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What does Analyst offer you?
Analyst gives you access to granular labour market data for your region of interest, to help you answer the following sorts of questions - and many more:
✓ How many jobs do our local sectors employ?
✓ What types of jobs are they?
✓ Which sectors give our area an advantage?
✓ Who are the employers in each sector?
✓ What are the top occupations in our location?
✓ Which jobs are growing the most?
✓ What is the median salary for specific jobs?
✓ What skills are required for these jobs?
✓ Which skills are most in-demand in our area?
✓ Which are growing and declining fastest?
✓ What are the emerging skills in our area?
✓ What skills are specific employers seeking?
5 major use cases
The vast amount of data in Analyst, plus the combination of structural labour market insights and job posting analytics, means it has multiple use cases for different organisations. Below are five major use cases, and in the sector underneath that you'll find Customer Success Story relating to each of these:
Economic developers can understand their area's sector strengths, job trends and projections, and emerging skills dynamics, providing a robust, data-driven foundation upon which to build a solid growth strategy.
Education providers can understand the connection between the skills they teach in their courses and the skills requested by employers, so equipping them to better align the education they provide with the world of work.
Organisations can identify demand for common, specialised and software skills at a highly granular level in their area, putting them in a far better position to be able to fill skills gaps and address demand for emerging skills.
Universities and colleges can embed labour market data across their institution, using it to empower students with an in-depth understanding of potential career pathways, so paving the way for better employment outcomes.
Organisations can understand what makes their local labour market tick, so they can implement the kinds of changes relating to jobs and skills that are genuinely likley to bring true prosperity to their community.
“At the University of Huddersfield, we subscribe to Lightcast data as part of a strong partnership with the organisation which is helping us to innovate in the use of the most powerful labour market data.”