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  • Welcome to PRISM -- Oregon's Workforce Reporting System
    Alt Tag for PRISM logo Agencies Partnering for Workforce Productivity
    The Performance Reporting Information System (PRISM) was established to collect, analyze, and report on:

    Workforce development services,
    Customers receiving these services, and
    Employment outcomes after receiving services.

    Three agencies, representing six programs participate in PRISM. The three agencies include Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development, Department of Human Services, and the Employment Department.
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Latest Economic Information
Unemployment Rate, April 2013
Not Seasonally Adjusted - 7.8%
Seasonally Adjusted - 8.0%
articles on Oregon's labor and economy
A Careful Analysis of Oregon's Middle-Skill Jobs 
articles
Middle-skill jobs are important to Oregon's economy. But how do they compare to low- and high-skill jobs?  
Oregon Employer-Provided Benefits and the Impacts of Rising Costs 
This report provides detailed information about the benefits offered by Oregon employers, along with the changes in health and retirement benefit costs and offerings over the past year.
The Hamilton Project 
In order to improve the employment rates and earnings of Americans workers we need to create more-coherent and more-effective education and workforce development systems. The evidence suggests that grants could generate benefits.
National and Regional News
CCI - a leading indicator for employment rate
Recent Performance
Consumer Confidence Index - 68.1, up 6.2 points
Employment Rate - 64.9%, down 4.1 points 
Trends trends
Employment, retention, or wage gain performance beginning July 1, 2000. 
Employment          
Retention  
Wage Gain
 
Results & Trends
The ​Impact of the Recession on Manufacturing 
The Workforce System - A Partnership
The workforce agencies partner to provide training and employment services to assist individuals to find and keep jobs. This matrix show the percentage of the customers from one agency that are also served by another agency.
Industry and Region Data