Occupation Insight Data

Occupation Insight reports are built using data from:

Anthology Student or external SIS (Student Information System)
TalentNeuron (labor market data provider)

The table provides an overview and indicates when the data is synched or refreshed.

Type of Data	Source and Description	When Synched or Refreshed
Academic data for your institution from Anthology Student or external SIS	So that it can be visually represented in Occupation Insight reports, the data is Synced to the Occupation Insight database for Anthology Student Refreshed using a file share process for external SISs For example, the programs, program versions, areas of study, courses, and skills data at your institution.	Daily
Job posting data	Occupation Insight is integrated with TalentNeuron's daily job posting feed to provide a real-time and regionally granular assessment of the labor market. Active job posting details, and 12-months trend data for those job postings related to your institution’s programs can be visualized. Two canned reports focused on active job postings and 12-months trends are available in your report listing. The following scenario, among other scenarios that may occur, enables you to gain an insight into how job posting dates may change: Scenario November 30th - TalentNeuron detects that the Analytics Manager job is displayed newly on Website2.com. December 15th - TalentNeuron detects that the above job also appeared on Website1.com on November 1st. Result December 15th - the posting date in TalentNeuron's dataset is updated from November 30th to November 1st. As a result: December 1 - A visitor searching for this job will view that the posting was active for 1 day. December 15 - After the update to the TalentNeuron dataset, a visitor will view that the post has been active for 45 days.	Daily
Expired Job Posting	TalentNeuron regularly monitors job postings from a wide range of sources, visiting each source twice a week. A job is considered expired when it is no longer found during their most recent check but was present in a previous visit.	Weekly
Taxonomy data	TalentNeuron updates their taxonomies for skills, skill definitions, certifications/credentials, and specialized (sub) occupations.	Quarterly
Crosswalk data	TalentNeuron provides updates to publicly available listings like the ONET SOC Crosswalk and CIP to SOC Crosswalk, as they become available from their source.	Event Based

Field Sources

The following table lists fields and their source.

Field	Data Source
Field	Anthology Student or External SIS	TalentNeuron Job Posting	TalentNeuron Taxonomy	TalentNeuron Crosswalk
AreaOfStudy(Major), AreaOfStudy(Minor), AreaOfStudy(Other), AreaOfStudy(Concentration)	X
AreaOfStudyCatalog, AreaOfStudyCourses, AreaOfStudyCourseSkills, AreaOfStudyElectivePoolCourses, AreaOfStudyElectivePoolCourseSkills, AreaOfStudySubstitutePoolCourses, AreaOfStudySubstitutePoolCourseSkills	X
Campuses	X
CatalogCourseCategories (Replaced by fields specific to program versions, areas of study, and major concentrations.)	X
Certifications, CertificationByOccupation			X
CipCodes				X
CityCountyStates		X		X
Courses, Course Skills (Replaced by fields specific to program versions, areas of study, and major concentrations.)	X
Employers, EmployersBymsa,EmployersByNational, EmployersByState		X
JobPostings,JobPostingsByCityCountryState, JobPostingsByMsa, JobPostingsByNational, JobPostingsByState		X
JobPostingURL		X
JobRequiredCertifications, JobRequiredDegreeLevels, JobRequiredSkills		X
MajorConcentrationCourses, MajorConcentrationCourseSkills, MajorConcentrationElectivePoolCourses, MajorConcentrationElectivePoolCourseSkills, MajorConcentrations, MajorConcentrationSubstitutePoolCourses, MajorConcentrationSubstitute PoolCourseSkills	X
Msas				X
OccupationDistributionStats, OccupationGroups, OccupationNationalProjections, Occupations, OccupationProgramExplorer, OccupationStateProjections				X
ProgramAreasOfInterest	X
Programs	X
ProgramSkills (Replaced by fields specific to program versions, areas of study, and major concentrations.)	X
ProgramVersionCourses, ProgramVersionCourseSkills, ProgramVersionElectivePoolCourses, ProgramVersionElectivePoolCourseSkills, ProgramVersions, ProgramVersionSkills, ProgramVersionSubstitutePoolCourses, ProgramVersionSubstitutePoolCourseSkills	X
SalariesByMsa, SalariesByNational, SalariesByState		X
Skills, SkillClusters, SkillClusterStats, and SkillStats		X	X
SnapshotMonthYear		X
States		X		X
SubOccupations		X

Anthology Student Data

In Anthology Student, the source of the data for:

Campuses is the Settings tile > expand System > select Campuses
All the remaining items for Anthology Student are from the Configuration tile > expand Academic Records > select the item in the tree (such as Programs or Areas of Study)

The skills from Occupation Insight are associated to:

Program versions from the Configuration tile > expand Career Services > select Skills
Courses from the Configuration tile > expand Academic Records > select Courses > select a course in the list > Attributes, Skills & Resources tile

Localized Labor Market Demand Indicators

A host of local indicators of labor market demand are available. All the variables below are available nationally, by state, and by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). They are also available for individual occupations and aggregated for occupation groups and career areas. The variables and their definitions are listed below.

