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4 Careers Where Knowing How to Interpret Data Is Crucial

April 17, 2018 by Guest Contributor

Many different industries utilize data in order to understand the information that they’re receiving. The skill of interpreting data is really considered more of a soft skill. Here are some careers in which it’s crucial to be able to understand the data trends.

Business Analyst

The role of a business analyst is to take all of the information available and formulate a business plan. This form of data interpretation is more commonly referred to as Business Intelligence (BI). Most companies have some form of BI or another. There are many different types of industries in which having this skill set will come in handy. You don’t have to be limited in your choices if you decide to go into business analytics.

Healthcare Industry

The healthcare industry is another big player when it comes to data interpretation. Companies like MedPro Systems can help hospitals gather their data more effectively by creating a dispute resolution management system. This type of system would track open payments and any other type of dispute at the hospital. Administrators are more likely to routinely look at this type of information if it is well organized and easily quantifiable. You may be interested in pursuing a career path in healthcare.

Software Engineer

There is a growing industry in which software engineers are developing artificial intelligence. This is sometimes referred to as a career in machine learning. Traditionally, AI companies focus their research on reasoning, knowledge representation, planning, learning, natural language processing, perception and the ability to move and manipulate objects.  The point is to teach your software program to better adapt to the world around it. There are other applications in which [Read more…] about 4 Careers Where Knowing How to Interpret Data Is Crucial

Filed Under: Careers Tagged With: Business Analyst, Data, healthcare, Marketing Professional, Software Engineer

December Retail Employment Down

January 6, 2018 by Tim McMahon

Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment RateOn Friday January 5th the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their monthly employment survey results for the month of December. Many of the numbers remained unchanged from November which was also unchanged from October.

Unemployment

According to the BLS Seasonally Adjusted U-3 was 4.1% since October while Unadjusted U-3 was 3.9% for three months. Unadjusted U-6 unemployment which is a broader measure of Unemployment rose from 7.6% in October to 7.7% in November to 8.0% in December. This is still significantly better than a year ago when in November 2016 Unadjusted U-6  was 9% and December was 9.1%.

Typically January sees an uptick in unemployment as all the seasonal employees get laid-off. So we would expect some sort of uptick next month.

According to the BLS Commissioner’s report for this month:

“Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for teenagers declined to 13.6 percent in December, offsetting an increase in November. In December, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.8 percent), adult women (3.7 percent), Whites (3.7 percent), Blacks (6.8 percent), Asians (2.5 percent), and Hispanics (4.9 percent) showed little or no change.”

See: Current Unemployment Rate Chart for more info.

Employment

Historical Employment ChartBack in October, employment was 147,952,000 in November it rose to 148,526,000 but then it fell slightly in December to 148,346,000 for a net loss from November to December of 180,000 jobs. The BLS Commissioner’s report however said, “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 148,000 in December…”  That is because he is talking about “Seasonally Adjusted” jobs. Meaning that although actual jobs are down, they are down by 148,000 less than average for this time of year.

See Current Employment Commentary and Historical Employment Commentary

 

Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate w/ RecessionsYou might be wondering if [Read more…] about December Retail Employment Down

Filed Under: BLS Tagged With: BLS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Data, December, employment, Statistics, unemployment

June Unemployment Data

July 2, 2015 by Tim McMahon

Current Unemployment Rate ChartThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the newest unemployment data for June 2015 on the first Thursday of July (rather than Friday due to the holiday).  According to the BLS, the current “Seasonally Adjusted” Unemployment Rate for June is 5.3% down from May’s 5.5%. The BLS reported the “Unadjusted” Unemployment Rate is 5.5% which is  lower than January’s 6.1% equal to last October’s unadjusted 5.5% but up from April’s 5.1%. See Current Unemployment Chart and Job Growth Stalls, Labor Participation at 38-Year Low for more information. Employment-2000-Jun-2015The BLS issued their “preliminary estimates” for the employment situation for the month of June 2015. The report states 142.589 million jobs reported. That’s up 455,000 from May. But at the same time they revised the numbers for May down by 58,000 making the real gain (compared to the numbers they reported last month) 397,000. See Current Employment Commentary for more information.

Historical Employment Levels Compared to Recessions

IEmployment Levels 1939-2015n addition to the number of jobs from 1939 through the present this chart shows the recessions shaded blue as per the official description of a “recession” by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Although during some periods which are classified as official recessions the unemployment rate didn’t skyrocket generally, recessions correspond pretty well to declines in employment (i.e. increased Unemployment). This is especially true since unemployment is one of the factors NBER uses to determine whether there is an official recession. But theoretically if all the other factors line up employment could remain steady and the economy could be in a recession. See Employment During Recessions for more information. emp-vs-unemp2010- Jun2015In this chart we compare employment vs. unemployment in an effort to get a more complete picture of the employment situation. Normally, you would think that they should simply be the inverse of each other. Flip one over and you have the other. But the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) actually uses two entirely different surveys to calculate them. And the current chart shows [Read more…] about June Unemployment Data

Filed Under: Unemployment Tagged With: Data, June 2015, Release, unemployment

March 2015 Unemployment Flat

April 3, 2015 by Tim McMahon

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the March Unemployment figures on Friday April 3rd. According to the BLS the Current Unemployment Rate (Seasonally adjusted) for March was 5.5% unchanged from February. The Unadjusted Unemployment rate however fell from 5.8% to 5.6%. However, according to Gallup the Unadjusted Unemployment rate was actually 6.5% and the U-6 unemployment rate was 15.6% down from 16.1% in February.

Unemployment Numbers According to Gallup

 

Unadjusted U-3 Unadjusted U-6
BLS 5.6% 11.0%
Gallup 6.5% 15.6%
Difference 0.9% 4.7%

Once again the BLS numbers are quite a bit different than the [Read more…] about March 2015 Unemployment Flat

Filed Under: Unemployment Tagged With: 2015, BLS, Data, March, unemployment

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