Burning Glass Merges with Emsi to Create Labor Market Analytics Firm

Burning Glass Technologies and Emsi have merged to create Emsi Burning Glass, a labor market analytics firm that will provide insights on the changing workforce to corporate, government and higher education clients.

Burning Glass provides real-time data on job openings and career histories, collected from more than 40,000 sources daily across 30-plus countries, according to a news announcement. Emsi offers government and real-time labor market data, customer support and product development in labor analytics. Together, they will enable "individuals and companies to navigate the large changes in the labor market, including technological disruption," the announcement said.

"Burning Glass and Emsi are two companies with a common mission: to unlock opportunity, mobility and equity for everyone. We are deeply committed to the dignity and value of work, as well as to ensuring that employers, educators, governments, and workers are ready to meet the rapidly changing future," said Burning Glass CEO Matt Sigelman, who will lead the new company. "Our complementary capabilities in data analytics and product development will give us the scale and resources to deliver even greater value to our customers through new, enhanced products. We are looking forward to working together to continue to drive transformative change in the labor market."

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