WORKFORCE INTELLIGENCE FOR GROWING BUSINESS
WORKFORCE REPORTS
We can provide the characteristics, sources, and destinations of employed workers and where they live and where they work
Examines your workforce from your local employer's perspective. Helps with workforce development and insight to identify strengths and weaknesses.
This area of research, from the household survey, reflects the views and perspective of workers and non-employed from age 18 through 64 and represents the supply side of the workforce.
VIDEO TESTIMONIALS FROM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS
GSG Interview with Justin Sommer
Piqua Ohio’s Economic Development Manager; Justin Sommer, speaks about the benefits of the GSG labor survey in his town.
GSG Interview With Phil Santer
He discusses why GSG Labor Supply Certification Report is essential for attracting new jobs to their area.
Jim Renzas, Principal of the RSH Group
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Jim Renzas, an experienced site selector, tells us just how critical it is to have your labor data prepared in order to even be considered by site selectors. Having good data proves to the site selectors that you have the labor that they are looking for.
GSG Interview with Jeremiah Johnson
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GSG talks with Jeremiah Johnson, VP of Business Development Director with Great Falls Development Authority. They are talking about the labor report they just received from GSG.
Jasen Jones, Executive Director SW Missouri WIB
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Find out why WIB executive director Jasen Jones chose GSG for their labor report over other competitors. Learn how having up-to-date, high-quality reports can tip the difference in winning projects. Learn how GSG reports have superior data breakouts, survey techniques, and economic development orientation.
Michael Bugalski, President, Moberly Area EDC
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Find out why Michael Bugalski, President, Moberly Area EDC, chose GSG for their Labor Reporting. Michael says that GSG customizes the reports to give the precise data that their prospects need. GSG has a broad array of reports to meet almost any reporting need for economic development organizations. GSG also gives better overall quality of data due to their unique ability to source data.
ABOUT GSG
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Ever wonder why that “other” community consistently has success with existing business expansion, new entrepreneurial development, and new business attraction? Ever wonder why not our community? Ever have an elected official or someone from your non-profit board question why your community didn’t win that recent project?
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According to Area Development Magazine’s 12th Annual Consultants Survey, the availability of labor and labor costs are the number one and number two most important site selection factors for company’s evaluating communities for business investment. With this in mind, it is critical for communities to be prepared for these conversations by positioning themselves for success by commissioning a third-party labor certification of the Area Labor Market.
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A primary GSG goal is to help clients address the ongoing market and workforce needs of both existing and prospective businesses to promote investment within their region. New investment leads to creation of new jobs, increased tax base for taxing jurisdictions and municipalities and diversification of the local economy.
IS YOUR COMMUNITY PREPARED?
GET OUR WHITE PAPER ON PREPAREDNESS.
In my conversations with site selection consultants and corporate real estate representatives, they consistently share their frustrations regarding communities that are not prepared to engage in the site selection process. In many cases, these communities have assets that are attractive to companies but the communities aren’t in a position to quantify these deliverables. More often than not, these communities are eliminated from consideration and may not ever know that they were.
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GET THIS WHITE PAPER TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PREPARE YOUR COMMUNITY.
AVAILABILITY OF SKILLED LABOR? COST?
PREPARED TO QUANTIFY YOUR WORKFORCE?
FIND OUT WITH THE FREE GSG LABOR CERTIFICATION INDEX
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Take this brief survey (20 questions) and we will provide you with a snapshot of your community’s readiness to:
• Retain existing businesses
• Attract new businesses, and
• Grow small businesses within your community
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For your participation in this survey, GSG will compile responses from around the country and provide you with a snapshot of your community’s Labor Certification Index as well as comparisons to show how your community ranks with other respondent’s.
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Thank you for your willingness to participate in this survey.
INSIGHTS FROM WORKFORCE ANALYTICS PRACTICE
REPORTS OVER THREE YEARS OLD COULD DISQUALIFY YOUR AREA
if your labor reports are over three years old you run the risk of not being considered by site selectors. Your development efforts could end up being useless without this data. Workforce data is the most critical data needed for any development project. Rember that it takes several months to produce your reports, so you need to start the process prior to the three-year deadline. Watch this video to hear from an experienced economic developer about older reports.
OUR CLIENT LIST
OUR PROPRIETARY PROCESS
PUBLIC DATA
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We source available public data, and mine it for our purposes
CUSTOM RESEARCH
We do our own non-landline surveys which yields a superior sample data as land lines are used primarily by older age groups.
PROPRIETARY ALGORITHMS
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We use proprietary mathematical formulas to weight and sort the data.
ACTIONABLE REPORTS
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Our reports lead your organization to action, and allow others to see the benefits of your workforce.
ENDORSEMENTS
We strongly endorse Growth Services Group as a premier supplier of work force data reporting. Their quality of labor reporting is not just critical, it is essential in the work that we do as site selectors. —James Renzas, Principal of the RSH Group.
CONNECT WITH COREY
DIRECTOR OF THE WORKFORCE ANALYSIS PRACTICE
COREY J. MEHAFFY, CEO
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Corey J. Mehaffy founded C. J. Mehaffy, LLC; as an economic development company to advise entrepreneurs, communities and expanding businesses in an effort to encourage and facilitate new business investment. Mr. Mehaffy manages a current project portfolio in excess of 70 domestic and international projects bringing his extensive experience with Federal, State and Local incentive programs as well as economic development financing tools to bear for his clients.
Mr. Mehaffy joined the staff of Moberly Area Economic Development Corporation (hereinafter “MAEDC”) as the president of the organization in February of 2008. As president, Mehaffy is responsible for all economic development efforts including business retention and expansion; and business attraction and entrepreneurship. From its inception in 1988 MAEDC has handled the economic development function for the City of Moberly and Randolph County. In 2009, Mehaffy led an effort to establish a three year partnership with Chariton County. In 2011 the organization expanded to add Cooper and Monroe Counties; and in 2013 Howard County joined the partnership with MAEDC functioning as the lead economic development agency for all counties.