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Whakatakotoranga
- Product Name: Grant Writer’s Toolkit for Workforce & Economic Developers
- Partners: Lightcast and the National Association of Workforce Boards
- Purpose: Empowering workforce development professionals to secure grant funding using labor market data
Whaia nga putea putea pono me nga raraunga maakete mahi tika hei korero i to korero me te whakaatu i te paanga o nga kaimahi o to whakahaere.
Ko Lightcast me te National Association of Workforce Boards he Vision Partners e kaha ana ki te whakamana i te whakawhanaketanga kaimahi. He tino rauemi hou tenei Kete Utauta a te Kaituhi Karahipi mo te ahu whakamua i taua whainga.
Designed to help workforce development professionals use data to pursue grant fund-ing, this toolkit offers step-by-step guidance to help you find and share the most relevant labor market data and visualizations within Lightcast’s Developer tool so you can:
- Highlight workforce demands in your region
- Demonstrate how your organization is putting data to work for your community
- Pursue the funds that keep your workforce initiatives thriving.
All the data shown here can be found in Lightcast’s Developer Software. These are the most common data reports that a work-force development grant writer will need in order to respond to a typical Request for Proposal (RFP).
Kaua e wareware
- Follow all the submission guide- lines, making sure you address the exact questions listed in the RFP.
- Keep your presentation clear, concise, and visually compelling. Don’t let your most important information get lost in excess text or graphics.
- If you need additional help finding or accessing data in our tools, contact your Lightcast rep, or use the live chat with-in the tool, for expert guidance.
- Ready to hit “send”? Before you do, check and double check the RFP requirements before submitting your grant proposal.
Ohanga Mutungaview Ripoata
This report provides valuable, high-level perspective on your region’s economic data and contains down-loadable tables and graphics that will help you illustrate your story for greater impact.
A pee i nga tohutohu i raro nei kia kite me pehea te rapu raraunga nui a rohe tae atu ki:
- Overall economic factors
- Labor force breakdown of the population
- Population characteristics such as age, veteran status, diversity, and crime data
- In-demand skills for your selected region, allowing you to highlight the importance of local workforce programs that align with what employers need.
- From the “Region” menu on the left, choose the “Economy Overview”
Kei roto i tenei purongo he maha nga momo tohu raraunga mo to rohe kua tohua.
- Tohua to rohe
Ka taea e koe te whakatau i to whiringa ki runga i nga ingoa rohe kua tautuhia i mua, i nga roopu rohe ranei, i runga ranei i nga mea penei i te wa taraiwa me te radius mai i tetahi wahitau motuhake. - Start exploring the data
Kua Mutu Te Ohangaview report will show you a simple summary of the region’s Population, Total Regional Employment, and Median Household Income. Depending on your level of access, you can also choose to compare the basic data points of your region to additional regions such as counties, zip codes, cities, MSAs, and āhua.
CASE STUDY: Employ Prince George’s 
Akohia me pehea e whakamanahia ai e te taputapu Kaiwhakawhanake a Lightcast te Mahi a Prince George me nga raraunga tika ki:
- Secure $6M annually in local workforce funding
- Double the number of residents served
- Quadruple business engagement across the region
- Review te Wehenga o te Ope Reipa
Ka whakaratohia e te Reipa Ope Mahi he raraunga motuhake mo te hunga e uru ana ki te roopu mahi o to rohe me te aha o raatau mahi.
- Understand population characteristics
Ko enei raraunga ka tino titiro ki etahi o nga taupori, te mana hoia, me nga raraunga hara mo to rohe, me te whakataurite i to rohe ki te US katoa.
- Identify in-demand skills
Drawn from our Job Posting Analytics data, skill demand is crucial for understanding and demonstrating what your local employers need. Demand for specific skills highlights the importance of local workforce pro-grams that align with job openings that need to be filled. (Note: For an even more granular approach to this data, our other Job Posting Reports show not only what skills are currently in-demand, but also which new skills are emerging in job postings within the region that a work-force board may want to prepare for.)
Mahere Tohu Hapori
This report presents the American Community Sur-vey (ACS) data in an easy-to-understand format. The map graphic allows you to tell the story of your county, MSA, or state with greater visual impact.
- From the home screen, select “Region” on the left side, then “Community Indicator Map” from the menu.
Once you have selected the map, select the region you are interested in. You can also select Economic, Social, or Housing characteristics to look from. If you are un- sure, select “Custom Data Selection” and run the report.
