The Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) program, a collaboration between The Conference Board and Lightcast, measures the demand for labor in the United States using advertised online job vacancies. HWOL is a proprietary dataset that powers many state job boards and is ideally suited for time series analysis. The data can serve as a leading indicator of the labor market and overall economic activity, and is available by geography, occupation, industry, and skills. HWOL offers unique advantages, including being the most accurate source for monthly job trends backed by robust methodology, seasonally adjusted data for spotting meaningful trends, data smoothing for reliable time series analysis, and suitability for economists, researchers, labor market analysts, and policy makers.

Features:

• Most accurate source for monthly job trends, backed by robust methodology.

• Seasonally adjusted data makes it easy to filter out noise and spot meaningful trends

• Data smoothing makes HWOL well-suited for reliable time series analysis

• Ideal for economists, researchers, labor market analysts, and policy makers looking to better understand and communicate shifts in hiring demand.

• Publication data shows the total job counts for seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted numbers. The Publication series is well suited for time series comparisons. Data is updated for a mid-monthly period once a month following the BLS reporting pattern. The Publication series data are locked data points (with potential annual revisions).

• Index data shows the relative shift in demand over time. This data set allows for high-level comparisons of labor market trends for your state or MSA to nationwide trends. This data is updated once a month (typically the second Wednesday of the month).

• Live data includes the HWOL set of live job postings that are updated daily. The data are curated to show a basket of employer-driven sites/sources, which removes as much spam and third-party data as possible.