State of the North Carolina Workforce

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State of the North Carolina Workforce
Shaping Economic Workforce Development 
Facts as the Foundation
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North Carolina Commission on Workforce Development

• 38 Member Board Appointed by Governor Provides
  Strategic Direction to NC Workforce Development
  System
• Allocates 80 Million in WIA Funds for the NC
  Workforce Delivery System
• Operating Guidelines and Standards for 24 Local
  Workforce Development Boards and NC Job-Link
  System
• Staff of 7 in the Department of Commerce
• Policy Advice Regarding Workforce Issues

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What was the intent of the study?

• Project state and selected sub-regional labor
  market demand and supply during the next decade
• Identify key issues likely to arise IF current
  trends continue and no major economic shifts
  occur
• Provide facts to help guide future policy
• Shape public discourse

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The Results
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Key Trends

1. Traditional manufacturing industries continue to
   shed jobs as part of an on-going economic
   transition.
2. Many areas of North Carolina are not prospering
   from the economic transformation.
3. New job creation is concentrating in certain
   fast-growing metropolitan areas.
4. Traditional middle jobsthose that paid a
   family-sustaining wage and required minimal
   formal education or training are disappearing as
   part of this transition.

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Key Trends

1. Future prosperity depends on achieving higher
   educational attainment levels for all citizens.
2. Low-skill in-migrants present both opportunities
   and challenges in meeting the states
   workforce needs.
3. Impending baby-boom retirements will exacerbate
   an emerging skills gap among experienced, skilled
   workers.
4. High-skill in-migrants will help fill part, but
   not all, of the skills gap.

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Selected Data

• Facts and Figures

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The states traditional manufacturing industries
will likely shed more workers
These 4 industries currently account for one in
three NC manufacturing jobs
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Disadvantaged regions are growing slower than the
rest of the State
Labor Force and Employment Growth, 2000 to 2005
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Expected Employment Growth by Education
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Educational Attainment in the USCompared to
North Carolina (est. 2007)
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Actual Employment Growth by Education
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NC Net New Jobs and Earnings by Required
Education (Est. 2007 and 2017)
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Fewer job opportunities exist for people without
post-secondary education
Projected Net New Jobs, 2007-2017
NC Net New Jobs Total 700k
New Middle Jobs
Disappearing Traditional Middle Jobs
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In-migration creates future workforce challenges
opportunities
Hispanic Population Density, 1990
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In-migration creates future workforce challenges
opportunities
Hispanic Population Density, 2000
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Fewer job opportunities exist for people without
post-secondary education
Projected Net New Jobs, 2007-2017
NC Net New Jobs Total 700k
New Middle Jobs
Disappearing Traditional Middle Jobs
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North Carolina Has A Talent Shortage
Annual estimate calculated from data provided by
the US Census Bureau, UNC/NCCCS and Regional
Dynamics annual employment projections 2007 to
2017 Regional Dynamics
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Applied Efforts

• Matching the skills of dislocated workers to
  expanding companies
• Collins Aikmen ? AWNC
• Konica Minolta ? Zink Imaging
• Ethan Allen, HDM, Taylor Togs ?Altec
• Flextronics ? Kellogg

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Next Steps

• Launch a Valuing Education Campaign across
  North Carolina
• Facilitate greater coordination of the workforce
  development, education, economic development and
  training systems for workers at all levels
• Develop and widely publish a business-friendly
  publication, aimed at all North Carolina
  employers (public and private) both detailing the
  changing workforce and offering advice for
  dealing with those changes

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Questions and Discussion

• State of the North Carolina Workforce