Analyst by Lightcast provides all the economic and workforce data needed to create relevant programs and help students succeed. It taps into a comprehensive dataset to discover new opportunities, validate successful programs, and identify at-risk programs. With its wealth of data and user-friendly interface, Analyst makes objective analysis easy, ensuring that programs connect students with great careers. It allows you to analyze top industries, find top jobs, evaluate occupational outlooks, see real-time job posting trends, adjust curricula based on in-demand skills, develop programs with relevant data, and focus marketing efforts with demographic data. Profile Analytics, available within Analyst, enables filtering and searching of aggregate data, delivering key data points such as job titles, employers, occupations, skills & qualifications, location, and alma mater. Lightcast also offers a Program Demand Gap Analysis, a comprehensive report that helps align programs with regional demand.

Features:

• Industries: Analyze your region’s top industries and how they relate to the broader labor market.
• Occupations: Find top jobs and evaluate the long-term occupational outlook of careers.
• Job Postings: See real-time trends based on the kind of workers that regional employers are looking for.
• Skills: Adjust your curricula based on the market's most in-demand skills and certifications.
• Programs: Develop and review programs with relevant data on employer demand and the competitive landscape.
• Demographics: Focus marketing efforts with data on population, race/ethnicity, and gender.