Salesforce and Tableau: A Merger of Hybrid Skills
The newly announced purchase of Tableau by Salesforce brings together two fast-growing companies, but it also merges two of the fastest-growing hybrid skills: data visualization and customer...
View ArticleFoundational Skills that Become More Important as You Rise in Your Career
The term “foundational skills” implies that they are something you only use at the beginning of your career. But Burning Glass Technologies research shows that the New Foundational Skills actually gain...
View ArticleTop 25 Hotspots for Data Science Jobs: New York, Silicon Valley…and Trenton?
The top 25 cities for data science jobs show how widespread the demand for data skills has become, branching out from major tech hubs into cities around the country. In fact, the highest concentration...
View ArticleHybrid Jobs Projected to Grow Twice as Fast as Jobs Overall
“Hybrid jobs” represent a major shift in the makeup of occupations—and hybrid jobs growth is increasing twice as fast as the rest of the job market. Hybrid jobs are a challenge and an opportunity for...
View ArticleSingapore Employers Demand Computer Science Skills
Computer science skills, but not necessarily computer science degrees, are becoming more important to workers who want to succeed in the Singapore job market. Our latest research on the Singapore labor...
View ArticleHybrid Jobs Projected to Grow Twice as Fast as Jobs Overall
“Hybrid jobs” represent a major shift in the makeup of occupations—and hybrid jobs growth is increasing twice as fast as the rest of the job market. Hybrid jobs are a challenge and an opportunity for...
View ArticleSingapore Employers Demand Computer Science Skills
Computer science skills, but not necessarily computer science degrees, are becoming more important to workers who want to succeed in the Singapore job market. Our latest research on the Singapore labor...
View ArticleWriting Skills Matter Even for Numbers-Crunching Big Data Jobs
It may seem counter-intuitive, but our research shows big data jobs – data science – are more likely to demand creativity, teamwork, research and, yes, writing skills, than other jobs. The reason...
View ArticleIn Light of Labor Day: Five Trends in the Job Market
This Labor Day, we thought it would be a good idea to step back and look at a few long-term trends that are reshaping the labor market. These are all job market trends workers should watch in a...
View ArticleDemand for Digital Marketing Skills Doubles
Four in 10 marketing job openings now call for digital marketing skills, and the number of postings calling for digital skills has nearly doubled in the last five years. Forrester Research has...
View ArticleVote for Our Proposals at SXSW and SXSWedu 2018
Everywhere there are new advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, and data skills that promise to reshape the economy. But what does this mean for students and workers? How can human beings keep...
View ArticleInfographic: Data Science Jobs, by the Numbers
Big Data is having a huge impact on the economy, and in our latest research report, we quantify how the demand for data science and analytics (DAS) skills is reshaping the job market. From research to...
View ArticleEven Hedgehog Caretakers Need Digital Skills
Our job is keeping track of other people’s jobs, so when we saw the story in today’s Wall Street Journal about “hedgehog officers” in the UK, we had to go to our Labour Insight™ database and look it...
View ArticleNo College Degree? You Can Still Start a Career in IT
For students looking to enter careers in information technology, gaining a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field opens up the broadest range of options. But a B.A. is also a long,...
View ArticleMobile App Developers: The Model of the Modern Job Market?
One of the strongest trends Burning Glass has seen in the labor market recently has been the rise of the hybrid job: positions that mix-and-match skill sets from different fields. This is a sign of a...
View ArticleIf Talent is Ready to Flee, then Maybe it’s Time to Plan
Tweet Every company says they worry about attracting and keeping talent—but based on a new MIT/Sloan Management Review survey, maybe they aren’t worrying enough. “Talent is ready to flee,” according...
View ArticleFive Careers Where Coding Skills Will Help You Get Ahead
Tweet There’s a big difference between using a computer and being able to program one. And in the modern workplace, more and more jobs are demanding coding—actually writing instructions for the...
View ArticleThe Bigger the Salary, the More Likely You’ll Need to Learn Coding
Tweet Digital skills have already conquered the workforce, with nearly 8 in 10 middle-skill jobs identified as “digitally intensive.” But as you climb the income ladder, the nature of the computer...
View ArticleSpecific Skills Make Liberal Arts Graduates More Marketable
Tweet We’ve had a lot of interest in our liberal arts research following today’s story in the Chronicle of Higher Education, and CEO Matthew Sigelman’s oped for Inside Higher Ed. Our research has...
View ArticleOK, You’re Creative: Five Skill Sets You’ll Need in the Job Market
Tweet A lot of people think of creativity as an end in itself. Unfortunately for starving artists everywhere, employers don’t. Employers do want creativity. They ask for it all the time in job...
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