupations.

MICRO BUSINESSES GOAL: Identify and Engage with Micro Businesses for Program Awareness.

WDB NEED: Increase hiring of the underrepresented talent pool by local micro businesses in the Tech Services sector.

Workforce programs requiring highly specific or complex criteria are exactly why EconoVue was created – to simplify advanced searches that include unique program requirements, such as geo-targeted locations, micro-businesses, and niche sectors.

Predict which businesses are healthy and growing operations in your community. Target businesses with low or medium risk to hire skilled talent from underrepresented populations within the workforce region. Succeed when job seekers are hired and contribute to the company’s growth.

PROGRAM GOAL: Finding Fair Chance Employers for Justice-Involved Workers.

WDB NEED: Identify and engage employers across six counties and demonstrate employer demand and opportunity as part of the grant justification.

EconoVue’s multi-dimensional search platform pinpoints Second Chance employers likely to be growing, hiring, and/or posting jobs in a targeted location or industry, enabling employer engagement with job opportunities for individuals seeking reentry.

Predict which employers are hiring within your footprint and are open to hiring justice-involved job seekers. Target the strongest and most stable businesses that are showing signs of growth and are likely to hire. Succeed when job seekers turn into valued employees.

JOB FAIRS GOAL: Employer recruitment for disabled worker inclusive job fair.

WDB NEED: Recruit “higher value” grocery retailers with open hiring positions and willing to provide job opportunities for the disabled to participate at job fairs.

EconoVue enables program efficiency and effectiveness by prioritizing Quality over Quantity in business outreach and engagement by using specific data and qualifications to help users precisely identify the right business for the right program at the right time.

Predict actively hiring and the most desirable employers within the targeted industry. Target healthy and hiring companies that pay a living wage and are open to hiring disabled workers, and request their participation at local job fairs. Succeed when participating companies hire disabled workers.

PROGRAM GOAL: Find job placements for older workers. Address workforce shortages by tapping into an underutilized talent pool and expanding employment opportunities for workers (55+).

WDB NEED: Identify Employers Open to Hiring Older Workers.

EconoVue’s advanced search platform was built to enable workforce boards to conduct specialized, targeted outreach to niche populations, specific industries, geo-targeted locations, open job postings, and hiring businesses – all in a single search.

Predict which businesses are growing and hiring in my community. Target low-risk businesses with open part-time positions, and are more likely to hire seniors for targeted job placement outreach. Succeed when older workers secure jobs.

OUTREACH GOAL: Identify Larger Employers for the State UI Modernization Survey.

WDB NEED: Gather input from larger businesses across the state that have used the legacy platform and can provide feedback on the existing system and why a new, improved system is needed.

EconoVue makes a complex statewide search simple. Our comprehensive database of business insights includes sector, size, WARN history, and current financial health. As a result, this enables a State to quickly build statewide, targeted outreach with complex criteria.

Conduct a statewide search to identify employers in Construction, Manufacturing, and Retail businesses with >50 employees that had a Medium or High Failure Risk across all workforce regions. Also, identify all still-active employers who had filed a WARN notice in the past five years.

OUTREACH GOAL: Train bus drivers on how to fill out a UI application correctly.

WDB NEED: Identify and inform all school bus drivers across the entire state of upcoming trainings.

Depending on the scope of your workforce program, EconoVue enables workforce boards to conduct broad, statewide searches or geo-targeted searches by workforce region, county, city, or ZIP code level. This allows WDBs to meet specific program criteria.

Conduct a statewide search for transportation companies by NAICS code. Then filter those results to school bus transportation companies for training outreach. Succeed when all bus drivers’ UI applications are error-free, and they are paid on time.

IWT GOAL: Expand Employer Participation for Incumbent Worker Training Grant Funding Program.

WDB NEED: Engage employers in priority sectors, with current or recently open job postings, OR with prior involvement in the state’s Apprenticeship programs for outreach.

EconoVue’s robust search filters enable the WDB to quickly pinpoint financially stable employers by NAICS code within city limits who are actively hiring, have recent apprenticeships, and have accurate contact information for immediate outreach.

Predict which businesses are growing and hiring. Target healthy, low-risk businesses with open job listings to offer available IWT resources. Succeed when companies upskill their workforce, so employers can remain competitive or expand.

TECH HUB GOAL: Complete workforce assessment for Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub corridor.

WDB NEED: Identify Employers for a Regional Tech Hub Initiative.

EconoVue’s advanced search capabilities allow workforce boards to narrow their search quickly. This enables targeted outreach and engagement strategies based on career pathways and industry sub-sectors. In addition, they can use geographic proximity, company size, financial stability, and growth signals for specialized workforce programs.

Predict which businesses are healthy, growing, and hiring within your footprint. Target the small to medium-sized companies in the advanced manufacturing sector for outreach. This encourages participation in the Tech Hub program. Succeed when employers close the skills gap with their employees.

GRANTS GOAL: Identify Opportunity Zones for potential grant funding within the County.

WDB NEED: Identify designated areas of the county and then identify and evaluate the businesses in those areas.

EconoVue’s geo-specific data and search capabilities enable workforce boards to conduct precise, customized business research and analysis by ZIP code, radius, and other specialized parameters for any business engagement, assistance, or workforce or economic development program.

Predict which areas are considered underserved in a specific County, including many designated as Opportunity Zones. Target stressed but stable businesses. Succeed when the County is awarded grants.