everal additional reports provide focused, useful insights into the fairly complex confluence of factors that mix together in order to form the contours of the Northern Indiana economy as well as the structure of its workforce of more than 310,000 Hoosiers.

Factors Considered in Workforce Analysis
The factors cited in these reports are some of the elements reviewed and analyzed by WorkOne Northern Indiana staff members. Moreover, analysts with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development and the U.S. Labor Department consider labor-market components such as these in fulfilling their duties.

ECONOMIC GROWTH REGION 2 NORTHERN INDIANA REGION-WIDE DATA and REPORTS

TOPIC & DATE	TITLE & LINK to PDF FILE
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL SKILLS—JAN. 2008	"Moving 'Up One Level'; Preparing for Service and Supervisory Roles through Cross-Functional Skills," by InContext, published the the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University.
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN REGION 2, NORTHERN INDIANA—SEPT. 2008	Profile of Region 2 Composed of Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall and St. Joseph Counties, (PDF) by Hoosiers by the Numbers.
INDIANA'S ECONOMY—SEPT. 2008	"Shifting Gears:  Recent Changes in Indiana's Economy," by the Indiana Business Research Center, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University.
MINIMUM WAGE—OCT. 2008	"Minimum Wage Impacts on Employment:  A Look at Indiana, Illinois and Surrounding Midwestern States," by the Indiana Business Research Center, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University.