April 06, 2007

Online Tools Can Aid Economic Development

The U.S. Census Bureau has several free online tools to help jobseekers, employers and economic planners get a handle on the local job market. The program - called Local Employment Dynamics (LED) - is a partnership between state labor market information agencies and the Census Bureau. It fills critical data gaps in workforce statistics at the state, county, metro and workforce investment area levels. The three LED online tools are: QWI (Quarterly Workforce Indicators) Online, Industry Focus and On the Map. QWI Online contains eight economic indicators: total employment, net job flow, job creation, number of new hires, separations, turnover and average monthly earnings for all workers and new hires.

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