Creating a Labor Market that Works for Everyone
People are the most important part of any organization, which means its highest priority must be understanding its workforce. Lightcast enables faster, better decisions by making labor market data accessible and useful for enterprise, education, and the public sector.
What We Do
In a fast-changing world of work, Lightcast (formerly Emsi Burning Glass) provides clarity. Our global data—available through software, consulting, and data delivery—provides specific, practical, unique insights to guide your most important decisions.
Whether you're an enterprise mapping your workforce's future, an educator preparing students for jobs that don't exist yet, or a government agency building economic resilience—we deliver the insights that matter:
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Real-time skill gaps before they become talent crises
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Emerging job categories while they're still emerging
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Career pathways that actually lead somewhere
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Economic trends specific to your region, industry, and workforce
How We Do It
Lightcast pioneered the collection and big-data analysis of information on the labor market. We have the world’s most comprehensive database of job postings, which has been refined by AI and human experts to provide insights clearly and quickly.
Our tools collect real-time data from over 160,000 sources every day, contributing to a database with over 2.5 billion job postings and billions of worker profiles and other data points. We combine that with curated input from dozens of other statistical sources, like government agencies, to provide the most complete view possible of the fast-changing labor market:
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2.5 billion job postings cleaned, classified, and connected to reveal what employers actually want
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Proprietary skill taxonomies that translate between what workers can do and what jobs require
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AI-powered insights validated by human experts who understand vital labor market nuances
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Our Impact
Our mission is to unlock new possibilities in the labor market, and we accomplish it by helping other organizations accomplish theirs.
The Lightcast Impact Report is a curated collection of survey data, case studies, and research highlighting how our insight is contributing to greater diversity, connectivity, efficiency, and skills alignment for our clients. With the tools, resources, and data to lead the global conversation, we can help create a job market that works for everyone.
