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Weekly jobless claims represent one of the first places to look for signs that recent geopolitical turbulence is destabilizing the labor market. Our Elizabeth Crofoot talked with @Marketplace about what the data is showing re: current trends and the pressure that's building.

Friday is album release day -- so, appropriate that we launch our official FAULT LINES AUDIOBOOK today. lightcast.pub/FL-audiobook Now you can now explore the three biggest shifts in the global labor market while walking, driving, or pretending to listen [on mute] in a meeting. :)

In this clip, Elizabeth Crofoot, describes Lightcast "B" Ready Strategies for handling labor market challenges. Delve deeper into this 2x2 on Pages 73-75 of our Fault Lines report. lightcast.io/resources/rese…

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Geopolitics x AI AI x Labor Shortages Labor Shortages x Geopolitics In our new blog, Tim Hatton breaks how each of the three Fault Lines discussed in our report converge, and will be more devastatingly disruptive to the global labor market as a result lightcast.io/resources/blog…

We're incredibly pleased to announce that as of today, we have extended our global data footprint from 41 countries to 165+ Lightcast now delivers the industry’s largest global labor market coverage, accounting for 99% of the world’s GDP. lightcast.io/resources/blog…

The connection between credentials and careers has been scrambled. Only 6% of AI workers have AI degrees, suggesting majors are ineffective predictors of careers. Fault Lines explores this mismatch more: lightcast.io/resources/rese…

@hrdive Quote of the Week. #FaultLines lightcast.io/resources/rese…

Enterprise clients -- whether you’re responsible for workforce planning, skills investment, or long-term enterprise growth, this session will give you concise, data-backed context you can act on. Seats are filling up. Sign up now. >> lightcast.io/resources/webi…

“If Lightcast is right, the labor market isn’t cooling or heating. It’s transforming.” — HRTech Edge Fault Lines is making headlines: lightcast.io/resources/rese…

Combined disruption is greater than the sum of its parts. That's what you should be preparing for if you're involved in any aspect of the labor market. Pressure is building on multiple fronts. We break it down further in this new article: lightcast.io/resources/blog…

People Analytics World, Zurich. We talked Skills Intelligence x AI -- and how doing a skills diagnostic is critical to strategic planning, as the talent landscape evolves quickly.

You can feel it: roles are harder to fill, entry-level pipelines are drying up, experience is walking out the door, and yet the headlines say AI is eliminating jobs. They’re both true. @Forbes covered this tension — citing our 'Fault Lines' research: forbes.com/sites/niritcoh…

AI could serve as a great leveler or deepen inequality—but we don’t know yet what will prevail. lightcast.io/resources/rese…

Immigration into the regions that rely on it most will fall by 20% over the next 20 years. Origin countries have fewer people to send. Destination countries are accepting fewer. The global talent buffer is disappearing. lightcast.io/resources/rese…

The global labor market is increasingly splitting into two models: advanced knowledge economies and industrial-scale economies. Each has strengths. Neither dominates. Our new report delves into this more. Explore the geopolitics section. Start here: lightcast.io/resources/rese…

The number of working-age adults per dependent is steadily declining. Fewer workers are supporting more retirees. This shift isn’t cyclical. It’s structural. Fertility rates show no near-term rebound. The era of labor abundance is over. lightcast.io/resources/rese…

Healthcare -the most talent-starved sector- has an AI adoption rate of just 0.7% The sectors that need relief most are adopting AI least. AI is not automatically solving labor scarcity. In some cases, it’s widening the gap. Read our Fault Lines report: lightcast.io/resources/rese…

Our new report, Fault Lines, delivers an urgent call-to-action for business, institutions, organizations across the globe. lightcast.io/resources/rese…

The shifts we're seeing will dramatically alter the landscape of the global economy. We sent Josh Bersin a copy of Fault Lines, and this is what he had to say about the insights therein. lightcast.io/resources/rese…