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Economic Development, 
Workforce, 
JobsEQ, 
Case Study

How JobsEQ Has Helped Baldwin County EDA Nurture 21% Job Growth in Transportation/Warehousing Since 2015

Please note that this case study has been amended from the original post to reflect Novelis Inc’s $2.5 billion investment in the South Alabama Mega Site, to build a groundbreaking facility and bring...
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Workforce, 
Case Study, 
Consulting

Chmura Consulting Helps Berkshire Workforce Board Understand Recessionary Impact

The Problem MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board (BWB) is the lead workforce development organization in Berkshire County, a rural county in Massachusetts. BWB is proud of its strong partnerships with...
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Workforce, 
Covid-19, 
Data, 
Forecasting, 
Economy, 
JobsEQ, 
Analysis, 
Consulting, 
Staffing, 
Economic Trends

An Update on the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Women in the Workforce

A lot has changed since our first blog on this topic in late 2021, and newly released data shed additional light on the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on female employment and its continued...
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Workforce, 
Data, 
Economy, 
JobsEQ, 
Trends, 
Analysis

Preliminary Wages

JobsEQ now includes preliminary estimates for occupation wages in order to provide a more timely compensation data set. These data build upon the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s (BLS) OEWS[1] data set...
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Workforce, 
Data, 
Economy, 
JobsEQ, 
Trends, 
Analysis, 
Staffing

2022 Job Ad Trends

What trended in the workforce in 2022 and what does that hold for 2023? This article explores that question using the RTI[1] jobs ad dataset from JobsEQ. The Overall Market New online job ad volume...
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Economic Development, 
Workforce, 
Education, 
JobsEQ

Highlights from the JobsEQ summIT '22: All You Need is Data

As we wrap up 2022, we wanted to take a look back at one of the highlights of our year. In October, JobsEQ users from across the U.S. gathered in Cleveland to network, hear from a great group of...
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Workforce, 
Data, 
Economy, 
JobsEQ, 
Trends, 
Analysis, 
Consulting, 
Staffing

Accuracy Matters: Benchmarking Diversity

A company grading themself on staffing diversity needs to pick the proper benchmark. There are a variety of available labor market data related to diversity and choosing the wrong data could easily...
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Workforce, 
Data, 
Economy, 
JobsEQ, 
Trends, 
Analysis, 
Staffing

Labor Day Indicators Point to "Employees" Market

This article was originally published in the Richmond Times Dispatch on September 5, 2022. As we celebrate our third Labor Day in what is hopefully a waning pandemic, the labor market remains tight....
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Workforce, 
Education, 
Data, 
Economy, 
Trends, 
Analysis

Best College Majors for Remote Work

Does your choice of college major affect your options for working remotely after graduation? It certainly does! The latest data from employers hiring in 2022 show a clear pattern. First off, a...
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