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IAB LinkedIn Reallocation Radar

The IAB LinkedIn industry switch radar maps current and future sideways movements of employees in the labour market. The radar is calculated by taking the average of two components:

  • Current switches: the current ratio of people changing to a new job in a different industry
  • Future switches: the current ratio of applications for jobs in a different industry relative to total applications

The IAB LinkedIn industry switch radar tracks switching behaviour almost in real time. In addition, the analysis of job applications provides a strong prognostic indicator of future switching behaviour. The radar is published every six months.

Job switches are recorded when a LinkedIn user updates their profile and assigns their new job to one of the 20 standard industries defined by the platform that differs from the industry they had selected for their previous role. Applications are measured using the online application form provided by LinkedIn. All data is aggregated and anonymised. Monthly time series are adjusted for seasonal effects.

The figure shows a graph consisting of three lines. The bottom line shows the share of job changes from other sectors in all hires as a percentage. The time series starts at 44 per cent and rises briefly at the beginning of the Corona crisis. Then it falls below pre-crisis levels, normalises again from mid-2021, but falls again from 2022. The top line shows the share of applications from other sectors as a percentage of all applications. The time series starts at 72 per cent. It rises for about a year at the beginning of the Corona crisis. After that it falls and stagnates in 2023. The middle line shows the course of the IAB-LinkedIn reallocation radar in percent, the mean of both components. This time series rises at the beginning of the corona crisis, but then drops significantly until 2023. Source: LinkedIn, own calculations. ©IAB

Table: The IAB LinkedIn Reallocation Radar

Month/YearComponent 1:
career transitions from other industries, shares in all hires in %		Component 2:
applications from other industries, shares in all applications in %		IAB LinkedIn Reallocation Radar, mean value of the components 1 and 2
January 201943.9071.9757.94
February 201943.9871.7657.87
March 201944.8272.1258.47
April 201944.5671.9858.27
May 201944.2271.6657.94
June 201944.1271.6357.87
July 201944.2171.7657.98
August 201944.8371.6558.24
September 201944.6071.4958.04
October 201944.4171.3957.90
November 201945.9671.5758.76
December 201947.6371.6159.62
January 202044.5771.6958.13
February 202044.9871.6358.30
March 202046.3372.1759.25
April 202047.3572.6760.01
May 202044.8972.9158.90
June 202044.9072.7158.81
July 202044.4272.8058.61
August 202044.8972.9458.92
September 202044.1073.0258.56
October 202044.4773.0858.77
November 202043.3372.8158.07
December 202044.4772.7058.58
January 202144.3672.9158.63
February 202144.1672.7858.47
March 202144.2572.4958.37
April 202144.0372.5458.28
May 202144.6172.3358.47
June 202145.1872.0658.62
July 202144.3171.9958.15
August 202144.9071.8658.38
September 202144.7571.2257.99
October 202144.3471.5757.96
November 202145.2271.8158.52
December 202144.9771.4158.19
January 202244.9271.5158.21
February 202245.2171.1758.19
March 202244.7271.2657.99
April 202244.8371.1657.99
May 202244.9671.0958.02
June 202244.5670.9257.74
July 202245.2370.7758.00
August 202243.9770.7957.38
September 202244.3370.7157.52
October 202244.7171.0357.87
November 202243.8370.4757.15
December 202243.8270.6857.25
January 202344.0170.4857.25
February 202343.2270.7056.96
March 202343.0270.5656.79
April 202342.9770.3156.64
May 202342.2370.3856.30
June 202342.1370.6256.37
July 202342.6970.7856.74
August 202341.5170.5156.01
September 202342.0070.4356.22
October 202341.6870.2755.97
November 202341.1870.2555.72
December 202340.7570.2255.49

Source: LinkedIN, own calculations.

Authors

Professor Enzo Weber

Date of publication

2024/4/24

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IAB Linkend Reallocation Radar(JPG)

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The IAB LinkedIn Reallocation Radar is published under the following Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Publication medium

The IAB-LinkedIn Reallocation Radar: “Great Resignation” is not a trend

Weber, Enzo; Erer, Murat (2023): The IAB-LinkedIn Reallocation Radar: “Great Resignation” is not a trend, In: IAB-Forum 14th of August 2023, https://www.iab-forum.de/en/the-iab-linkedin-reallocation-radar-great-resignation-is-not-a-trend/, Retrieved: 14th of August 2023

Period analysed

January 2019 until December 2023