Useful metrics. Workforce trends. All used to make the right decisions about your future.
A primary role of the Workforce and Talent Development Board (WTDB) is to be the Governor’s core advisor for the interconnection and alignment of education, training, and workforce development in order to realize equitable prosperity for all.
This involves information gathering, analysis, and reporting regarding current issues and future trends to guide and shape workforce strategy and policy development for Oregon.
Reports
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an unprecedented recession affecting all industries, all regions, and all populations in Oregon. However, the economic impact is not equal across all industries, regions, and populations. This creates unique challenges and policy and program opportunities to respond to the pandemic’s economic disruption in the immediate, short, and longer term. ECONorthwest and other key thought-leaders have developed a series of reports and papers regarding key workforce and economic issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oregon Postsecondary Education and Workforce Training: Preparing for a Strong Recovery to the COVID-19 Crisis
Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission, May 2021
Effects of the Pandemic on Oregon's Healthcare Workforce
ECONorthwest, November 2020
Effects of Social Distancing on Oregon's Leisure and Hospitality Workers
ECONorthwest, September 2020
Issue Brief: The Human Development Side of Economic Recovery in Oregon
David T Conley, PhD, EdImagine, September 2020
Stimulating Apprenticeship in Oregon Now and For the Future, Robert I. Lerman
Urban Institute, September 2020
Summary of Workforce Conversations with Business, Education, Workforce, Government, Nonprofit, and Thought Leaders during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Oregon Business Council/Oregon Business Plan, Summer 2020
Overlooked & Undercounted 2021: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in Oregon
Center For Women's Welfare, September 2021
The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Oregon 2021
Center For Women's Welfare, September 2021
Talent Assessment
The WTDB’s Talent Assessments have been developed by ECONorthwest, a Portland-based economic consulting firm. The Assessments significantly engage business and industry leaders, build-upon and add value to the Oregon Employment Department’s Long-Term Employment Projections, and support a new adult education and training attainment goal for Oregonians. The talent development work is focused on identifying in-demand occupations and skills, current and future talent needs and gaps, engaging the voice of business and industry, and including public workforce system stakeholders.
2020 Oregon Talent Assessment Update
ECONorthwest, March 2020
2018 Oregon Talent Assessment
ECONorthwest, September 2018
Data
QualityInfo.org
The Oregon Employment Department's Workforce and Economic Research Division provides accurate, reliable, and timely information about Oregon's state and local labor markets through QualityInfo. The goal is to provide quality information that helps customers make informed choices. Workforce development policy makers are a key Research customer group, particularly serving the labor market information needs of state and local Workforce Investment Boards.
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Higher Education Coordinating Commission Research
The Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) is responsible for conducting data collection, analysis, reporting, and research on all sectors of postsecondary education in Oregon. The HECC data resources are used to inform policy and funding decisions, and to uphold important requirements for transparency and accountability in an effort to achieve Oregon’s state goals for higher education.
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Office of Economic Analysis
The Office of Economic Analysis (OEA) provides objective forecasts of the state’s economy, revenue, population, corrections population, and Youth Authority population. These forecasts are used by the Governor, the Legislature, state agencies, and the public to achieve their goals. In addition to these four forecasts, OEA also manages the Oregon Highway Cost Allocation Study and produces the Oregon Population Survey.
Read OEA News, Analysis, & Outlook