It’s easier to find the labor talent you’re looking for if you know where to find them. Talent Market Analyst makes this search simpler by showing recruiting conditions in every part of the country, as we found in this look at Houston’s demand for software developers.
May. 17, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensArchive for the ‘Occupations’ Category
New York’s Top Jobs for 2013
New York isn’t exactly making any waves with its sluggish snapback after the 2008 recession — especially compared to other states like North Dakota or Texas. New York City itself, however, has ridden out the meltdown better than analysts expected.
May. 8, 2013 | Posted by Gwen M. BurrowHiring An ‘Unfillable’ Position? Broaden Your Perspective!
The Hiring Site, CareerBuilder’s professional-oriented job search site, recently used EMSI’s data on worker skills and occupational compatibility to look into alternative ways of staffing hard-to-fill positions.
Apr. 15, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensSurprise! Canadian Industries You Didn’t Expect To See Gaining — Or Losing
Sorting through the hundreds of 4-digit industry classifications in our Canadian data, we managed to find a few genuinely surprising industries that have grown – or declined – at eye-catching rates.
Apr. 1, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensLooking at the Full Range of Wages with Visualizing Economics
We’re used to seeing median wage data for occupations. But Visualizing Economics’ new book gives us insight into the full range of many occupations’ real earnings potential.
Mar. 27, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensCommunications Technology Grows on Both Sides of the Border
To get a data-driven picture of some of the leading tech sectors in Canada and the US, we looked at the industries in Purdue’s information technology and telecommunications cluster, which EMSI provides as a template group with its Canadian data.
Mar. 26, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensThe Financial Sector Anomaly In New York’s Economy
With a 2012 workforce of more than 5 million people, New York City’s five boroughs are a larger economy than many of the world’s countries. They’re also a perfect case study of how to put labor market data in context, by looking at the effect unusually high-earning New Yorkers have on the economy.
Feb. 12, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensOntario’s Utility-Generated Economy
In almost every province of Canada, the utilities sector is one of the highest-paying sets of industries in the economy, and Ontario is no exception to this trend. Here’s a look at how jobs in the electric power generation sector are doing.
Jan. 30, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensThe Unbalanced Canadian Skilled-Labour Market, Pt. 2
Recently we started looking at the CIBC’s list of Canadian occupations facing a skills shortage. To follow up on that post, we used Analyst for Canada to find occupations from the CIBC list that are growing unusually quickly in specific Census Divisions and Census Metropolitan Areas.
Jan. 16, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensThe Unbalanced Canadian Skilled-Labour Market, Pt. 1
The CIBC’s recent report presented a two-sided labour problem, identifying 25 jobs that were in higher demand than the labour market could supply, and 20 jobs whose hiring demands are oversupplied. We thought that this sounded like just the kind of thing that EMSI’s new Analyst for Canada would be perfect for looking at a little more thoroughly.
Jan. 3, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensCanada’s Fastest-Growing Jobs
To give you an idea of what Analyst for Canada can do, we thought we would start by getting a broad picture of Canada’s workforce in 2012. We’re going to use Analyst to find out what the best-paying, fastest-growing jobs in Canada were in 2012, and where they’re growing the fastest.
Dec. 19, 2012 | Posted by Fraser MartensOccupation Report: Management Occupations are Growing, Churning
For the past few years we have noticed a strong data trend, which is certainly corroborated by anecdotal evidence: management jobs are in demand.
Dec. 5, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzThe Emerging Professional, Scientific, and Technical Sector
Although the professional, scientific, and technical industry sector makes up only 6% of the U.S. workforce, it was responsible for 10% of national job growth from 2010 to 2012. Six percent of that growth took place in the past two years, which illustrates our nation’s march toward a more technical, STEM type workforce.
Nov. 5, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzOccupation Report: Computer Control Programmers and Operators
If there is an occupation that typifies the high-tech, advanced nature of domestic manufacturing, it’s computer control programmers and operators. In this post, we look at where workers in this occupation are concentrated, what knowledge and skills they require, and the top industries that staff them.
