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54.0
#202 out of 216

Employment and Training Administration (DOL)

Mission: To contribute to the efficient functioning of the U.S. labor market by providing job training, employment, labor market information and income maintenance services primarily through state and local workforce development systems.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  54.0 202
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 73.4 196  of  216
Strategic Management 53.8 181  of  216
Teamwork 71.3 126  of  216
Effective Leadership 45.1 202  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 45.4 182  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 37.2 204  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 37.4 203  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 58.5 191  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 44.9 166  of  216
Training and Development 46.4 215  of  216
Support for Diversity 54.0 200  of  216
Pay and Benefits 69.6 96  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 46.1 101  of  216
Work/Life Balance 54.0 210  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  56.6 58.4 57.0
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 75.4 73.3 75.4
Strategic Management 54.4 54.3 53.5
Teamwork 70.2 70.2 66.3
Effective Leadership 47.6 46.3 47.6
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 45.5 43.9 45.2
Training and Development 49.6 51.6 48.9
Support for Diversity 56.2 55.4 58.6
Pay and Benefits 65.9 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 45.3 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 60.0 58.5 57.5
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 75.4 73.3 75.4
Strategic Management 54.4 54.3 53.5
Teamwork 70.2 70.2 66.3
Effective Leadership 47.6 46.3 47.6
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 45.5 43.9 45.2
Training and Development 49.6 51.6 48.9
Support for Diversity 56.2 55.4 58.6
Pay and Benefits 65.9 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 45.3 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 60.0 58.5 57.5
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 53.5 196  of  216
Male 54.5 198  of  214
40 and over 54.2 199  of  216
Under 40 53.2 179  of  199
Asian No data No data
Black or African-American 55.9 156  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 66.0 53  of  174
Multi-racial No data No data
White 54.1 199  of  215
American Indian or Native American No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over 58.1 No data No data
Under 40 49.2 No data No data
Asian 53.4 No data No data
Black or African-American 59.3 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 53.6 No data No data
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over No data No data No data
Under 40 No data No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American No data No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White No data No data No data
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year Employment and Training Administration (DOL) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 57.0 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 58.4 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 56.6 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 54.0 74.8 64.1 54.0

Comparative Data — Subcomponent Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 82.4 82.3 83.3 83.4
High Performing Average - Management 65.7 64.6 66.0 66.9
High Performing Average - Teamwork 73.7 77.2 78.7 79.1
High Performing Average - Leadership 57.1 59.9 61.9 62.6
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 53.2 55.8 56.8 58.1
High Performing Average - Training and Development 67.7 70.5 71.3 72.0
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 69.0 68.9 68.8 70.9
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 74.8 76.8
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 57.2 60.0
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 72.6 72.1 72.8 72.5
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 78.4 77.6 77.7 78.5
Average for Management 59.1 56.9 56.6 58.6
Average for Teamwork 67.8 71.1 70.8 72.1
Average for Leadership 49.7 51.7 51.7 53.5
Average for Rewards and Advancement 45.4 47.0 46.9 48.5
Average for Training and Development 58.4 61.0 59.8 61.8
Average for Support for Diversity 61.7 60.0 59.4 62.3
Average for Pay and Benefits 66.4 68.1
Average for Family Friendly 44.8 46.8
Average for Work/Life Balance 66.1 64.6 63.4 64.2
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 73.6 72.0 71.1 72.9
Low Performing Average - Management 52.3 48.8 47.4 50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 61.8 65.1 63.3 65.5
Low Performing Average - Leadership 42.9 43.7 41.9 44.8
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 37.7 38.0 36.3 39.3
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 50.3 51.0 48.1 52.4
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 54.7 51.5 49.8 53.1
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 57.2 58.8
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 33.2 34.7
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 59.4 57.0 54.8 56.0

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: 1,312

Number of Employees in 2002: 1,253

Number of Employees in 2003: 1,219

Number of Employees in 2004: 1,204

Number of Employees in 2005: 1,111

Number of Employees in 2006: 929

Number of Employees in 2007: 919

Number of Employees in 2008: 915

Employees joined (2008): 62

Percentage joined (2008): 11.95%

Average joined (2004-2008): 74

Employees left (2008): 80

Percentage left (2008): 17.12%

Average left (2004-2008): 98

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 14.60%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Other Locations: San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York

http://www.doleta.gov/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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