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SHRM Leading Indicators of National Employment® (LINE®) 

SHRM’s Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) report tracks trends in the labor market on a monthly basis, including hiring projections released one month ahead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Employment Situation report.  Exclusive metrics also include new-hire compensation trends and recruiting difficulty, as well as job vacancies in exempt and nonexempt employment.

EMPLOYMENT EXPECTATIONS
Manufacturing
Service
In February, hiring will drop slightly in  manufacturing and fall moderately in services compared with a year ago.

-2.5

-12.3

RECRUITING DIFFICULTY
Manufacturing
Service
In January, the index for recruiting difficulty rose slightly in both sectors compared with a year ago.

+3.9

+5.6

NEW-HIRE COMPENSATION
Manufacturing
Service
In January, the rate of increase for new-hire compensation rose in both manufacturing and services compared with a year ago.

+1.8

 

+5.6

Source: February 2012 SHRM LINE Report 

SHRM LINE Review 


The LINE Semiannual Review for the last half of 2010 is now available. The review looks at how LINE data corresponds with other employment indicators and at broader economic trends and developments that have occurred in recent months. 

 

Previous SHRM LINE Reviews

Q3 & Q4 2010 (July-December)

Q4 2009 (October-December)

Q3 2009 (July-September)

Q2 2009 (April–June)

Q1 2009 (January-March)

Latest LINE Report

Need data on what’s really happening in the job market? The SHRM LINE Employment Report covers the service and manufacturing sectors on key areas for recruiting each month: 

  • The  only national employment indicator that includes hiring expectations for the month ahead – released one month earlier than the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Employment Situation Report covering the same period
  • Month to month data on new-hire compensation changes
  • The only published measure of recruiting difficulty of highly qualified candidates for the most critical positions.

 

 Contacts

  • For questions on LINE® data please contact SHRM Research at (703) 535-6301 or line@shrm.org.
  • Members of the media should contact SHRM Media Affairs at (703) 535-6273, 703-535-6072, or press@shrm.org.


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