Our February 2024 Jobs Report indicates the year continues to be off to a good and stable start. Aside from a couple of industries our key job market metrics (e.g., postings, comp, supply/demand, sentiment) are moderating across the job market landscape. One significant change we noticed was that Urgent Postings…
The jobs report 2023 year in review shows us last year was in many ways a reset year for the job market. The market has remained resilient despite the headwinds of inflation, slowing economy, and return to normal work patterns. We still have extremely low unemployment and solid job growth….
With our December 2023 jobs report release it is a good time to reflect on 2023, which in my opinion was a reset year. It appears that we have survived the headwinds of inflation, slowing economy, and return to normal work patterns. We still have extremely low unemployment and solid…
Zip Code Analysis, LinkedIn® Data, Shift and Benefit Reporting Provide Hyper-Targeted Talent Intelligence for Recruiting and Business Development (Akron, OH) December 21, 2023 – Public Insight announces the fall release of its TalentView job market data and analytics solution. New features and capabilities such as zip code analysis and 3D…
Our September 2023 Jobs Report indicates we are seeing moderation in compensation levels as inflation has also moderated. On a composite basis, wages were flat from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023. However, this moderation was not uniform across occupations. Some occupations in fact experienced declining wages as we discuss below….
In the August 2023 Jobs Report we take a closer look at employer reviews and see what is driving employee satisfaction and net promoter score (NPS). In recent weeks we have focused on employee happiness through a series of LinkedIn video blogs. Employers in the post-pandemic era are wise to…
In the July 2023 Jobs Report we take a detailed look at job market trends for supply and demand by industry sector, open postings aging, and posting volume. The pandemic drove a chronic shortage of workers in hospitality and retail. Any companies that had jobs involving face-to-face communication had problems…
In the June 2023 Jobs Report we take a holistic view of job and labor stats and the disconnects that exist. We use the words “new normal” to describe a lot these days. In the post-pandemic era we may have to apply it to many aspects of today’s labor market….
The May 2023 Jobs Report indicates that several months of job openings easing back to normal levels abruptly reversed course in the latest BLS data for April. Job openings increased to 10.1 million from an adjusted 9.7 million. Job openings now remain at 40% above pre-pandemic levels. Additionally, layoffs and…
Weekly job posting data, posting text analysis, and time-period comparisons enable granular analysis of current job market intelligence to inform and justify recruiting decisions. (Akron, OH) May 31, 2023 – Public Insight announces the spring release of its TalentView job market data and analytics solution. The release includes weekly job…
Our April 2023 jobs report shows trends in supply/demand of job seekers compared to job postings continue to impact Health Care and Professional and Scientific industries, which are seemingly always in short supply. Over the past 12 months, there is about a 25-35% shortage of workers to fill these positions….
The March 2023 Jobs Report gives us a glimmer of hope based on higher open posting volume and less average open days. I am a contrarian by nature. I very rarely accept things at face value without questioning their validity. I did not believe the record BLS job openings number…