Economic Graph Articles

  • Introducing 2021’s Jobs on the Rise: Where the Opportunity Is Now

    January 12, 2021

    2020 has ended, but the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet behind us. The economic fallout has left millions without a job: the International Labour Organization forecasted 245 million jobs were lost in the last three months of 2020 alone. To support those millions of job seekers, we’re changing LinkedIn’s Emerging Jobs Report - our annual report identifying trends...

  • Opportunity Index

    Unlocking Opportunity Starts With Understanding It

    February 11, 2020

    LinkedIn’s vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Central to this is a belief that two people with equal talent should have equal access to opportunity. To better understand how people define opportunity and the barriers they face in accessing it, we’re excited to publish the first global LinkedIn Opportunity Index....

  • workforce report

    Hiring Is Down yet Challenges Aren’t Evenly Distributed Across Industries: June U.S. LinkedIn Workforce Report 2019

    June 7, 2019

    Gross hiring was down 0.9% year-over-year in May. But looking at the industry level, hiring continues to grow in the software & IT services (+6.7% Y/Y) and corporate services industries (+7.6% Y/Y). At the same time, export-producing goods industries, like agriculture and manufacturing, are facing rapid declines in hiring: manufacturing is down 5.6%...

  • Flooding Across the Midwest Impacts the Region: April U.S. ...

    April 8, 2019

    Despite overall strong hiring and job creation around the country in March, the natural disasters across the Midwest had a negative...

  • U.S. Hiring Continues to Soften: March LinkedIn Workforce...

    March 7, 2019

    According to LinkedIn data, workers without college degrees in roles subject to automation are benefitting from a tight labor market...

  • U.S. Hiring Slowdown: February LinkedIn Workforce Report...

    February 8, 2019

    In this month’s Workforce Report, we looked at the effects of the recent government shutdown might have on the future of the federal...