In today’s Shedding a Light on the Labour Market (also published on FE News), we take a look at something a little more positive than some of the negative headlines we’ve been seeing in connection with the labour market in recent weeks. Although we’ve seen a big increase in Claimant Counts across the country […]
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An Analysis of September Claimant Counts
We’ve been tracking the rise in Claimant Counts for the past several months, and have noted the huge rise since the beginning of the year right across the country, albeit the rate of increase since June’s figures has been significantly less than the huge rises in April and May. In the latest figures, we again […]
New Report: Exploring Alternative Talent Pools for Recruiting Employability Professionals
We are delighted to announce the release of the report we wrote about last week, commissioned by Aptem and supported by the Institute of Employability Professionals (IEP), which uses data to explore alternative talent pools for the recruitment of employability professionals. The report is unique in that it uses our Skills Library — a […]
Which Medium Skilled Jobs Are In-Demand?
In a piece a few weeks ago, we used the 1-3 digit Standard Occupation Classifications (SOC) as an approximation of jobs that generally require a high skillset, and then delved into our Job Posting Analytics to identify the most in-demand job titles and hard skills at that level. In this piece we want to […]
The Demographics of Furlough and Claimant Counts
This piece has also been published over at FE News, in our new regular slot, Shining a Light on the Labour Market. Over the past few months, we’ve been trying to build up a picture of what is happening in the labour market by taking Government data releases, and drilling down into the details […]
Employability Report and Webinar: Exploring Different Recruitment Avenues Through the Language of Skills
With the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecasting that unemployment may reach four million people by early next year (13.2%), there is clearly going to be a huge demand for guidance, support and direction for people trying to get back into work. For organisations in the employability sector, this will mean rapidly scaling their […]
A New Consultancy Report for Colleges: Assessing the Effects of Economic Disruption in Your Area.
A question we keep hearing from colleges across the country is, “What’s going on in our local economy?”. This is hardly surprising, given the level of disruption that is occurring, but can we actually get answers to this question, which can then feed into a strategic response? The answer is yes, and in order […]
