Reports

COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on the economy; in the first week of mandated social distancing, Californians submitted more unemployment claims than any previous week on record. In this report we identify the occupations most at risk in the short term and the factors that will influence regional unemployment in the long term. We also highlight the support that the Workforce Partnership is providing to laid-off workers and struggling businesses. Workers and employers whose jobs are impacted by COVID-19 can find resources at workforce.org/covid-19.

In 2019, the state awarded us $2.4 million to build on the success of our work with Second Chance and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department serving the reentry population. As a result, we are expanding these services to more justice-involved individuals in San Diego and Imperial Counties. This report provides background on California’s corrections system and an overview of the Southern Border Region’s justice-involved population.

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The San Diego Workforce Partnership research team regularly updates the priority sectors to identify top industries that provide at least 10,000 positions for the 72 priority jobs. See below for the 2019 edition of the priority sector posters for San Diego County.

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A companion piece to the 2019 priority sector posters, these printable 2-pagers offer ideas on how to begin a career in each sector.

View and download our priority sector and essential skills posters in Arabic. The essential skills poster highlights skills valued by employers and the priority sectors show labor market data with a wealth of information on in-demand careers.

View and download our priority sector and essential skills posters in Farsi. The essential skills poster highlights skills valued by employers and the priority sector posters show labor market data with a wealth of information on in-demand careers.

View and download our priority sector and essential skills posters in Spanish. The essential skills poster highlights skills valued by employers and the priority sectors show labor market data with a wealth of information on in-demand careers.

The San Diego Workforce Partnership and the South County Economic Development Council engaged in survey research that highlights short- and long-term workforce needs in two specific defense subsectors: The Professional, Scientific & Technical Services (PST) sector and unmanned systems (aerial, underwater, land, and surface).

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Through The Aspen Institute’s Reimagine Retail Initiative, the San Diego Workforce Partnership undertook a research project to understand the social, economic, and regulatory forces driving change in San Diego County’s retail sector.

Last year, we released research on the over 41,000 16–24-year-olds not working and not in school in San Diego County. One year later, Measure of America and the Workforce Partnership have released new data on opportunity youth in the county. Explore the latest measures and demographics of disconnection that are anchoring our region’s movement to reduce youth disconnection.

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