@ByJoshWright

Head of growth at Lightcast, a labor analytics firm (@LightcastData).

 Moscow, Idaho
lightcast.io/resources/blog
Joined May 2013
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The crisis is "simultaneously thrusting Americans into the pre-urban homestead economy of the 1830s, recreating the Depression-era joblessness of the 1930s, and pulling forward the virtual economy of the 2030s." issuu.com/vedpvirginia/docs/… @DKThomp in the Virginia Economic Review.

Virginia Economic Review: Second Quarter 2020

In this issue of Virginia Economic Review, we feature insightful perspectives from dozens of thought leaders on how the future of cities and towns, education and work, economic development, technology

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Fascinating research and data on remote work by metro, country, occupation: wfhmap.com/

WFH Map

Track remote work trends across 5 countries using job posting data.

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@Bledi_Taska12 Mar 2023
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Chicago, London, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, and other cities that function as business service hubs have high remote work shares
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As is widely known & discussed, U.S. male labor force participation rates have gradually fallen since 1960 (by ~0.14ppt per year) from 97% to 88.6%. This has been called a "crisis" by Eberstadt and others & has been attributed to trade, technology, culture, & video games. . .
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Rural resurgence courtesy of pandemic @uscensusbureau @LightcastData @CommerceGov @CDCgov
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This was a great conversation. Thanks, Rich and Ross.
Richard Florida
@Richard_Florida4 May 2022
My conversation with @DevolRoss @HeartlandFwd on our latest research on talent trends and America's Heartland of Talent.
With about 46 million Americans living in smaller, struggling communities, we need more good research and thinking on their challenges. cityjourn.al/3unJ3VF via @aaron_renn

Struggling Communities and Their Prospects

Vulnerable Communities: Research, Policy, and Practice in Small Cities, edited by James J. Connolly, Dagney G. Faulk, and Emily J. Wornell (Cornell University Press, 288 pp., $31.95) Most writing...

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"At its core, Growly Fairly is about people and potential—specifically how cities can unlock the potential of more of their people (and grow in the process) by implementing 10 design principles to build more effective, equitable workforce systems." economicmodeling.com/2022/04…
It was an honor to be in San Diego today for this event. Thank you to @PeterACallstrom and team for organizing the panel discussion. Well done, @GoldsmithOnGov and Kate Markin Coleman.
Workforce Partnership@sdworkforce8 Apr 2022
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Our speakers are joined by a panel of local workforce leaders: Claudia Estrada from @SDMiramar, Josh Wright from @EmsiBG and Jeremy Vellon from @amazon.
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Ross DeVol@DevolRoss5 Apr 2022
Heartland Forward's Most Dynamic Metros report analyzes what communities are doing to grow their economies and create jobs. Glad to see Bloomberg feature it in a national story. #HeartlandEcon bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Florida Retirement Haven The Villages Rivals San Jose as ‘Most Dynamic’ Metro

The largest retirement community in the U.S. now doubles as the country’s second most-dynamic metropolitan area -- sandwiched in the rankings between two California technology hubs.

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Zach Brandon
@preZBiz9 Mar 2022
Tech-sector employment growth by metro* during the pandemic: 1) Virginia Beach - 9.1% 2) New Orleans - 8.0% 3) Nashville - 6.5% 4) #Madison - 6.2% 5) Seattle - 6.2% For comparison: Silicon Valley - 1.9% San Francisco - 4.3% Austin - 3.4% Miami - 0.1% *(metros w >5000 tech jobs)
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The tech hub landscape: superstar cities, rising stars, Zoom towns, and other insights from @MarkMuro1 and team brookings.edu/research/super…
Zillow’s home buying business lost them $500,000,000, 25% of their stock value, and 25% of their workforce. How did this happen to a company with so much data on housing prices? Bad model evaluation. Here’s the fatal error they made that you must avoid when deploying models🧵
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Lots of practical insights in this new book on the people, programs, and systems that make up #workforcedevelopment. Recommended reading. @Richard_Florida @MarkMuro1 @briankelsey_
Stephen Goldsmith@GoldsmithOnGov22 Feb 2022
Growing Fairly sets out ten principles for designing a more effective and equitable system that helps workers obtain the skills necessary for economic mobility. Growing Fairly by Stephen Goldsmith & Kate Markin Coleman amzn.to/3oXDQzQ
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The pandemic has seen a major shift toward skills-based hiring. Will it last? Layla O'Kane of @EmsiData thinks it could. @BHershbein of @UpjohnInstitute says a lot depends on what employers learn from the experience... workshift.opencampusmedia.or…

Employers are loosening degree requirements. But will it last?

The percentage of job postings requiring degrees fell to 7 percent this June, down from 11 percent the year before. Experts weigh in on whether it's market churn or a longer-lasting shift is underway.

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Big news in the labor market data world: @EmsiData and @Burning_Glass joining forces economicmodeling.com/2021/06…
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Via @EmsiData, there were 14.1m job openings and 9.8m unemployed in April, so 1.4+ openings per unemployed persons. Some combination of reskilling + tapering off enhanced benefits is probably the right move.
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New Emsi report explores in-depth the demographic drought that @MarkLautman and others have been discussing for years.
Susan Koehn@SusanKoehn245 May 2021
A sobering but important read. @EmsiData puts hard data behind trends in today's labor market, which should matter to all of us. "The coming #sansdemic is more than a challenge for #HR directors or CEOs. It will affect quality of life for everyone" economicmodeling.com/2021/05…
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Analyst is a product developed by @EmsiData and delivered in partnership with @OMAFRA to help you better understand your region so you can make more informed decisions. Read our blog to learn how you can incorporate data into your community plans: onregionalecdev.com/2021/03/…

Learn How Clients are Using ANALYST to Inform Their Planning Decisions

Analyst is an online tool that pulls data from a range of sources to provide information on regional economies and workforces. Clients can use Analyst to understand the demand for educational progr…

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🎆Skill My Resume is live!!!! I am so thrilled to share this new 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 resource built in partnership by @EmsiData and @MarkleFdn! ❤️A huge thank you to all the teams at Emsi, Markle, and @JoinSkillful for all their efforts in making this happen. economicmodeling.com/2020/12…
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New post! Building an Equitable Workforce in Atlanta @CityofAtlanta @KeishaBottoms @DrMichaelLomax @UNCF @EmsiData @stradaeducation @GoldsmithOnGov @mholland_ashctr @Kennedy_School bit.ly/34eCJCx
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Excellent deep dive by the NYT on losses to the sports industry — $28.6 billion in earnings losses through November, per an @EmsiData analysis. nytimes.com/interactive/2020…
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