A Consumer’s ‘Report Card’ for Colleges: EMSI’s Solution

As of last year, colleges with vocational programs are required to present employment-related information on individual program pages on their website. EMSI responded by creating individual program widgets with all the necessary disclosure information for our Career Coach clients, and so far they’ve been a big hit.

Jan. 11, 2012 | Posted by Joshua Wright

Case Study: EMSI Partners with College Brain Trust in Academic Master Plan for MiraCosta College

“In order for planning to be data-driven, we need solid data that we can depend on. And one of the advantages of working with EMSI is that they provide an objective analysis of local data.”

Jan. 10, 2012 | Posted by Joshua Wright

The Top Jobs in Alabama (for 2012)

In this post, we identify some of the best occupations in Alabama for 2012, using three primary metrics: pay, concentration, and growth since 2007. This is all based purely on labor market data analysis based on EMSI’s latest data.

Jan. 10, 2012 | Posted by Gwen M. Burrow

Webinar: Getting Career Info On College Websites – Jan. 17

Students say that their ability to find quality information on a college website is key to their decision to enroll. And with so much interest in, and scrutiny on, jobs and the economy students want to know exactly how the education and training colleges provide leads to good jobs.

Jan. 10, 2012 | Posted by Rob Sentz

Quantifying the Economic Contribution of Washburn University

Washburn contributes nearly $480 million in annual added income to northeast Kansas. But that’s not all. Students see a 15.9% average rate of return on their investment in WU and an increase of $5.60 in discounted lifetime income for every dollar invested in the school.

Jan. 6, 2012 | Posted by Joshua Wright

Unemployment by College Major: The Dim Job Prospects for Architecture Grads, New and Old

The employment outlook for all architects — not just new grads — started to sour in 2007, in conjunction with the onset of the Great Recession. It has only started to recover in the past year or so — and perhaps most perplexing, the number of architecture graduates in the nation continues to rise.

Jan. 5, 2012 | Posted by Joshua Wright

The Hardest Job To Fill In 2012? A Look At The Supply of Web Developers

“The demand for top-tier [software] engineering talent sharply outweighs the supply in almost every market especially in San Francisco, New York, and Boston,” writes Inc.com’s Keith Cline. But is there really a shortage of web developers? We take a look.

Jan. 3, 2012 | Posted by Joshua Wright

How To Video: Understanding the Occupation Report

If you feel lost when you’re looking at an Occupation Report in Analyst 3, or even if you just want to brush up on some of the data and functionality there, this post will take you on a video tour, describing the data and charts in detail.

Jan. 3, 2012 | Posted by Josh Stevenson

The Shrinking Sector: Manufacturing as a Proportion of all Jobs Since 2001

Certain segments of manufacturing are indeed on the upswing, as noted by Joel Kotkin and others. But there’s no getting around this fact: As a proportion of all jobs, the manufacturing sector has dwindled in the last decade.

Dec. 31, 2011 | Posted by Joshua Wright

The Fastest-Growing Jobs During The Economic Downturn (2007-2011)

Here is a look at the fastest-growing jobs in the country from 2007-2011. These are all occupations that have grown despite our nation’s economic turmoil which began in 2007.

Dec. 15, 2011 | Posted by Rob Sentz

How To Video: Finding the Value of an Industry

How many jobs and what amount of earnings does any industry in your region support? Watch a video about finding this information in the Input/Output tool in Analyst 3.

Dec. 15, 2011 | Posted by Josh Stevenson

How To Video: Creating Occupation or Industry Groups

Watch a video on creating and using occupation and industry groups in Analyst 3.

Dec. 14, 2011 | Posted by Josh Stevenson

Social Accounting and I/O Theory

The latest version of Analyst (EMSI’s web-based labor market analysis tool) is built on an elaborate Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) platform. A SAM has its roots in input-output (I/O) theory. As a prelude to the release of Analyst 3.0, this blog post goes back to the general history of economic doctrines and takes a brief look at the historic roots of SAM and I/O-like theories.

Dec. 14, 2011 | Posted by Rob Sentz

How To Video: Deleting Jobs in Input/Output

How do you make a case for keeping an employer in your region? Use Input/Output to show the full range of effects on the regional economy. Watch a video demonstrating how to do this in Analyst 3.

Dec. 14, 2011 | Posted by Josh Stevenson

EMSI Clients Shine in Aspen Prize for Comm. College Excellence

Congratulations to Valencia College in Orlando, an EMSI client, for taking home the inaugural Aspen Prize, awarded Monday in Washington, D.C. Valencia was selected as the top two-year college — from a pool of 1,200 in the nation — based on its academic and workforce outcomes.

Dec. 12, 2011 | Posted by Joshua Wright