Labor Market News and Updates: February 2025

Data Dashboard Event

The data dashboard event held on January 23, 2025, was a resounding success. Ignacio Faria, the Center of Excellence (COE) data expert, captivated the audience by diving deep into the innovative features of the CTE Program Success Metrics Data Dashboard and showcasing the seamless user experience. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this event. Your participation not only made the event memorable, but also paved the way for future collaborations and insights in the world of data!

Click here to view the data dashboard that was presented at the event. This link can also be found on our COE website.

Thank you to Chancellor, Dr. Carole Goldsmith, who provided a warm welcome and introduction to kick off the event.

Presenters, Patricia Salinas (Interim District Director) and Ignacio Faria (Senior Research and Planning Analyst), providing dashboard information to event audience.

Ignacio Faria giving an exceptional presentation on dashboard features available for community colleges.

Event audience taking in all the wonderful information being presented.

Middle Skill Occupations

Quality Jobs in the CVML Region

A Top 50 Quality Jobs report will be unveiled in March. This is an official sneak peek of the top 50. Stay tuned as we reveal the leading industries and high-demand jobs shaping the future of work in the region.

Criteria used to define "quality jobs" were middle-skill occupations that require more than a high school diploma but less than a four-year degree often represent opportunities for economic mobility for a broad range of students and residents.

Occupation	2023 Jobs	Annual Job Openings
General and Operations Managers	21,258	2,289
Registered Nurses	30,054	2,210
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	13,485	1,450
Correctional Officers and Jailers	10,466	960
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	7,621	779
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	7,619	760
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	7,602	754
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	6,166	715
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	5,778	634
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	5,920	627

Coming Soon!

Data dashboard additions: TOP codes, SOC codes, apprenticeship (who are the apprentices in our region and how are they tracked) and adult education information.
A video tutorial to help navigate the dashboard.
"Ask the data expert": Data expert, Ignacio Faria, is available to answer any data dashboard questions you may have. Below is the next zoom discussion:
Tuesday, April 22nd, 11:00am-12:00pm: zoom meeting link
If you have a question on the data dashboard, or want to schedule an appointment, please email us at coe@scccd.edu.

Future Zoom office hour dates and times will be added to our website.

Upcoming data dashboard event dates: March 20, 2025 and May 1, 2025 in the district office boardroom. An invite will be sent out with more details.

Get to know our College of the Sequoias Dean:

Dr. Jonna Schengel

Dr. Jonna Schengel is the Dean of CTE, Workforce Development, Industry & Technology and Nursing & Allied Health at College of the Sequoias (COS). Jonna has been working at COS for 15 years.

In 2009, Jonna came across an opportunity to assist in a new physical therapist program at COS, and thought she would only stay for 5 years, but enjoyed higher education and went back to get a doctorate.

Jonna has been at the forefront of helping with the cultivation of workforce development. Through being a teacher and dean, she has made changes to people's lives and enjoys seeing those people become part of the community.

Helping students establish themselves in the professional world is one way Jonna is making an impact on campus, as well as creating a space where both students and professionals can interact and build connections and experience.

The new COS Technology and Trades Complex just opened in January 2025, and has been Jonna's most recent emphasis for workforce development! Watch the following YouTube video: Grand Opening - Trades Complex at College of the Sequoias Tulare Campus

For more information on Dr. Schengel, please read her story.

For CTE or workforce development questions, please reach out to Jonna at: jonnas@cos.edu

Contact Us: The CVML COE Team

Patricia Salinas

Interim District Director

patricia.salinas@scccd.edu

Ignacio Faria

Senior Research & Planning Analyst

ignacio.faria@scccd.edu

Angela Steitz

Program Specialist

angela.steitz@scccd.edu

Our SCCCD COE website is available for you to learn about what we do, who we are and who we serve, and access important data information.

Check out our resource page to help answer your labor market questions, schedule a "meet and greet," access the LMI request form, subscribe to our newsletter, view our data dashboard, etc.

Visit the COE website for the latest Central California news!

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