PRISM at a Glance

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Welcome! Thank you for your interest in PRISM.

(Performance Reporting Information System)

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www.oregon.gov/PRISM

Learn the basics

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The primary purpose

Data collected

Sample Q & A

Data source

Fast facts

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The primary purpose

PRISM measures how successful workforce

agencies are at helping their customers

find and keep jobs and improve wages.

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Workforce Agencies

Employer Wage Files

PRISM

Data comes from two sources

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An example of the types of data collected

Employment

Hours

Dates

Wages

Industry

Demographics

Age

Gender

Ethnicity

Disability

Grade level

Service Record

Service type

Service dates

Service location

Workforce agency

Customer Customer Customer

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A few of the workforce services which help job seekers

Job referrals

Skills identification

How to market abilities and strengths

Material support for books, tools and transportation

Question: Which region is most likely to place job seekers?

Measures success finding a job

Answer: Job seekers in Region 9 – Gilliam, Hood River, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler Counties.

About 77 percent were employed after receiving services, compared to the statewide average of 72 percent.

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Measures success staying employed

Answer: Customers with the lowest retention rates are age 65 and older or 21 and younger. Individuals with some high school education or less are least likely to work one year.

Question: Which customers are least likely to work four consecutive quarters?

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Measures success improving wages

Question: Which customers improve wages the most after one year?

Answer: Customers with highest wage gain were:

• served in Region 4 (Benton, Lincoln, Linn Counties)

$1.09• employed by utilities industry

$2.16 • with graduate level education

$1.19

Compare with statewide wage gain

$0.84

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Fast Facts

Individuals served 1,607,913

Wage history 10 years

PRISM started July 2000

Agency services received 30,803,034

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July 2000 through September 2010

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