Hiring is picking up in San Diego but we're still a long way off from having low unemployment. Because of the slow recovery for jobs, jobseekers must stay on top of the news to be first in line for the next wave of hiring. That's why you need to know about the local and regional labor market.

The following links lead you to LMI in various newsletters and notices.

www.bls.gov/oco Occupational Outlook Handbook

https://www.onetonline.org/ O*NET OnLine is an application that was created for the general public to provide broad access to the O*NET database of occupational information. O*NET OnLine offers a variety of search options and occupational data. It was developed for the U.S. Department of Labor by the National Center for O*NET Development.

https://www.caljobs.ca.gov/ Under the More Career Services tab, there are LMI tools and resources.

www.acinet.org ACINET...the U.S. government sponsors this site about employment trends across occupations and industries. Includes online video "snapshots" of specific occupations.

http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov California Employment Development Department Labor Market Information...employment outlook by occupations; which occupations require licenses and more!

https://economicgraph.linkedin.com/ LinkedIn’s Economic Graph team partners with world leaders to analyze labor markets and recommend policy solutions to prepare the global workforce for the jobs of the future.

https://myworkforceconnection.org/labor-market-information/labor-market-briefs/ The San Diego Imperial Counties Community Colleges Regional Consortium for Workforce Development developed a Labor Market Briefs resource to highlight key data across a wide band of sectors.

https://myworkforceconnection.org/labor-market-information/reports/ The San Diego Imperial Counties Community Colleges Regional Consortium for Workforce Development developed a page to aggregate reports relevant to the labor market.

https://www.caljobs.ca.gov/vosnet/default.aspx CalJobs has an occupational information resource page that can aid in providing labor market information in your local area.