Job Numbers and Labor Market Resources for Occupations
Original Broadcast July 29, 2010
Presenter:
Jeff Truthan, President, SkillTRAN
2.0 CEU toward CRCC, CDMS, CVE, CLCP, CCM
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify available public sources of occupational and labor market information
2. Discern which sources are "best" to answer specific kinds of questions
3. Explain different methods of estimating job numbers
4. Contrast the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods
In this lively presentation, Truthan focus on the following:
Examination of different types of available public information for:
- Occupations
- Labor Markets
- Government Sources
- Self-report vs. Employer-reported
Relationships of various data resources
Current methods of estimating employment numbers:
- "Simple math" - Examples, pros, cons
- "Industry context" - Examples, pros, cons
In-depth examples of the "Industry context" approach
Impact of the estimation methodology by groups of occupations, such as the 137
"Unskilled, Sedentary" DOT occupations
Future evolution of the "industry context" model
About the Presenter:
Jeff Truthan has served the rehabilitation and disability management industry since 1973. He spent nine years in direct client services as both a vocational rehabilitation counselor and vocational evaluator for the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission. Using this "knowledge from the trenches", he served in a variety of support, sales, training, administrative and product management capacities at Ability Information Systems / CAPCO: The Capability Corporation / JobQuest where he had the opportunity to design and support a variety of commercial software products, including: EZ-DOT, Job Browser Pro, Placement Problem Solver, PREPOST, Career Capability Search, and the Job Search Service.
As president of SkillTRAN, Truthan leads a multi-year effort to re-engineer these classic services into a web-based format. This leads to many exciting new product features, including a revolutionary industry context foundation for estimating employment numbers at the DOT level. Truthan is highly attuned to the needs of vocational rehabilitation, forensic and disability management professionals. He is inspired by the many great questions and suggestions that emerge from serving the diverse needs of a rapidly expanding national customer base.
A 1973 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Truthan earned a Master's Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1975.