Hiring Demand

Variable	Definition	Format	Source
Number of Postings	Number of unique postings.	Numeric	TalentNeuron Postings
Projected Growth	Projected ten-year growth using data from Projections Managing Partnership which is sponsored by the Department of Labor and supported by the Bureau of Labor statistics. ProjectionsCentralSite	Numeric	Public

Variable

Definition

Format

Source

Number of Postings

Number of unique postings.

Numeric

TalentNeuron Postings

Projected Growth

Projected ten-year growth using data from Projections Managing Partnership which is sponsored by the Department of Labor and supported by the Bureau of Labor statistics.

ProjectionsCentralSite

Numeric

Public

Salary

Variable	Definition	Format	Source
Median Salary	Median reported salary.	Numeric	TalentNeuron Postings

Employers

Variable	Definition	Format	Source
Employers	Name of employer, and number of postings.	Text	TalentNeuron Postings

Occupation Groups, Occupations, and Specialized (Sub) Occupations

TalentNeuron characterizes jobs by the ONET-SOC taxonomy. Within Occupation Insight the ONET-SOC listings are represented as Career Areas, Occupations Groups, Occupations, and Specialized (Sub) Occupations.

Occupation Overview and Taxonomy

Variable	Definition	Format	Source
Occupation Code	SOC8 code relates to each unique occupation.	Text	TalentNeuron
Occupation Description	Narrative description of the occupation.	Text	TalentNeuron
Occupation Group	All occupations are grouped into an occupation group at the SOC3 level. There are 99 occupation groups, which represent a set of related occupations.	Text	TalentNeuron
Career Area	Each occupation group and its associated occupations are assigned to one of 20 broad function areas.	Text	TalentNeuron

Training and Education Requirements

Variable	Definition	Format	Source
Employer Requested Certifications/Credentials	A ranked list of certifications and credentials specified on postings.	Text	TalentNeuron Postings
Education Distribution	The percent of postings specifying education requirements at four levels: GED/High School, Associate Level, Bachelor’s Level, Masters Level, Doctoral Level.	Text	TalentNeuron Postings
Most Common Education Path for Entry	The most common education path into an occupation, when multiple education paths are available. For example, surveyors may graduate from associate’s or bachelor’s programs; associate’s programs are most common.	Text	TalentNeuron Postings

Skills

Variable	Definition	Format	Source
Skills	A list of market relevant skills. Skills fall into four types: Knowledge, Personal Abilities, Skills, and Tools and Technologies.	Text	TalentNeuron Taxonomy
Skill Clusters	Groups of similar skills which typically train together. Skills within a single cluster will fall into the same broad skill category (for example Chemical Engineering, Nursing, etc).	Text	TalentNeuron Taxonomy

Experience

Variable	Definition	Format	Source
Experience Distribution	The percent of postings specifying experience at four levels: 2 years or less, 3-7 years, and 8+ years.	Categorical (<2 years, 3-7, 8+)	TalentNeuron Postings

Skill Status

The following describes how Occupation Insight handles skill statuses.

Occupation Insight receives updates to labor market skills from TalentNeuron on a quarterly basis. As part of these updates TalentNeuron will provide new skills emergent in the market, update skills based on changes in market demand, and remove skills no longer in demand. If TalentNeuron removes a skill, Occupation Insight maintains that skill and updates the status to Inactive.

Occupation Insight represents a skills status as Active when the demand threshold is 3% or above for any given occupation. This means that at least 3% of employer postings for an occupation are requesting that skill. If the demand threshold drops below 3%, then Occupation Insight will update the skill status to Inactive.

Measures within Occupation Insight that compare skills to occupations will only consider Active skills. Occupation Insight reports maintain both Active and Inactive skills in the main Skills table for visibility. Canned visuals referencing the main Skills table will have a filter applied by default to only reflect Active skills.

Institutional administrators of Occupation Insight are encouraged to evaluate changes in skill status and newly added skills over time to ensure skill to program and course mappings are kept up to date. Details can be found in the Labor Market Data Change Tracking report.