Help Wanted OnLine

A Real-Time Labor Market Information Resource www.wantedanalytics.com

The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® This data series (HWOL) measures the number of new, first-time online job ads and postings from the previous month for over 16,000 Internet job boards, corporate boards and smaller job listing sites. The HWOL series measures help wanted advertising to provide an understanding of hiring demand by several factors including location, occupation, industry and employer.

Uses of Help Wanted OnLine

• Hiring Demand Dashboard • My Analytics

Data are presented in two formats:

• Analyze real-time and historic employment trends

• Track emerging occupational trends

• Compare current, local job openings to labor supply

• Find ads for specific, individual job openings

• Identify top hiring employers and conduct employer outreach

• Identify skills and certifications sought by employers

Used by the business community, labor market analysts, educators, and workforce agencies, HWOL provides tools to help the user:

WWW.wantedanalytics.com Data are a product of Wanted Analytics & The Conference Board

Setting Job and Employer AlertsOne of the unique capabilities of HWOL is found on My Analytics. Following the directions below, you can set a Job Alert for specific occupations in identified geographic areas. Online ads matching your description will be emailed to you and/or your customers when you set the Job Alert. Employer Alerts can be configured to show all employers advertising a particular job or the number of advertised jobs at a certain employer. Online ads matching your criteria can be downloaded and/or emailed to you and/or your customers when you set the Alert.

To set an Employer Alert, click on “EMPLOYERS” near the middle of the blue bar. To set a Job Alert, click on “JOBS” on the right side of the bar.

The resulting screen will have a Job criteria column on the left side of the page.

EMPLOYER ALERTThe Keyword and Occupation search can be used to identify all employers with a specific job title/occupation. To search for a multiple word job title surround the title with “ ”.

In the same column below Job Criteria, there is a heading for Employer criteria. You can select an employer by checking the box to the left of it or you can enter an employer, such as Dish Network to bring up all jobs advertised by that employer. To further narrow your search modify the filters such as Location, Occupation and Certifications under the Job criteria options. An Email Alert screen will appear. Complete the Report Name and Email Address. Identify the frequency of your Alerts. Click “Create”. You have just set an Employer Alert.

JOB ALERTEnter the job title to be searched in the empty box under Occupation. To search for a multiple word job title surround the title with “ “. Go through the remaining Job criteria, narrowing down the list of job titles. Default settings are set at “All” (All Locations, All Functions, All Skills, etc.).

To send or receive an Alert go back to the top of the page (see green circle). An Email Alert screen will appear. Complete the Report Name and Email Address. Identify the frequency of your Alerts. Click “Create”. You have just set a Job Alert.

Additional ResourcesThe Help button on the top right side of the home page will direct you to additional resources: • The Ticket page can help you to ask questions of the Wanted Analytics staff. It is accessed through My Support or My Tickets. • The Training Calendar will let you know when training on a variety of subjects is offered and allow you to register for those webinars. Most of the trainings are 20 minutes or less in length.• You can also access previous webinars through the Webinars link.

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Step 1Set your filters. Check out the drop down menu here, you have a number of choices. Make sure to click “add” and “Apply Filters”.

Step 3Time Series, review these charts after you have made all of your choices about the data you want. Charts and tables offer different ways of displaying data, depending on your audience.

Step 2Use drop down menu to choose methodology.

Step 4Choose the Time-Frame for your data.

Switch from “summary” to “listing” to see job ads.

Click blue numbers to view current job ads. Click employer names for more detail.

Click here to see a list of available charts and tables.

Data are presented by topic with four figures. To move the topic on the page. To download or print. To add to your data and make comparisons. To delete the topic.

The Hiring Demand Dashboard provides a time series of online job postings beginning in 2005. Top employers, postings by job boards, industries and real-time job ads can be identified. The image below is a sample print out that provides directions to help you refine your search criteria.

My Analytics is useful for conducting searches by job title, location, keywords, skills or certifications. Search results display current job openings, hiring difficulty scale, wage information, job titles, ad counts at employers currently hiring, job posting history of employers over the past 4 years and the top skills/certifications required in job postings.

Clicking “EMPLOYERS” will display job postings & counts by employer.

Clicking “JOBS” will display all active job postings found in search.

“Generate Report” button will create a PDF report for download or email.

Job criteria column filters can be used to narrow results.

Alerts can also be set in My AnalyticsJob Alerts are daily or weekly emails that are generated from saved searches showing postings for specific jobs. Employer Alerts provide a count of all advertised jobs at a specific employer.

Searches use Boolean operators. Titles containing multiple words should be surrounded with “ “.

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