As the novel coronavirus entered and spread across the globe in early 2020, stay-at-home orders immobilized economic activity. Hiring freezes, furloughs, and layoffs defined the summer months. EAB has continued to monitor regional labor market data to inform your program planning conversations. Use these analyses and the included discussion questions to consider how to adapt your portfolio for COVID-19 and the pandemic economic recovery.
A job postings analysis and discussion guideConsider this early data in your portfolio planning conversations, as well as the recommended questions for discussion. Use the menu on the left to navigate to geographical data.
Canada national data Changes in job postings volume Questions for initial discussion: How did our economy react to the coronavirus outbreak across April through September? Has our regional public health and economic response been consistent, or have we experienced improvements and declines throughout?How do our recent job posting trends contrast to this time last year? To what extent do we see this reflected in our students’ behaviors?-21%
Decline in postings from January-September 2019 to January-September 2020
Changes in top occupations advertised regionally in 2018, 2019, and 2020 Top occupations Top occupations for associate-level professionals Top occupations for bachelor’s-level professionals Top occupations for master’s-level professionals Questions for initial discussion: Which roles, if any, experienced increased demand in 2020 relative to 2019 and 2018? To what extent would past trends encourage us to anticipate a sustained increase? Or, do we anticipate the increase was driven by the outbreak and may decline once short-term needs are met?Do we offer programs to prepare students for in-demand roles?Which roles experienced decreased demand in 2020 relative…