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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />He said that this would make use of the skills of the many trainers in the area <br />as well as bringing to Eugene executives from industries the City would like to <br />attract to the area. <br /> <br />Mr. Booth said that computer terminals at the Chamber of Commerce, the University <br />of Oregon, Lane Community College, the Eugene Job Training Center, and other <br />area locations would now allow sharing of information on recruitments and <br />business needs. He said a new automated system was being developed to inventory <br />the skills of the area workforce so that recruitment efforts could be focused on <br />industries that would hire area unemployed. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Councilor Hansen, Mr. Booth said that preliminary <br />job retention follow-up information showed that 68 to 72 percent of those placed <br />through the program were still employed after a six-month period. Mr. Booth <br />said that the information-sharing computers would be located in the metropolitan <br />area but could be used by all who were interested. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Councilor Smith, Mr. Booth said that the Eugene <br />Job Training Center was working with the Business Assistance Team in its recruit- <br />ment efforts and would soon be working with the Convention and Tourism Bureau. <br />Councilor Smith encouraged such cooperation. <br /> <br />Councilor Lindberg noted that many activites of the program went well beyond job <br />training. He asked if there were other organizations that could share in the <br />cost of these activities. Mr. Booth said that the Eugene program was seldom the <br />single funding source for activities but often provided seed money. <br /> <br />Councilor Obie asked Mr. Booth to repeat figures on area unemployment that he <br />had presented at a recent Council Committee on Economic Diversification (CCED) <br />meeting. Mr. Booth said that the labor demand for Lane County is 115,800, <br />compared with a labor supply of 130,800. He said there were 15,000 unemployed <br />for an overall unemployment rate of 11.4 percent, but noted that even in a <br />healthy economy, there is a residual 5 percent unemployment rate. He said <br />discounting this 5 percent produced a rate of 6.4 percent or a total of 8,371 <br />people actively seeking work in the area. Mr. Gleason noted that these figures <br />were for all of Lane County. Mr. Booth said figures for the City of Eugene <br />would be about 40 percent of the Lane County figures in all categories. <br /> <br />Councilor Hansen left the meeting. <br /> <br />Councilor Schue noted that the Eugene Private Industry Council (EPIC), which <br />oversees the Job Training Program, is discussing the amount of program efforts <br />that should be put into activities other than direct job training. She said the <br />group generally felt that job training should be the major emphasis, with other <br />activities playing a minor role. <br /> <br />Mayor Keller congratulated Mr. Booth on the excellent report. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council <br /> <br />January 12, 1983 <br /> <br />Page 10 <br />
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