Commonwealth Corporation undertakes further analysis of the statewide vacancy data to identify critical vacancies and persistent vacancies to help inform the state's workforce development system.
Massachusetts' Department of Workforce Development's Division of Career Services (DCS) conducts a job vacancy survey twice a year.
DCS provides estimates for detailed occupations to Commonwealth Corporation.
References
Commonwealth Corporation has also developed a PowerPoint presentation which describes the job vacancy survey and provides some additional analysis.
Vacancy Data from Massachusetts, 2nd Quarter, 2009
Commonwealth Corporation undertakes further analysis of the statewide vacancy data to identify critical vacancies and persistent vacancies to help inform the state's workforce development system. A definition of critical vacancies, or screening criteria, and analysis of the 2008, fourth quarter critical vacancy data is also available.
Data on the estimated number of vacancies for detailed occupations is available for each of the regions listed below. This data is only available for selected occupations based on employment within the region and the number of respondents from each region.
