It’s been a little over 5 months since I first published my Dashboard of Unemployment in the U.S. I’m happy to say that my dashboard comes in #1 for the search words, ‘Unemployment Dashboard.’ Read on and see all the latest insights that a well-designed dashboard can squeeze out of the BLS’ unemployment data.
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The long-term unemployed population continues to grow. In January another 200,000 Americans were added to the pile of 6.1MM Americans who’ve been jobless for more than 6 months. Find more eye-opening facts in my award-winning information dashboard of unemployment in the U.S.
This post addresses a post on Dashboard Insight’s site titled, “7 Small Business Dashboard Design Dos and Dont’s”
Hi Stacey,
I read your post with great interest, after all, who wouldn’t like to know the 7 rules of dashboard design? As soon as I got to the 19th word of your post, “colorful” I knew that we’d have some interesting differences in our viewpoints.
So let’s start with how you define a dashboard. I agree with most of your definition, especially the part about face-smacking insights. Certainly a useful dashboard should provide the …
TinkerPlots is data exploration software aimed at kids, the beautiful thing about it is that it’s great for adults too. The creators of this tool have designed the software in such a way that it gets out of your way, and encourages you to explore data, not fight with the interface.
December’s unemployment figures show continued increase in long-term unemployed population. They now account for 40% of all jobless Americans. Read and see more in my award winning information dashboard of unemployment in the U.S.
Last month real unemployment stood at 17.5% and 27.4 million Americans were out of work. These aren’t the figures you’ll hear or read in the media, but they’re very important nonetheless.
Education Pays!
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Fact: High school dropouts are three times more likely to be jobless than college graduates.
Fact: People with some college make 50% more than high school dropouts.
Fact: A college graduate earns almost twice as much as a high school graduate.
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The smart money knows that insights are often buried deep in data. So go beyond the headlines and check out this detailed dashboard for valuable insights into Unemployment that you won’t see anywhere else.
Protovis small multiple mockup of bls.gov data showing 10 yr trend of weekly hours of production for 39 industries, courtesy the Business Intelligence Guru.
