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...
Growing demand for data science leaves Britain vulnerable to skills shortages
Britain is facing “explosive demand” for data science skills and our education system needs to change to keep up, according to a Burning Glass Technologies analysis (using the data behind Labour Insight), commissioned by the Royal Society. Demand for data scientists...
Avoiding the Great Skills Mismatch: How colleges are using labour market insight to best equip their students for employment
We have recently welcomed a number of new colleges into the Labour Insight fold primarily to use the tool for curriculum alignment. During the training session, many have been very surprised about how many ways Labour Insight can be used across the college. I thought...
Labour Insight turns 7!
7 reasons why it’s the best way to understand your labour market Labour insight UK is 7 years old this month! Since 2012, we’ve helped hundreds of customers, from across education, local government, training and careers to generate the data they need, from the...
How universities can satisfy employer demand for the right skills
We have seen a real surge of interest from universities in real-time labour market information as the more progressive institutions recognise the need to incorporate the requirements of industry. Market Insight teams are working on realigning their existing programmes...