17 Aug Labor Market Analysis Report
Labor Market Analysis Report
topic: nutritionist
Rhetorical Situation: For the Labor Market Report, you will act as a researcher for a
labor union prior to contract negotiations. You will investigate the skills, knowledge,
training, salaries, and hiring projections for a particular occupation and industry (such as
writers in the entertainment industry) for the negotiating teams to use in contract
negotiations with industry executives.
Step 1: Go to the Web site for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(https://www.bls.gov/ooh/a–z–index.htm). You can copy this URL into the search
window at the top of your screen.
Step 2: Answer the following questions about the field in paragraph form:
What are the earnings and wage projections for the job or career field?
• What is the work environment like?
• State and regional data
o What is the cost of living in your preferred region?
§ Housing, Insurance, transportation, etc
§ How does this affect your analysis?
o What is the median income?
Step 3: Use the formatting guidelines for a short report, including a title page,
headings, line spacing, and the integration of charts and graphs into your report. All text
should be single–spaced and aligned on the left margin. There should be one line
space before and after each heading as well as between paragraphs. The paper will be
approximately eight to ten pages long, single–spaced.
