Insights
Readings from the index.
Regular, careful notes on where demand for work is moving — monthly reads, deep-dives on one kind of work, sector views and methodology explainers.
Reading the shape, not the noise
Why we built a demand-for-work index — and the discipline that keeps it honest.
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Why we never compare countries — and what we compare instead
The three rules behind every number on this site: compare each kind of work only against its own market, publish nothing below the floor, and separate what we measure from why it moved.
What we mean by 'demand for work'
Every number on SHIFT counts one thing — a job advertisement. What that measures, what it stands in for, and what it deliberately leaves out.