What vacancy data tells you that a skills survey cannot

Employer surveys describe what firms think they need. Live job-opening data shows what they are actually paying to fill. Read together, the gap between the two is the most useful number in workforce planning.

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Read the vacancy data and the survey together, and the gap between the two becomes the most useful number in workforce planning.

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