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Lightcast

🌎 lightcast.io

Lightcast, formerly known as Emsi Burning Glass, is a global leader in labor market analytics, providing comprehensive and detailed labor market data to businesses, communities, and educational institutions. The company focuses on delivering data-driven talent strategies and insights to help clients navigate the complexities of the labor market. With a mission to unlock new possibilities in the labor market, Lightcast offers tools and platforms that simplify access to critical job, skills, and industry intelligence.

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Updates as of Sep 11, 2024

• Simon Haines is no longer the CEO of Lightcast.
• Robert Gibney has joined Lightcast as Chief Operating Officer in the United States, previously serving as Chief Financial Officer at SecurityScorecard.
• Citizen Green TV launched on Lightcast, expanding its broadcast to Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, and web browsers, reaching over 16.6 million veterans across North America.
• Lightcast appointed Bob Gibney as the new Chief Operating Officer.
• Lightcast has acquired UK-based talent intelligence provider Stratigens.

• Lightcast's Career Coach tool is being actively used by J Sargeant Reynolds Community College to enhance student engagement and career development.
• Luke Pelham has left Lightcast as Director Talent Solutions | Northern Europe in the United Kingdom to join Digital Works Group (UK) as Partner, Chief Customer Officer.
• Lightcast's latest Workforce Insights Report reveals that 87% of workers in the sport and physical activity sector are of White British ethnicity compared to 79% in other sectors.
• Lightcast compiled a quarterly report for the Arizona Technology Council analyzing data from multiple sources.
• Lightcast will be at Workday Rising from September 16-19 to provide insights on skills gaps, competitor intelligence, career pathing, and emerging skills trends.
• Lightcast invites attendees to visit their booth at HR Tech to discuss effective skills usage.
• Lightcast contributed insights on online job ads requiring AI skills and the global top 20 hardest-to-fill skills to WECglobal's latest Labour Market Strategic Insights report.
• Lightcast, in partnership with Mercer, projects changes to the U.S. health care labor market by 2028.
• Lightcast will launch their research report 'THE RISING STORM' on September 17, addressing industry imbalances including a critical teacher shortage.
• Lightcast will release their report 'The Rising Storm' in September 2024, featuring insights from Ron Hetrick.
• Lightcast released the Global AI Skills Outlook.
• Lightcast released an interactive map of global AI hotspots in their AI Outlook Report.
• Dustin Lester, VP of Professional Services at Lightcast, will discuss semiconductor talent priorities for economic development at the IEDC Annual Conference on September 16.
• Lightcast will release their Demographic Drought report titled 'THE RISING STORM' later this month, focusing on the drop in prime-age male labor force participation.
• Lightcast celebrated the 22nd Foundation Day of its subsidiary Checktronix India Private Limited on September 7.
• Lightcast will release their research paper 'The Rising Storm' on September 17th, addressing critical labor force issues.
• Ron Hetrick, Senior Labor Economist and VP of Staffing Product at Lightcast, will deliver the keynote session at the NCHCFA Fall Symposium on September 9-11.
• Lightcast Discovery Ltd filed an ex parte appeal case number 79369027 on September 6, 2024.
• Lightcast's Vice President of Government Affairs, Dr. Christopher Laney, will present the Prince George's County 2024 State of the Workforce Report on September 18.
• Lightcast is sponsoring the International Economic Development Council Annual Conference in Denver, where Carrie Cole and Dustin Lester, MPA, will be speakers.
• Lightcast offers Free Limited Access to Talent Transform for Workday customers to enhance their skills strategy.

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