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O*NET-SOC AutoCoder v7 Ten Reasons to Select RMWC for AutoCoder Support

The cost of automated occupational coding has become so low, and the accuracy and consistency have become so high, that any other strategy for assigning codes is simply a waste of time and money.

Private or public, who can afford waste in the current economy?

No other solution can match O*NET-SOC AutoCoder v7 from RMWC in the following ten areas.

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Guaranteed Most Accurate O*NET Coder

• Overall Accuracy– RMWC O*NET-SOC AutoCoder v7 substantially

outperforms ITSC Autocoder v2 on spidered job ads.

• Consistency Across Occupational Groups– v7 delivers 80% to 95% accuracy rates for all SOC

occupational groups; whereas ITSC v2 delivers accuracy rates below 40% for many occupational groups (excludes ‘non-classifiable’ ads (SOC 99) for both products).

• Unconditional AutoCoder Guarantee– If you find and switch to a more accurate solution

during the first year we will refund a prorated portion of your license and support fees;

– Accuracy rates for your orders will exceed 80% at the 8-digit level, and 85% at the six-digit level – we will retrain the system to meet these targets if needed;

– If you find and switch to a cheaper commercial solution during the first year we will refund a prorated portion of your license and support fees; and,

– If at the end of 90 days following purchase you are unhappy with AutoCoder for any reason, and we are unable to resolve the situation to your satisfaction, we will gladly refund a prorated portion of your license and support fees!

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Customized Application for Each State

• State-specific Tuning– The distribution of occupations varies by

State – Oregon and Florida don’t have coal miners; and, Arizona and Michigan don’t have oyster farmers.

– So a coding application that doesn’t take into consideration the variances in State employment is significantly less accurate.

– Consider the differences in match confidence scores for a ‘Textile Mach Oper’ search in North Carolina and Arizona – textile occupations occur much more frequently in North Carolina – as reflected in the confidence scores.

• Individual State header graphics– While a small thing, maintaining State

branding is an important part of demonstrating value to taxpayers.

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Processes English and Spanish Text

• RMWC O*NET-SOC AutoCoder v7 is the only multilingual occupation coding solution available today.

– Helps States meet the needs of Spanish speakers accessing workforce programs;

– Allows limited-English speakers to mix English and Spanish words in a single search;

– Does not require users to identify their language preference – AutoCoder automatically determines the language from the supplied search text.

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Supports Full Range of ETA Programs

• Unemployment Insurance Claims Processing– Interactive call-center applications as well as batch processing.

• Employment Services– Accuracy rates approach 90% with the addition of descriptive text.

• Re-Employment Initiatives– Automated matching of claimants to job listings requires occupation codes

with the highest possible accuracy rates.

• National Labor Exchange– RMWC software licensed by Direct Employers to assign codes to spidered

job ads.

• Labor Market Information– Transaction data (jobs, applicants, claimants) coded by occupation is an

emerging area of interest; but requires high accuracy rates.

• Education Planning and Economic Development– Accurate occupational profiling helps inform investment.

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Provides Codes and Fit Scores for GJE

• Green Job Extractor is the only standalone product currently available for assigning ‘green scores’ to job ads and titles.

• A key input to the GJE coding process is an accurate O*NET code and fit score (confidence score) for each record.

• Other occupational coding solutions provide scores for rank-ordering results, but their top-scoring occupationalways receives a score of 100 ... no matter how imprecise the search text.

• RMWC O*NET-SOC AutoCoder is the only product on the market that assigns fit scores that actually reflect the degree of confidence in the search results.

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Committed to State and Federal Support

• RMWC formed in 2002 to support the government market.

• The principals of RMWC have extensive State and Federal experience.

• RMWC created the theory (ThemeticsTM) that powers O*NET-SOC AutoCoder.

• RMWC provides O*NET-SOC AutoCoder support for sixteen States.

• Initial funding for O*NET-SOC AutoCoder R&D provided by ETA.

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Proven in High-Volume Installations

• National Labor Exchange– Direct Employers licensed O*NET-SOC

AutoCoder from RMWC two years ago for the JOBcentral National Labor Exchange; and each night, they assign occupational codes to hundreds of thousands of spidered job ads. Based on their successful experience, Direct Employers recently signed a three-year extension.

• Commercial Web Sites– RMWC licenses O*NET-SOC AutoCoder to

several national job boards processing hundreds of thousands of transactions each day. For competitive reasons, these sites have asked to remain confidential.

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Offers Easy Configuration Options

• Admin screen allows setting of:– primary O*NET code type plus up to two alternate code types to support

legacy applications;– geographic tuning factors;– no-match minimum score; and,– lowest displayed match score.

• Three available web services:– basic (returns single top code);– advanced (multiple codes, occ titles

and scores); and,– advanced plus (adds descriptions).

• Simultaneous support for:– current O*NET 14 taxonomy;– legacy taxonomies (e.g. O*NET-2000);– custom variants (e.g. SS-O*NET); and– six-digit and eight-digit coding.

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Available through Dell | ASAP and SHI Intl.

• Easy for States to procure – no RFP or competitive quotes required for many States.

• Arizona, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania have licensed AutoCoder software and support through ASAP.

• Utah licensed AutoCoder software and support through SHI International.

• According to Dell | ASAP, 34 States have existing contracts.

• The price to States through ASAP and SHI is the same as offered by RMWC in response to State RFPs.

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Licensed Using Jointly-Approved Terms

• Each RMWC AutoCoder license consists of two components:– Standard RMWC terms– Addendum with State-specific terms

• Both components of the license are negotiable to meet the needs of each individual State.

• We start with a common template, and then jointly modify as needed.

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The Result: A Perfect State Renewal Record

• North Carolina became the first State to license O*NET-SOC AutoCoder (called JobCoder 2.0 at the time) from RMWC in September 2004 – they’ve renewed their support each year since.

• In fact, all States licensing from RMWC have chosen to renew their support each time it has come up for renewal.

• Considering that each State license is non-expiring, with or without support, our 100% State renewal record provides strong evidence of satisfaction and value provided by RMWC during this period of very tight State budgets.

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Contact Info

If you have questions, or are interested in licensing O*NET-SOC AutoCoder v7 from R.M. Wilson Consulting, please contact:

Bob WilsonPresidentR.M. Wilson Consulting, Inc.P.O. Box 2103Sisters, OR 97759

email: bob@rmwilsonconsulting.comblog: http://rmwilsonconsulting.typepad.com/onetsoc_autocoder/cell: 703-282-3571fax: 866-850-4893 (toll free)