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Research Projects Scans and Reports      
Illuminating Idaho's Energy Industry     Health Care Business Scan
Idaho Green Jobs Economy     High Technology Business Scan
Idaho Nursing Overview - 2011      Job Vacancy Survey Report
Idaho's Future: Where the Next Jobs Come From     Idaho's Tourism Industry
 

Illuminating Idaho's Energy Industry

Understanding the state's energy cluster offers a window on the future that will enable more informed strategy and policy development to optimize future energy options. 10/17/2011

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Idaho Green Economy 2011

The economy is expected to produce jobs in areas relating to products and services that clean or improve the environment.  As part of a labor market information improvement grant to study green jobs, the Idaho Department of Labor conducted a statewide survey of businesses to ascertain which occupations and industries are directly involved in these areas. 

View  Idaho Green Jobs Survey Report 2010 by Cheryl Foster  04/25/2011
View  Idaho Green Jobs Interviews 2011 by Andrew Townsend 05/16/2011
View  Green Employment and Wages: How Does Idaho Stack up to Other States?  by Andrew Townsend  06/15/2011
View  Idaho Green Statutes, Incentives and Programs 2011 by Sara Scudder  7/1/2011
View  Idaho Green Projections and Economic Impact 2011 by  Sara Scudder  8/10/2011

View   Idaho Green Human Capital Report 2011 by  Cheryl Foster 9/12/2011
   
 

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Idaho Nursing Overview - 2011 

by Jennifer Quintero

Statewide, the shortage of RNs and LPNs identified in 2009 will be filled a year earlier than previously projected, but a shortage of nurses with advanced degrees is projected to continue. 
 2/14/2011

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View  Idaho Nursing Overview 2009
 

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  High Technology Business Scan 
by Robert Kabel
 
The Idaho Department of Labor compiles data on business types, numbers, employment and payrolls for analysis of trends by industry, region and size and develops two-year and 10-year industry and occupation projections that can assist policy makers as they plan for the future. This information is the foundation for the High Technology Business Scan PowerPoint presentation developed by the department’s Communications and Research Division. 01/11/2011 
  View  News Release        View  High-Tech 2010 White Paper: Online Version

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  Idaho's Future: Where the Next Jobs Come From
Engines of the Next Expansion  
11/17/2010

   
 

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Job Vacancy Survey Report
 
The 2011 Idaho Job Vacancy Survey showed 10,136 job openings statewide. This number was 5 percent below the 10,649 job opening that were reported in the 2010 survey. But a greater percentage of the vacancies in 2011 were for newly created jobs rather than for replacements, a sign the economy is beginning to expand.  11/28/2011
 

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Health Care Business Scan 

by Jennifer Quintero  

The scan compares the industries and their key sectors over time by business entity, employment and payroll and details the standing of specific occupations regionally.  07/13/2010

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 Idaho's Tourism Industry


Idaho's Tourism Industry

by Robert Kabel

Idaho's tourism industry encompasses almost 2,000 businesses with nearly 31,000 jobs that generate almost $600 million in wages - 5 percent of total jobs and 2.4 percent of total wages.  11/30/2011
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