LABOR INSIGHT™
Labor market data at your fingertips to support critical decisions
Labor Insight™ provides job market data to enable the identification of opportunities for training programs, closer alignment of education and training initiatives with employer demand, and improved site selection and recruiting decisions.
New to Labor Insight™
Alumni Analysis, a new premium add-on dashboard available for Labor Insight™, tracks graduate career outcomes based on the Burning Glass Technologies database of millions of resumes and current social profiles to provide institutions with accurate, real-time data on alumni’s career pathways
Real-Time Job Market Analysis
Labor Insight™ is used by hundreds of educational institutions, HR departments, and workforce development organizations to support initiatives that align with today’s job market. Use of in-depth, localized labor market data allows educators to increase enrollment and foster student success, workforce agencies to increase visibility into local job market needs, and HR departments to improve talent related decisions.
With Labor Insight, educators, HR departments, and workforce agencies can:
Gain insights from job market analysis at the macro and micro level
Quickly identify and clarify employer needs
See how training programs translate to jobs
Track demand for skills and industry credentials specific to the area
Understand what jobs and skills are hard to fill
Identify emerging roles not yet tracked by public data sources
Target local opportunities for partnership and investment
Track and understand alumni career pathways
Testimonials
I believe that Burning Glass Technologies provides unique labor market data to create understanding in today’s fast changing technological and economic conditions. Data is the fuel for economic success at all levels. It allows students, regions, employers and educators to take charge of their learning and make better decisions for adapting to the world that is here and emerging. I’m a big fan.
Phil McCreadyTools like Burning Glass help us tell the story. Everybody, at the highest level, comes to us for that data. It’s so baked into our system now that we don’t even question it. We will always have demand now that we can show what it can do.
Alan SpellUse Cases
Missouri Economic Research Information Center
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MERIC needed a way to provide state agencies and job seekers with more timely labor market information. Learn how Labor Insight™ provided them with real-time data to inform decisions statewide.
Northeastern University
Northeastern University wanted to find out where to invest in new program growth. Labor Insight’s cutting-edge data enabled them to better vet each growth opportunity.
Dallas County Community College District

Dallas County Community College District and Eastfield College realign programs, create opportunities, and drive enrollment using labor market data.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
UMBC was challenged with deciding where to locate a graduate program. Geographical analysis of real-time labor market data through Labor Insight yielded surprising results that influenced how that program ultimately evolved.
Use Cases by Sector
Government
In-depth, localized labor market analysis increases visibility into local job market needs and deepens employer engagement. With new skills and occupations emerging every day, using Labor Insight can inform workforce and economic planning with accurate, real-time labor market analysis. Labor Insight is a comprehensive, web-based research platform that strengthens efforts to:
- Quickly identify and clarify local employer needs
- Benchmark industrial strengths against that of other regions
- Identify labor market gaps
- Track demand for skills and industry credentials specific to the area
- Identify new and emerging roles not yet tracked by public data sources
- Highlight local opportunities for partnership and investment
Education
Increase enrollment and foster student success with insights from our in-depth, localized labor market data. With new skills and occupations emerging every day, Labor Insight supports curriculum development that is informed by accurate, relevant, real-time information. Labor Insight is the comprehensive, web-based research platform within a solutions suite designed for educational institutions to:
- Conduct job market analysis at the macro and micro level
- Explore career outcomes associated with programs of study
- Guide curriculum decisions for innovative and specialized training and degree programs
- Identify local opportunities for partnership and investment
- Track and understand graduate career pathways
Human Capital Management
Improve workforce planning and talent management decisions with accurate, real-time labor market analysis. Labor Insight enables Human Capital Management organizations to:
- Identify hard to fill skills
- Identify talent shortages to improve site selection
- Understand where and which employers are hiring for what roles
- Inform salary targets
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Burning Glass Technologies is an analytics software company that has cracked the genetic code of an ever-changing labor market. Powered by the world’s largest and most sophisticated database of jobs and talent, we deliver real-time data and breakthrough planning tools that inform careers, define academic programs, and shape workforces.




