LABOR MARKET INFORMATION CONFERENCE COMING TO TULSA IN MAY

TULSA, OK – On Wednesday, May 12, 2004, Tulsa area businesses, government agencies and workforce professionals can participate in no-cost training designed to provide tools that can help them rewrite Tulsa’s future. The OESC will present the Tulsa Labor Market Information (LMI) User’s Conference, a two-day workshop hosted at the Hardesty Regional Library in Tulsa. This event, a service of the Economic Research and Analysis (ER&A) division, will give participants a better understanding of LMI and its many uses.

Topics covered at the training include an introduction to LMI, the O*NET and Oklahoma Wage Network systems, employer surveys, U.S. census data, and how to use LMI in your day-to-day business. The event is part of a series of LMI conferences provided by the ER&A division all over the state. The training is available at no cost to participants.

Labor market information offers a broad selection of projected, historical and current information. It is a source of socio-economic data and an integral part of the economic, employment and educational development of an area’s infrastructure. Taken from household and employer surveys as well as administrative databases, LMI is analyzed in order to produce basic statistics, such as average wage levels, along with employment and unemployment estimates broken down by industry and occupation. It is key to marketing, research and economic, educational and individual career planning.

The event will be held at the Hardesty Regional Library located at 8316 East 93^rd Street South in Tulsa on May 12 and 13, 2004. Anyone interested in attending should contact Zenetta Kendricks at (405) 557-7122 or visit our conference website at www.oesc.state.ok.us/lmi/LMIConference/default.htm to sign up online.

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