- Choose your data points to map
Ko nga tohu raraunga i runga i te rohe i tohua e koe ko te Taupori Haua, Wawaenga Rahi Whare, Taupori Hoia, te mana whiwhi moni, me etahi atu. Hei whakarite ake i nga tohu raraunga, tohua te paatene "Tāpiri/Tangohia nga Tiwae". Ka kawea mai te tahua Whiringa Raraunga Ritenga. I reira ka kitea e koe nga tohu raraunga katoa e waatea ana. Ka taka ratou ki raro i nga waahanga: Te Whare, Te Hapori, me te Ohanga. Ka taea hoki e koe te huri i te rohe mai i State, County ranei ki MSA. Ka taea e koe te paato i ia pane o te poupou hei whakaatu i taua tohu raraunga i runga i te mapi me te whakariterite i runga i taua pou i te ripanga i raro i te mapi. Ka hangaia he tirohanga raraunga ritenga hei whakauru atu ki to tono tuku.
Whakaahua Ahumahi Tuku iho
When external factors—like policy changes, health crises, natural disasters, and more—cause major disrup-ions, this report helps you assess impacted industries in your region, as well as the staffing patterns, supply chains, and other factors affecting these industries.
- Click the “Industry” tab in the menu on the left-hand side, and select “Legacy Industry Snapshot.”
Tāpirihia te ahumahi me nga whiringa waahi ki to rapunga. I roto i tenei example, we are looking at “Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing” in the Greensboro, NC, metro area. Once you have added your search metrics, hit “Run.” (Note: “Industry Snapshot” is a separate report and includes slightly different visuals and links from the ones we’ve highlighted here.)
- Refine your search and export the data.
Mai i konei, ka taea e koe te whakarereke i to waahi wa, te whakahou i to akomanga kaimahi, me te kaweake i te ripoata katoa, i nga waahanga noa iho ranei.
- Select data visuals to maximize impact.
Using the charts in the Industry Snapshot can help strengthen an application that may have a page limit. All reports in Developer include downloadable images to streamline your grant application. All images come with a Lightcast citation. The ability to add other regions to compare to yours within the report can also make an impact when showing how your region is growing or impacted by job loss.
- Explore the data, and dig deeper with the “jump to” feature.
Kei roto i te Whakaahua Ahumahi Legacy he wehenga Hua-a-rohe Nui, me te hono "peke ki" ki te 5 o runga o te mekameka tuku mo te umanga kua tohua. Ka kitea ano e koe he rarangi o nga mahi e rima o runga e mahihia ana e te ahumahi i to rohe, e whakarato ana i te hononga "peke ki" ki nga tauira kaimahi.
- Top businesses and industry demographics
Ka taea e te hunga e hiahia ana ki te taupori ahumahi te mohio ko wai nga roopu tangata e mahi ana i roto i te umanga me te rohe kua tohua. A ka taea e nga kaiwhakamahi e ohauru ana ki nga Rarangi Pakihi (whakamahia e te Raraunga Raraunga USA) te tautuhi i nga pakihi nui e rima i roto i te umanga.
Mahere Mahi
Ko te Mahere Mahi e whakaatu ana i nga tohu raraunga taipitopito, ka taea te whakariterite i roto i te whakatakotoranga ripanga engari ka taea ano e koe te tiro i ia tohu raraunga i runga i te mapi a-rohe ka taea e koe te whakarite ngawari. Mo te tuhi karaati, ka whai hua te tirohanga mapi mo te whakaatu i nga mea nui penei i te maha o nga mahi, te tipu o nga mahi, nga raraunga o te hunga haere, me te waahi mahi.
- Select “Occupation” from the menu on the left, then choose the Occupation Map.
Mai i reira, ka taea e koe te kowhiri i o inenga. Ma te mahi "Tirotiro" ka taea e koe te tiro i nga raraunga mo nga mahi maha i roto i te waahanga kotahi, penei i te roopu "Kara Kahurangi" e whakaatuhia ana i tenei o mua.ample. Ka taea hoki e koe te kuhu a-ringa ki to rohe, te tirotiro rohe, te kowhiri ranei i tetahi i runga i te Wa Puku, Radius mai i te Wāhitau, tetahi atu roopu tatūkē ranei. 
Refine your map and update the data parameters.
Once the map has loaded, use the drop-down menu to select the region by MSA, county, census tract, or zip code to tell your story. On the left side, you can also ad-just the occupations you want to look at, the region you want to explore, your time frames, and your worker class. Like most Lightcast reports, you can use the Add/Re-move Columns button to change the selected metrics.
- Update the map to visualize the data you choose.
When you click on the column header, the map will vi-sualize the data from that column. The eye dropper icon will also colorize the column as a heat map. The map can be customized to make it easier to see and read by se-lecting the layer mark on the top right corner of the map. In the example shown here, the column titled “2024 Net Commuters” is selected. This data shows where workers live and work. The blue areas indicate more jobs than res-idents while the red indicates more residents than jobs.
