Shaping futures
How to use Labour Market Information to support career planning and better understand the skills we all need to navigate this complex labour landscape.
These webpages have been developed to support practitioners and other partners to utilise tips, useful examples and resources that can help you use Labour Market Information (LMI) in your planning and activities.
Supporting you to navigate this complex labour landscape.
Select one of the 3 areas below to explore:
Industry Insight - Change & Opportunity
Understand Scotland’s industries, where to find information on Scotland’s labour market and use this in your work.
Planning Using LMI
Understand Scottish and local Labour Market Information as part of planning - for curriculum, partnership activity and work with employers.
Building Skills & Knowledge
Understand how to use Labour Market Information and be able to help others develop knowledge and skills.
Two-page summary of selected news and resources published in the last 6-weeks - to help you stay in touch with key developments in the learning and skills sector.
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SDS MyWoW Digital Team have just launched a new tool with the latest job market data and you can search by job title or by local authority area. Search results will include:
By Local Authority
- Number of people in employment
- Employment projected increase / decrease by 2028
- Number of jobs advertised
- Most advertised jobs with salary
- Top employers - companies with most job adverts
- Top industries advertising - click little i for info on what the industry includes
- In-demand skills: Specialised / Common
By Job Title
- Most advertised job title
- Top Employer - companies that advertised most vacancies
- Advertise salaries -entry and average
- Number of jobs advertised over last 12 months - visual of any peak recruitment times
- In-demand skills: Specialised / Common
- Top areas for this job - by council area
FEEDBACK
Use the MyWoW Feedback tab (bottom right of MyWoW page) to let the digital team know how the tool is working for you.
It uses Lightcast data, they scrape and collate 'big data' sets like online job postings and focus on specific data, in this case Scottish data.
Careers Information, Advice & Guidance (CIAG) Research
Our Programme of research with young people captures young people's perspectives on their career journeys across from S1 through to the post school stages of education and career transitions. It also provides evaluation evidence on the quality, value and benefits of our Career Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG) Services.
Contact the Education Team
Contact the Education team to discuss your requirements and how we can support you in your ambitions around career education.
Email the Education Team