Bridgend College have been getting great use out of our Career Coach tool, using it throughout the student journey including in 1-2-1 interviews, course and career exploration, group workshops and much more. With its ability to present data on occupations and employer demand in their local area, the tool is proving to be an […]
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How Has the Labour Market Been Changing Across the Country?
In normal times, we refresh our data on an annual basis using the latest Government labour market datasets, but due to the economy undergoing such huge changes in the last year, we have moved to updating it on a twice yearly basis. In this piece, we want to share some of the headline insights […]
New Twice Yearly Data Update Plus an Exciting Way to Investigate the Green Economy in Your Area
With the economic situation still volatile after a year of huge disruption, we have taken the decision to move from our normal practice of updating the data in our Analyst tool annually to twice yearly. This will enable us to capture changes occurring to the labour market on a more frequent basis, and we’re […]
The Importance of Place: Part 3 — Identifying an Area’s In-Demand Skills and Skills Gaps
In parts one and two of this series, we looked at how data can be used to identify the industries and occupations which give an area a competitive advantage. In this third and final part, we turn our attention to skills, looking at how localised data can help education providers and economic developers better […]
The Importance of Place: Part 2 — Identifying an Area’s Niche Occupations and In-Demand Jobs
In the first part of this three-part series, we looked at how data can be used to identify the industries which give areas a competitive advantage over others. This is something that could prove crucial for education providers and economic developers seeking to drive economic recovery in their area, as it helps them get […]
Free Report Tracking Employer Demand for Green Jobs and Skills in Your Area
In a couple of recent pieces (here and here), we tracked employer demand for “green jobs” throughout the country, and we also hosted a webinar where we looked in more detail at how we can define what has been called the Green Economy. We now want to dig a bit further into the topic […]
The Importance of Place: Part 1 — Identifying an Area’s Industry Strengths
As we look to the future of the economy after a time of huge disruption, there will no doubt be many headlines at the national level showing how recovery is tracking. However, the national economy is really an aggregation of many smaller local economies, each with its own unique mix of sectors, jobs and […]
