Indiana Labor Market Insights
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State of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Workforce in Indiana
Recruiting and retaining talent who make life-saving medicine.
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Early Childhood Educator Certificate Program Toolkit
This toolkit introduces a new talent model for early childhood educators and provides an in-depth roadmap for practitioners and intermediaries to develop and launch a similar model.
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Community Behavioral Health Academy Executive Summary (2019)
With the support of Ascend, Community Health Network collaborated with the Indiana University School of Social Work and the University of Indianapolis to launch a behavioral health talent pathway.
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Pathways to Good and Promising Jobs in Metro Indianapolis
Explore the pathways available in Metro Indianapolis to good and promising jobs in this 2020 Talent Supply and Demand Report.
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Employability Skills and Hiring the Right Talent
Check out research by Ascend and FutureWorks investigating the use of employability skills in Indiana employers’ hiring processes.
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Talent Pipeline Replication Toolkit
Learn how to scope, design, and launch robust work-based learning programs to close talent gaps.
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Advancing Opportunity in Central Indiana
Check out research by Brookings, in partnership with Ascend, for local "good and promising" occupations.
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Aligning the Workforce: Labor Market Demand and the Supply of Talent in Indiana
This is the second in a series of reports to characterize demand and supply of talent across Indiana, including a detailed snapshot of Central Indiana and Marion County (Indianapolis).
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It's About the Match: Labor Market Demand and the Supply of Talent in Indiana
Ascend and FutureWorks’ 2018 Supply and Demand Report provides a fresh analysis of the alignment between open jobs and available talent in Indiana.