PRISM at a Glance

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PRISM at a Glance
Welcome! Thank you for your interest in
PRISM. (Performance Reporting Information
System) View this self-paced slideshow to get
basic facts about PRISM. To advance each slide
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www.oregon.gov/PRISM

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Learn the basics
The primary purpose
Data collected
Data source
Sample Q A
Fast facts
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The primary purpose

• PRISM measures how successful workforce
• agencies are at helping their customers
• find and keep jobs and improve wages.

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Data comes from two sources

• Workforce Agencies

Employer Wage Files
PRISM
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An example of the types of data collected
Customer
Customer
Customer

• Employment
• Hours
• Dates
• Wages
• Industry

• Demographics
• Age
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Disability
• Grade level

• Service Record
• Service type
• Service dates
• Service location
• Workforce agency

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A few of the workforce services which help job
seekers

• Job referrals
• Skills identification
• How to market abilities and strengths
• Material support for books, tools and
  transportation

• Job referrals

• Skills identification

• How to market abilities and strengths

• Material support for books, tools and
  transportation

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Measures success finding a job
Question Which region is most likely to place
job seekers?
Answer Job seekers in Region 9 Gilliam, Hood
River, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler Counties. About
77 percent were employed after receiving
services, compared to the statewide average of 72
percent.
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Measures success staying employed
Question Which customers are least likely to
work four consecutive quarters?
Answer Customers with the lowest retention rates
are age 65 and older or 21 and younger.
Individuals with some high school education or
less are least likely to work one year.
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• Measures success improving wages

Question Which customers improve wages the most
after one year?

• Answer Customers with highest wage gain were
• served in Region 4 (Benton, Lincoln, Linn
  Counties) 1.09
• employed by utilities industry 2.16
• with graduate level education 1.19
• Compare with statewide wage gain 0.84

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Fast Facts
July 2000 through September 2010
Individuals served 1,607,913 Wage history 10
years PRISM started July 2000 Agency services
received 30,803,034
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