What are the key differences? Labour Insight vs free LMI data
Many of our customers have relied on free LMI data in the past, and find it can offer a reasonable picture of jobs and skills demand. However the major advantage of real-time data such as Labour Insight over free LMI data is that it is far more up to date, and this...
Which are the most important skills today’s job seekers should have?
Using Labour Insight to analyse the 6,343,290 jobs posted online in the past year, we can see which are the skills most requested by employers. These can be categorised by ‘Baseline skills’, ‘Specialised skills’, and ‘Computer and programming skills’. Despite an...
Where the work is: Healthcare
Even though the furlough scheme is running until the end of October, the daily news seems to be full of reports of vast numbers of redundancies. Where could those who have been unlucky enough to be laid off look for work? What existing skills can they utilise? And...
Labour Insight – Real Time AND Granular. The two most important elements of labour market data for careers advisors.
Labour market data from Labour Insight can show us online job postings from as long ago as 2012 right up until 24-48 hours ago, making it as 'real-time' as you will get. This combined with the level of detail you can obtain from job adverts means you really do have...
Understanding the labour market since Covid-19
Last updated 25th April Real-time job vacancy data is helping us see the true impact of Covid-19 on the UK labour market. Labour Insight is a real-time LMI tool which includes data from online job adverts including Indeed.com. Data is available to view as recently as...
UK, NZ See Major Declines in Job Postings During Pandemic
The United Kingdom and New Zealand have suffered sharp declines in job postings since the coronavirus pandemic struck, with both seeing postings fall by more than 60%, according to new Burning Glass Technologies research. By contrast, Canada has seen a lower rate than...
My mother-in-law and her CV: using specialised and baseline skills to beat the bots
Last year, my mother-in-law was made redundant but was getting no response to any of her applications. She was born in the 1950’s and is one of the women who have lost as much as six years’ pension due to increases to the State Pension age. I am not a careers adviser...
The Circular Economy – occupations and careers to save the planet – part 2
In part 1 we talked about the importance of a more Circular Economy if we are going to clean up our planet and preserve it for future generations. Using Labour Insight we looked at the top occupations, employers, locations and the number of jobs since 2012. This...
The Circular Economy – occupations and careers to save the planet – part 1
We recently received a request for support in building a Labour Insight report on the Circular Economy from Lucy Stanfield, Business Development Analyst for the Circular Economy at the University of Edinburgh. Now, I have been a vegetarian from the age of 12, a...
20 ways councils and LEPs are using ‘Labour Insight’
Our council and LEP customers are among the most ardent users of Labour Insight; and were the earliest adopters of the tool when it was launched in the UK back in 2012. As the largest single source of real-time LMI in the UK, using data from close to 40,000 sources,...
How colleges use web portals to successfully manage apprenticeships
Further education colleges are increasingly using web portals, linked to their CRM, to capture different types of information from employers and apprenticeship applicants; making applying easier for students, and finding the right candidate simpler for employers....
Dynamics 365 Unified Interface – what is it and why the change?
The Unified Interface is a new interface for Dynamics 365 – so if you’re a long-standing Active customer, your Dynamics Education CRM may be due for an upgrade soon. The main reason for the switch is to give users across devices an improved experience. The Unified...