Oct. 5, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzThe Post-Recession Rebound of Production Workers
In most states, production occupations are rallying after major job losses during the Great Recession. We take a look at which occupations have bounced back the most, and which states are leading the surge in production jobs.
Oct. 3, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightTop Cities for Engineers Based on Actual vs. Expected Wages
We produced a high-level summary for architecture and engineering occupations (SOC 17) to see which cities rank above and below what you might expect. In this case, we limited our analysis to metros with populations greater than 190,000. Augusta-Richmond, Knoxville, and OKC come out on top.
Sep. 27, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzOccupation Report: Medical Records and Health Information Technicians
Everyone’s always searching for new, emerging, and soon-to-be essential occupations. And when it comes to health care, America’s fastest-growing industry sector, medical records and health information technicians — a key healthcare IT occupation — sits pretty near the top.
Sep. 20, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzEngineers: Greater Demand and Faster Recovery
Engineers are currently in high-demand, so we broke down the 18 engineering occupations and checked their numbers. Then we focused on Michigan to see how the engineers are faring, specifically in the auto industry.
Sep. 5, 2012 | Posted by Christian LeithartOccupation Report: Mechanics (2009-2012)
We wanted to learn more about the supply and demand for mechanics in the U.S., so we pulled up some data. Here’s what we found …
Aug. 31, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzIs US Manufacturing Finally Getting Back to Work?
Three manufacturing industries — motor vehicle parts manufacturing, machine shops, and agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing — stand out as top performers since 2009.
Aug. 29, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzAmerica’s Music Scene
Playing off an Atlantic article on the geography of music jobs in the US, we dig into EMSI data on two occupations — musicians & singers and music directors & composers — for the 10 metros that serve as music hubs.
Aug. 13, 2012 | Posted by Christian LeithartThe 20 Largest Self-Employed Occupations
Everyone has a niece who runs her own photography business or a crazy uncle who sells custom bicycle pumps through Amazon. But which self-employment ventures actually employ the most people? And, of those, which are most profitable?
Aug. 3, 2012 | Posted by Christian Leithart‘In-Demand’ Occupations for the Self-Employed
Our friends over at CareerBuilder posted a helpful lineup of 10 occupations that are “in demand.” Here at EMSI, we’re always looking for a chance to show off our data and tools, so we saw this article as an opportunity to use our new “class of worker” categories and compare salaried workers to the self-employed.
Jul. 31, 2012 | Posted by Christian LeithartAlaska’s Top Jobs for 2012
With the Last Frontier the fifth highest state for GDP growth in 2011, we thought we’d dive in for a closer look at its top jobs for 2012.
Jun. 18, 2012 | Posted by Gwen M. BurrowMichigan’s Top Jobs for 2012
In this post we take a look at the best-paying, fastest-growing, most concentrated jobs in Michigan for 2012. Healthcare jobs and network systems/data communications analysts are among the most promising.
Jun. 11, 2012 | Posted by Gwen M. BurrowOccupation Report: Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts
For the past few months we’ve been exploring some of the best post-recession occupations in various states. One occupation keeps cropping up: network systems & data communications analysts.
May. 18, 2012 | Posted by Gwen M. BurrowCalifornia’s Top Jobs for 2012
In this post we explore some of the top jobs in California for 2012. As far as wages and growth are concerned, most of California’s top jobs are in healthcare. As for concentration, it probably isn’t a good time to be an entertainer or performer, but it might be fun to find one and become their agent or business manager.
May. 14, 2012 | Posted by Gwen M. Burrow2012′s Best Jobs for Master’s Degree Grads
Our goal for this post is to explore 2012′s best-performing jobs at the master degree level.
May. 7, 2012 | Posted by Rob Sentz2012′s Best Jobs for Bachelor Degree Grads
In this post we explore the fastest-growing, highest-paying BA-level jobs from 2008-2012 — a time span that factors in the recession and allows us to focus on the occupations that have done well despite the down economy.
May. 7, 2012 | Posted by Rob Sentz2012′s Best-Performing Jobs for Associate Degrees
Our goal for this post is to highlight the best-performing jobs that require either an associate’s degree or a postsecondary vocational award (PSV).
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