What is LMI?

Labour Market Information (LMI) is a useful tool to help research future jobs in the local area, understand the skills needed for certain roles and the demand for future employment. For young people, LMI gives information about the future jobs market – what kinds of jobs will be in demand after leaving school and what kinds of skills will be needed?

Why is LMI important to Young People?

The world of working is changing rapidly. New technology and industry changes create some new jobs and also make others obsolete. Alongside the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic changing the way jobs are carried out and having a huge impact on the job market, it can be hard to keep up. It is important that young people are given the tools and information to aid their decisions about future careers and LMI is a key part of this.

How can LMI help young people decide what to do next?

Having up to date, high quality information can help students decide things about their future such as:

• Are there opportunities close to where I live in the sector I am interested in or will I need to relocate?
• How competitive is the industry I am interested in?
• Are there enough jobs and do I need to have a back-up plan?
• Does the pay for the job I want align to what I would like to earn?
• What is the best route for me to take to get to the job I would like?
• Is the industry I would like to work in growing or shrinking?

The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) is an organisation who has a mission to drive the inclusive economic growth of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull area, creating jobs and increasing the quality of life for all its residents.

GBSLEP has identified five key growth areas within the region: Life Sciences, Creative Industries, Energy Technologies, Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering and Business, Professional and Financial Services . More information about these sectors can be found via the link below:

National Labour Market Information

At Selly Park, we focus on learning from career and labour market information and have the use of Birmingham Careers Service who are actively involved in providing students key information. In addition, the school website has links to Birmingham and West Midlands labour market information and trends and areas of shortages are shared with students with information provided by the Birmingham Careers Hub link above as well as national labour market information provided by LMI for all below: