Careers and Labour Market Information
Career and labour market information (LMI) consists of facts and figures about the job market, such as employment trends, job availability, skills demand, and salary ranges. This information is vital for making informed career choices by helping individuals identify in-demand jobs, understand required qualifications and skills, and plan for future employment opportunities.
What career and labour market information includes
- Job market trends: Data on current and future job availability, employment trends, and the demand for skills in different sectors.
- Skills and qualifications: Information on the specific skills and educational qualifications that employers are looking for in various roles and industries.
- Salary and progression: Details on average salaries, pay scales, and potential for career advancement.
- Job search insights: Data on where jobs are available, what the most common job vacancies are, and which sectors are growing.
How to use career and labour market information
- Making informed decisions: Use LMI to help make better choices about which career path to pursue.
- Identifying opportunities: Discover which jobs are in demand, both now and in the future, and where they might be found.
- Strengthening an application: Understand the specific skills employers are seeking and use this knowledge to strengthen job applications.
- Planning for the future: Use LMI to plan education and training needs to meet future job requirements.
The following websites are useful to support decision making
iCould provides career inspiration and information for young people. Shows what is possible in work and offer different ways to think about careers through free access to over 1000 personal video stories, detailed job information, plus practical tips, insight and advice.
SACU offers a great independent & impartial source of careers information and a range of tools that will allow you to explore courses, careers, labour market information and much much more.
icanbea… offers information about careers that are specific to our local area so that pupils can explore options that might interest them in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Labour Market Information | Careers Writers Association
Careerometer
Careerometer can be used to explore and compare key information about occupations, help you learn about different occupations and identify potential careers.
It provides access to a selection of UK headline data relating to pay, weekly hours of work and future employment prospects for different occupations, as well as descriptions of the occupation.
Simply type in the title of the job you are interested in and the widget provides a series of options from which you can select the most relevant to you. You can then look up another two occupations and compare. You can also select ‘display the UK average’ and compare the information with the occupation you have selected.