MSDC Learn-and-Share Session: Utilizing Jobs Data to Enhance Labor Market Insights Focus Group
Webinar Details
Join us for the Multi-State Data Collaborative (MSDC) Learn-and-Share session, Utilizing Jobs Data to Enhance Labor Market Insights Focus Group on Thursday, June 12, 2025 (2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET).
OVERVIEW
The National Labor Exchange (NLx) Research Hub and the Coleridge Initiative are hosting a focus group to gather states' ideas on utilizing jobs data to enhance labor market insights. Feedback gathered will be used to create improved information sharing and communications throughout the workforce and education system, as well as a better understanding of labor demand across markets.
Project Background
The NLx Research Hub and the Coleridge Initiative were recently awarded a grant through the Gates Foundation. This grant is focused on increasing the capacity of states to enhance existing LMI efforts and better communicate the changing needs of labor markets across the nation. Additionally, it aims to more effectively align skills and credential attainment from administrative data to job demand, ultimately building a stronger understanding of supply and demand.
The project team is in the process of delivering two Applied Data Analytics training programs designed primarily for state workforce, education, and economic development agency employees. Through this experience, the team has identified multiple ways to analyze and provide insights about labor demand.
The purpose of the focus group is to better understand how these identified methods and visualizations align with states' needs in understanding labor demand and the nature of work.
