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Impact on jobs and professional opportunities

Impact on jobs and professional opportunities

From the course: Economic Indicators

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Impact on jobs and professional opportunities

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- Are you a recent graduate looking for a job? Or thinking about changing jobs? If you are hot on the trail for where your next professional opportunity lies, you need data. Data about the economy, the labor market, and different industries. Fortunately there's a lot of great data in monthly government reports about the job market and reports about different economic sectors. Whether you work in retail, real estate, autos, healthcare, or finance, there are economic reports that offer insight into how your sector is doing and what opportunities there may be elsewhere in the economy. in this video we'll talk about the two kinds of data you need to watch to assess the potential and limitations of your career prospects, national/regional job market data and sector data. National and regional jobs data show how many people are employed and have jobs as well as the number of unemployed people who want jobs but can't get them. A labor market with low unemployment is tight. There is a low…

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