Data for the Next Move Forward

Skills are the basic unit and shared language of the labor market. Identifying the skills required to a job enables clear understanding of the role—much more than a job title on its own can. Our tools identify skills that workers have and employers want, classified according to the Lightcast Open Skills Library, so that you can articulate and understand your exact need and how to meet it.

For over two decades, Lightcast has been a pioneer in big-data analysis of job postings from all over the internet, and this is what sets us apart. Our tools collect raw data on postings from more than 160,000 online sources, then synthesize and interpret those findings to provide meaningful insight in near real time. Job posting analytics can identify supply and demand for workers, skills, and jobs all over the world, as well as important contextual details like compensation trends.

Government sources all over the world publish their own research and statistics on compensation, industries, occupations, education, and demographics for their populations. This data is slower and less specific than Lightcast proprietary data, but it's still useful for understanding big-picture details on the labor market.

Lightcast products include relevant government data that has been unsuppressed and enriched using our proprietary methodology to help create the most complete and comprehensive insight possible, and we synthesize international data using the Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy to enable clear, standardized comparisons all over the world.

When individuals post their resumes on the internet or build online profiles that include career information, they create an additional layer of data on skills and other relevant characteristics. That information, aggregated and anonymous, provides further detail into the supply of talent in a region, education outcomes, and career pathways. Lightcast uses this profile data to supplement our data from other sources.