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SkillTRAN customers number nearly 5,000.  Many have used our job matching/transferable skills software and internet solutions since our beginnings in the early 1980's.  We value their loyalty and continuing accolades for meeting various market needs for so long!  SkillTRAN tools help our customers to help get people back to work faster, assess and plan better, build opinions based on a wide range of documented data, and improve their overall service quality. 

SkillTRAN customers primarily use our tools and service for:

Assessment and Vocational Analysis

  • Transferable Skills Analysis
  • Vocational Evaluation
  • Adjudication Support
  • Expert Testimony
  • Claims Advocacy
  • Litigation
  • Job Analysis - Workers Compensation, LTD, ADA

Vocational Planning

  • Vocational Goal Selection based on Skills, Interest, OJT and Feasibility
  • Career Counseling / Occupational Exploration
  • Identify Training Facilities (anywhere in the country)

Placement

  • LMS
  • Job Search
  • Job Development
  • Job Banking

SkillTRAN customers count on SkillTRAN for:

  • Ongoing support (by phone, fax, email, and internet)
  • Reliable software and services
  • Software and services that are easy to learn, use, and explain
  • Comprehensive and defensible reports and process that is fully disclosed and widely used in the rehabilitation industry
  • Cost-Effective PC software and internet-based solutions that correspond to a customer's caseload size and specific needs
  • Innovation and constant vigilance to new market needs and changes

 

SkillTRAN solutions are very popular in the Workers Compensation industry.  Early Return-To-Work (RTW) efforts bear great fruits for the injured worker and the work comp. systems in the way of reduced claims expenses and ultimate costs to the insured employer.  SkillTRAN technology for analysis of transferable skills is a time-tested, widely used, defensible methodology rooted in the Social Security Administration definition of transferability.  SkillTRAN software can search in many other ways to boost creative discovery of other potential occupational alternatives.  Our software can assist in various stages of the workers compensation process:

Classic RTW Hierachy
RTW Stage SkillTRAN Solution
Same Job - Same Employer Job Description with Job Analysis Format
Modified Job - Same Employer  
Different Job - Same Employer TSA Search, Search for Occupations by DOT Industry/NAICS, Compare worker residual capacities to a different job goal
Different Job - Different Employer TSA Search, Search by DOT Industry/NAICS, Employer Listings for Job Search, Compare worker residual capacities to a different job goal
On-the-Job-Training TSA Search, Search by DOT Industry/NAICS, Employer Listings
Re-Training TSA Search, Search by Interests, Labor Market Information (Wages, Employment, Long Term Outlook), Training Facilities, Employer Listings for Labor Market Survey/Job Search, Compare worker residual capacities to a different job goal
Settlement/Claims Adjudication Pre-Injury/Post-Injury Analysis, Labor Market Information for Wage data and Employment Numbers

 

Popular SkillTRAN Software:

PPS - Placement Planning Service

PREPOST - Pre-Injury/ Post-Injury Analysis

Labor Market Information (US & Canada Wages, Employment Numbers, Long Term Outlook)

Employer Listings for Labor Market Survey and Job Search

WorkForce Development Boards serve the general public who are (re)-entering the workforce, seeking new jobs, struggling with a recent layoff or considering re-training.  Job seekers and career changers crave detailed information about their available options.  While O*NET occupational information is very popular, it only goes just "so far" with its 974 occupational definitions.  DOT-based detail about 12,761 occupations satisfies that craving to help job seekers and career changers more quickly identify fresh job goals for job search or retraining. Job Seeker functions in OASYS and OccuBrowse+ products focus on most-requested data. Local long-term outlook facilitates better planning for future and for training decisions.

SkillTRAN solutions help Workforce Development staffs in the following ways:

ASSESSMENT:

  • Skill summary based on work history
  • Comparison of the client background to an intended vocational goal
  • Transferable Skills AnalysisVocational evaluation and optional Aptitude Assessment - when linked to optional CareerScope by VRI
  • Identification of OJT or other retraining possibilities based on interests/test results
  • RIASEC Searches and matching to related DOT occupations and O*NET groups 

PLANNING:

  • Career Exploration
  • Local Training Resources
  • "Top Jobs" - Showing greatest job growth by educational level with wage data and drill down to detailed occupations
  • Labor Market Information:  Wages, Employment Numbers, Long Term Outlook
  • Employer Listings for efficient Labor Market Survey

PLACEMENT:

  • Skill statements useful for improved resumé development
  • Employer Listings for Job Search
  • Linkage to Job Boards for Real Job Openings - with specially refined search to reduce mismatches
  • Private job banks for internal matching to known friendly employers

  

Popular SkillTRAN Software:

Internet-Based Services:

Career Consulting Service for a quick/easy look at detailed occupational options

Employer Listings for Labor Market Survey and Job Search

Disability management companies focus on swift delivery of needed medical and vocational services to expedite the earliest possible return to work (RTW) of injured persons.  These customers know that quick report turnaround moves people along the RTW path. SkillTRAN reports provide excellent supporting documentation, a defensible methodology, and multiple, flexible search strategies to boost creativity in vocational planning. 

SkillTRAN solutions help these customers in the following ways:

ASSESSMENT:

  • Transferable Skills Analysis
  • Preparation for On-site Job Analysis
  • Comparison of the client background to an intended vocational goal
  • Identification of OJT or other retraining possibilities based on interests/test results
  • Occupational Loss Analysis (Pre-Injury vs. Post-Injury Occupational Loss)

PLANNING:

  • Local Training Resources
  • "Top Jobs" - Showing greatest job growth by educational level with wage data and drill down to detailed occupations
  • Labor Market Information (US & Canada):  Wages, Employment Numbers, Long Term Outlook
  • Employer Listings for efficient Labor Market Survey

PLACEMENT:

  • Employer Listings for Job Search
  • Linkage to Job Boards for Real Job Openings

Here are the most relevant SkillTRAN products chosen by this industry:

Internet-Based Services:

PPS - Placement Planning Service (for lower volume customers)

PREPOST - Pre-Injury/Post-Injury Analysis (for lower volume customers)

Employer Listings for Labor Market Survey and Job Search