In this post, we use EMSI’s Analyst to discover Florida’s best-paying, fastest-growing, most concentrated jobs. What do we find? Physicians & surgeons, physical therapists, and air traffic controllers are among the top jobs in the Sunshine State.
Mar. 27, 2012 | Posted by Gwen M. BurrowWorkforce Shortage in the Dakotas
Mark Schill over at New Geography wrote an interesting article about how difficult it has been to find the right workers throughout the upper Great Plains. They also use our data to help quantify the job demand.
Mar. 23, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzWhat Apple’s Supply Chain Says About US Manufacturing, Middle-Skill Training
“Labor is almost insignificant. What is really important are supply chains and flexibility of factories.” — New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg, on Apple’s overseas manufacturing
Mar. 22, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightWebinar: Career Information and Serving Underpriviledged Students
Webinar: How Avenue Scholars Is Serving Underprivileged Students with the Help of Career Coach When: Thursday, March 29 at 2 p.m. EST – EMSI will host a webinar with Wayne Brown, Chief Career Officer, at the Avenue Scholars Foundation.
Mar. 22, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzWebinar: Raise Awareness About How Your College Supports Students
On Friday, March 30th at 2:00 p.m. EDT, Rebecca Metty-Burns, Executive Director of Workforce & Economic Development at the College of Southern Nevada, will join us for a webinar to discuss how CSN helps students find good local careers.
Mar. 21, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzINDUSTRY REPORT: The Cruise Industry
From 2007-2011, the industry grew by a surprising 115%, adding over 4,500 new jobs. Today there are just over 8,500 jobs in this industry at 140 establishments (i.e., places of work). Most of them are in either Florida, California, or Washington.
Mar. 21, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzINDUSTRY REPORT: HMO Medical Centers
There are currently more than 1,600 HMO medical centers across the US that employ 115,000 workers. Most of the folks who work in this industry are female (75%) and roughly half are between the ages of 25 and 44.
Mar. 21, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzINDUSTRY REPORT: Internet Publishing, Broadcasting, and Search Engines
From 2007-2011, internet publishers added 30,000 jobs, which is 40% growth. There are currently nearly 9,000 establishments, or places of work, in the U.S. About 70% of the industry is between the ages of 25 and 44.
Mar. 21, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzINDUSTRY REPORT: Translation and Interpretation Services
Since 2007, a time when most of the economy was taking a severe beating, translation and interpretation services have grown by about 50%.
Mar. 21, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzFive Industries with 40% Growth (or Greater) Since 2007
According to EMSI’s latest dataset (2011.4), there are five industry sectors that grew by 40% or more since the economic drop.
Mar. 21, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzINDUSTRY REPORT: Wet Corn Milling
In 2009, there was rapid growth in the wet corn milling industry. As a result, the sector has gained 46% employment growth over the last five years, which is nearly 4,000 new jobs since 2007. There are only 72 establishments engaged in this work and they tend to be concentrated in Iowa and Illinois.
Mar. 21, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzEMSI and the SOC 2010 Transition
The new SOC categories have been released. This post will help you understand what’s changed, and when those changes will show up in EMSI data.
Mar. 16, 2012 | Posted by Josh StevensonA Broader Look at America’s Fossil Fuels Jobs Boom
We identified nine key oil and gas, pipeline, and related construction industries, a sector that had 30% more jobs in 2011 than in 2005, according to EMSI’s 2011.4 Covered Employment dataset. Over the same time, national employment has shrunk 2%.
Mar. 16, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightThe Economics of the Arts
Mixing art and economics is a hazardous endeavor. As the saying goes, “Art is art, everything else is everything else,” presumably including economics. Hazard aside, this brief paper examines the different ways economists look at the arts, and suggests how data (more and better) can aid the economists’ quest.
Mar. 12, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightWebinar Recap: How a New York College Markets Programs to Students with Career Coach
Todd Oldham of Monroe Community College joined us for a webinar on how MCC uses Career Coach to market programs to students. Of particular emphasis to MCC in launching Career Coach is increasing the number of students (and ultimately qualified workers) for middle-skill jobs in STEM and advanced manufacturing.
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