Te Ripoata Whakawhiti Pukenga
He tino hototahi te purongo Whakawhiti Pukenga ki nga aratohu a te Tari Reipa me te whakarato:
- High-level occupational data, such as wages and job growth in your region,
- Data on the skills, occupations, and abilities associated with a selected occupation
- Additional occupations that align with the skills in the selected occupation, so you can help your workforce move into high-demand jobs that use—or build on—the skills they already have.
- Select “Occupation” from the menu on the left, then choose the “Skills Transferability.”
From there, you can select your region and the occupation you wish to explore.
- Explore occupation insights and skills-adjecent roles
Tuatahi, kia mohio koe ki nga utu o to mahi kua tohua, te tipu mahi, nga whakaritenga matauranga, me era atu. Na ka paato atu ki te ripanga whakawhiti pukenga kia kitea ai ko etahi atu mahi e tino hono ana ki nga pukenga o to mahi kua tohua. Ka taea e koe te paato i runga i ia o enei kia kite i tetahi mahi riteview.
- See the top competencies associated with your selected occupation
I roto i te purongo matua Whakawhiti Pukenga, panuku ki raro kia kite ko tehea matauranga, pukenga, me nga pukenga e tino hono ana ki te mahi.
Ko te Ripoata Ahuatanga Paanga
This report reveals deep insights into the regional economic impact of job creation, as well as the cost of an unfilled job—not only in a selected industry but also on the supply chain and the greater community. With this re-port, you can explore the direct, indirect, and multiplied impact on jobs, earnings, and taxes in the region, as well as the occupations that are most likely to be affected.
Lightcast’s Impact Scenario is the best tool for demonstrating and projecting workforce impact I’ve ever seen. Nobody else has anything close. I’ve used it for 21 years, and I can’t do without it.
I have literally saved companies and won grants and investments in community infra-structure with just this tool. It alone is worth the price of the software. It’s Lightcast’s most valuable workforce secret.
CONNIE SHARP, Director of Membership National Association of Workforce Boards
- Select the Input-Output tab from the menu on the left.
Choose “Impact Scenario” from the list of reports. Then add your region and a 6-digit industry (or group of industries). You can then model the impact to jobs, earn-ings, or sales using the drop down by the industry name. Then, input the change to the “Change” box by either adding or subtracting the unit you wish to model. Then hit run. In this exampkei te whakamahi matou i te Seattle-Tacoma, WA, MSA me nga huringa mahi i roto i nga ahumahi e wha e pa ana ki te hangarau.
- Tirohia te mutungaview o nga paanga matapae
Kia tae koe ki roto i te ripoata ka taea e koe te aromatawai i te huringa o nga moni whiwhi, hoko me nga taake mo ia umanga kua tohua. Ka taea hoki e koe te whakarereke i to ra, rohe, ahumahi ranei, ka whiriwhiri ranei i tetahi o nga tohu "+" mo te wehewehenga o nga paanga kua whakaatuhia.
- View a detailed breakdown of each impact by category
From the previous screen, you can click on any of the categories to see the breakdown of how those impacts are expected to occur based on the changes you selected. By clicking “Show Job Distribution” on the bot-tom right corner or the report, you can also see what industries, occupations, and demographics will be affected by the change.
WHAKAMAHI WHAKAMAHI
Second-Chance Occupations
Ka whakamanahia e te Ture Whakaaetanga Tuarua nga putea a te kawanatanga ki nga kaupapa e awhina ana ki te whai huarahi ki te uru mai ano ki roto i nga kaimahi mai i te punaha whakawa. Ka taea e te kaiwhakawhanake te awhina i a koe ki te tautuhi me te rangahau i nga mahi whai waahi tuarua.
I roto i te Kaiwhakawhanake, whakamahia te Roopu Mahi e kiia nei ko "Tuapono Tuarua (SOC 2021)" kia tere te tautuhi i nga mahi e pai ana ki te whakauru ano.
Ma te whakamahi i tenei roopu mahi i roto i nga purongo penei i te Ripanga Mahi ka awhina i te tautuhi i nga mahi tono nui ka kaha ake te tuku mahi ki te hunga rapu mahi he timatanga hou i roto i nga mahi.
Ki view this resource online and learn more about using Lightcast data for grant writing, visit: lightcast.io/grant-writers-toolkit-workforce
To find additional Lightcast data resources for all your workforce and economic development initiatives, visit: lightcast.io/solutions/government
For more information on how the National Association of Workforce Boards can empower you to transform your community, visit: nawb.org
Pātai Auau
Where can I find the data reports mentioned in the toolkit?
All the data reports can be accessed within Lightcast's Developer Software.
How can I compare my region's data to other regions?
Depending on your access level, you can compare basic data points of your region to counties, zip codes, cities, MSAs, and states within the Economy Overview pūrongo.
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