Refresh your existing knowledge of Labour Market Information while learning new content, ideas, and strategies that will help you serve your clients confidently.

Course Description

Over the past years, practitioners have consistently identified gaps in training and education in Labour Market Information for Career Development Practitioners. This guide and training materials have been created to address some gaps.

Skills to be Developed

• Labour market structure, data analysis & trends
• LMI terms & buzzwords
• Environmental scanning
• NOC Codes
• Communicate LMI to others
• LMI research
• Focus on skills

Learning Opportunity

At the end of this course, learners will be able to: 

• Increase practitioners' knowledge base and confidence related to using LMI with clients.
• Increase the regular use of LMI by clients and practitioners, supporting career decisions that align with the needs of the individual and their community’s labour market.
• Increasing career and financial success for the individual clients and positive spin-offs for the local economy, thus serving all Nova Scotians.

Course Structure

This learning plan has 3 modules and will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

Modules:

• Module 1: Understanding LMI - Getting comfortable with the Labour Market Information Practitioner role and expectations, what, why, influences, trends, and buzz words of LMI.
• Module 2: Finding & evaluating LMI - Where to look and what to look for, identifying structures, sources, and locations, Interpreting statistics, and reliable local, current, and future data.
• Module 3: Using LMI  - Strategies and tools for working with clients. explain, assess needs and strategies, research topics, encourage workshops, interviews, networking, employability skills and career guides.