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Introduction 
 
1 
 
Publications 
 
3 
 
Unpublished Data 
 
5 
 
Labor Market Areas 
 
7 
 
Labor Force Concepts and Definitions 
 
Other Data Sources 
 
Georgia Department of Education 
 
14 
 
P Georgia De artment of Human Resources, 
Division o Vocational Rehabilitation 14 
 
Geor ia De artment of Industry, 
 
Trafe, ancf~ourism 
 
15 
 
Georgia Department of Technical 
 
and Adult Education 
 
15 
 
Georgia Occupational Information 
 
Coordinating Committee 
 
15 
 
Governor's Office of Planning and 
 
Budnet 
 
16 
 
Southern Regional Education Board 
 
16 
 
Georgia Institute of Technology 
 
16 
 
Georgia Career Information Svstem 
 
17 
 
Georgia State University 
 
17 
 
University of Georgia 
 
18 
 
U.S. Department of Commerce 
 
19 
 
U.S. Department of Labor 
 
20 
 
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abor market information relates to the operation of labor markets and the conditions affecting labor supply and demand. It encompasses a wide range of factors including population, employment by industry and occupation,unemployment, wage and salary levels, and changes taking place in any of these elements. Information of this type is used by planners, economists, academic researchers, economic developers, employers, career and education counselors, job seekers, and others needing current or historic information about labor market conditions. The primary purpose of labor market information is to facilitate the match between workers and jobs. It will assume more importance as technological changes in the work place require workers to obtain more education and skills. These ongoing changes will result in a growing mismatch of available jobs and workers with the requisite abilities. The effect will be an increasing incidence of spot labor shortages-not a shortage of people who want and need to work, but a shortage of people who can do the jobs businesses need done. Labor Information Systems of the Georgia Department of Labor is one of the state's primary producers of labor market information, although by no means the only one. Most of the data are produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.