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Discover the key employment trends shaping the future of your industry – packed with data-backed insights from our latest report.

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We connect people with jobs by providing businesses, communities, and education institutions with the best labor market data possible. Our data-driven insight enables better, faster decisions.

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Lightcast software, consulting, and APIs are all powered by over 18 billion data points, refined and categorized by human experts, delivering clarity to everyone we serve.

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Conducting research is simple with Lightcast SaaS products — explore interactive maps and graphs, share them with your team, and execute extensive data processes in just a few clicks.

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Our team of economists and data scientists apply Lightcast’s advanced labor market information to any question — uncovering measurable strategies with a clear roadmap for growth.

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If you're looking for the world's most trusted labor market data, analytics platforms, and expert guidance to help you tackle critical decisions, you've come to the right place. Lightcast is the pioneer and market leader in global labor analytics.

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Join us for an inside look at Lightcast’s newly enhanced Skillabi platform—a data-rich tool that connects program content to career pathways using over 18 billion labor market data points and a new, skill-based program alignment score.

Create and Market Career-Aligned Programs with Skillabi

The truth about skills-based transformation: No fluff, just results.

This session will focus on how investing in skills drives tangible business outcomes and generates real value across the organisation.
Discover how skills drive efficiency, better decision-making, and talent alignment.

The truth about skills-based transformation

The truth about skills-based transformation: No fluff, just results.

How stakeholders in Cornwall are using Lightcast data to simplify labour market complexity.


Simplifying Labour Market Complexity - UK Roundtable

How Stakeholders in Cornwall are Using Lightcast Data to Simplify Labour Market Complexity.

Simplifying Labour Market Complexity: With a comprehensive workforce dataset built on a foundation of world-leading taxonomies


Simplifying Labour Market Complexity - APAC webinar

Simplifying Labour Market Complexity - APAC Webinar 

HR Next Level: Skills Velocity Unleashed - Navigating Tomorrow's Workforce

How fast are critical skills changing? Who will be doing the jobs of tomorrow? In this webinar, we’ll be exploring the accelerating pace of skills velocity and what it means for your organization’s talent strategy.

HR Next Level: Skills Velocity Unleashed

HR Next Level: Skills Velocity Unleashed – Navigating Tomorrow’s Workforce

HR trends come and go, but four disciplines within the field—people analytics, talent intelligence, workforce planning, and behavioral science—have proven increasingly valuable. by understanding how human capital data informs all of these, we can make even better workforce decisions. 

The Tree of Value: Using Data to Break Down HR Silos

Outcomes, ROI, and the Future of Value in Higher Ed

Reimagining Accreditation

Reimagining Accreditation: Outcomes, ROI, and the Future of Value in Higher Ed

Simplifying Labour Market Complexity

Simplifying Labour Market Complexity - UK Webinar

Strategies for Economic and Workforce Development Leaders. Join the National Governors Association (NGA) and Lightcast for an essential webinar on how to build a resilient workforce through skills-based hiring.

Upcoming Webinars

How Stakeholders in Cornwall are Using Lightcast Data to Simplify Labour Market Complexity.

The truth about skills-based transformation: No fluff, just results.

Create and Market Career-Aligned Programs with Skillabi