Economic development
Make the workforce case for a regional opportunity.
Understand the occupation demand behind an expansion, its overlap with other projects and the partners who could help.
For economic development teamszScale Intellect platform
Evaluate your region’s capacity for growth.
The zScale Intellect platform is a Regional Evaluation System (RES). Evaluate project workforce needs, identify potential constraints and connect regional talent, education pathways, assets and funding to your growth priorities.
Book a walkthroughThe RES framework
Connect project needs with regional capacity.
A new facility, a growing employer or a changing training need is the starting point. Follow the occupations and timing through the region before choosing a response.
How the analysis works- 01
Project demand
Assess project workforce needs
Start with the employer project, the occupations it may need and its hiring timeline. Keep reported commitments separate from assumptions.
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Regional intelligence
Identify shared demand across projects
Look across concurrent projects and occupations. Identify where demand overlaps and where more supply evidence is needed.
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Playbook
Connect training and funding options
Connect occupations to training pathways, regional partners and relevant funding programs. Assess their fit for the decision.
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Exits and signals
Track changes in regional demand
Review WARN and employer signals alongside project demand. Use new evidence to decide which questions and actions to revisit.
Look beyond the regional total
Which occupations are the projects competing for?
Aggregate employment can hide pressure on a small set of occupations. Project-level demand makes that overlap visible and gives the next conversation a more specific starting point.
Compare project workforce needsQuestions the evidence helps you investigate
- Which projects depend on similar occupations?
- Which programs lead into those occupations?
- What is reported and what comes from a model?
- What additional evidence is needed to assess hiring feasibility?
A public example
See how regional projects share workforce needs.
Explore the project-demand step of RES through an example region. Compare two employer projects to identify the occupations they may both need and the training priorities worth investigating.
This example uses public project records from Richardson, Texas. Shared demand helps focus a workforce evaluation; hiring feasibility also depends on worker availability, wages and timing.
Read the methodologyAlign project and workforce planning through RES.
Workforce boards
Connect training decisions to the demand taking shape.
See which occupations employers may need, how hiring timelines intersect and which training pathways deserve a closer look.
For workforce boardsCoverage and access
Start with your region and the decision in front of you.
zScale Intellect is built around regional decisions that extend beyond state boundaries. Available evidence and onboarding are reviewed for each geography.
What can I explore today?
The public occupation-overlap example focuses on Richardson. Regional lookup is limited to selected North Texas locations. For another location, request a coverage review rather than assuming the same data is available everywhere.
How does an organization get started?
Bring a project or planning question to a walkthrough. We review the required sources, geography and workflow together, then agree the scope of access. Organization accounts are provisioned for approved users.
What is being developed with partners?
The next development priorities include deeper scenario planning, business-closure tracking and workforce-board response coordination. These are development priorities, not a promise of currently available functionality.
Can we use confidential project information?
Keep confidential employer and personal information out of public forms. A walkthrough can establish the appropriate account, scope and information-sharing process before private records are introduced.
Evaluate your projects, workforce and regional priorities.
See how RES connects your project requirements with workforce capacity, education pathways and regional partners.