The Options Institute partnered with LMIS in 2020 to train career services professionals on real-time COVID-responsive labor market data, enabling them to provide the most accurate and informed career guidance to students. Goddard Riverside’s Options Institute supports New Yorkers with getting into, paying for, and graduating from college or skill-specific certificate programs. They specialize in working with low-income and first-generation students, who often face the largest barriers to accessing and completing college. Providing career services professionals with trainings that include clear, actionable data helps them best support these New Yorkers to achieve their career goals.

“LMIS is a go-to for me! They have their fingers on the pulse of what’s happening in NYC’s labor market. This information is crucial for advisers and counselors who are helping young people go to and get through college, get additional credentials, or look for their first job. How can you advise young people for their future without knowing what the labor market looks like, especially right now?” – Sandy Jimenez, Former Asst. Director of Training, The Options Institute, Goddard Riverside Community Center