Real time data allow us to explore activity in the labor market as close to real time as possible.  Traditional government data sources can lag by 6 months or more.  Here we present our research on the job openings data and the new hires data.

Job Openings Data

Online job openings data are one of our real time data tools. An innovative job spidering technology is used to gathers job postings from a number of job boards and corporate sites that cover web-based job advertisements. These data do not represent a complete picture of job opportunities available in our local area; some occupations are not traditionally listed on the web and may be filled through other sources like labor unions, apprenticeship programs and other local networks, valuable insights are available from examining these kinds of information. However, they allow us to capture occupations in-demand for many local employers. Despite the effort to remove the identical postings that are listed on more than one source, there is always a chance that some postings are duplicative.

 We examine online job openings from different angles and present our findings on:

>Job Openings in Southeast PA

>Major Occupational Families

>Educational Attainment Levels

Geographic Solutions Spidered Job Openings data are available through the partnership with Center for Workforce Information and Analysis (CWIA) and replicate job openings available to users of the CWIA website. For more information about the real time labor market information please follow the link to the Data Request page.

>Read more about job openings in Southeast PA

New Hires Data

The New Hires data identify industries actively hiring workers who live in Philadelphia and Southeastern PA Counties and reveal emerging and declining industries by comparing hiring volume to the previous year.  These data are updated quarterly.  We present data for the fourth quarter of 2011 -the period from October through December of 2011.

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