Monday Job Seekers Connection: Understanding Boston’s Labor Market

Start your week with a community of other job seekers who support, encourage, motivate, and learn from each other through their job searches. Job Seekers Connection energizes and inspires participants by sharing valuable strategies and techniques from professional career coaches, recruiters, and Human Resources representatives.

This week's presenter: Sarah Soroui

Topic: Understanding Boston's Labor Market

Boston’s labor market is changing rapidly with strong job growth in some sectors and softening demand in others. This session will offer a data-driven snapshot of the current labor market, highlighting where hiring is strongest, which industries are contracting, and what these shifts mean for job seekers. Participants will gain practical insights to help them target promising sectors and navigate Boston’s dynamic economy.

About the presenter: 

Sarah Soroui is the Director of Research, Evaluation, and Analytics with the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development in the City of Boston, where she leads the City’s Learning Lab to advance evidence-based workforce strategies in partnership with employers, training providers, and community stakeholders. She is also Concentration Chair of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality concentration in the Master of Public Policy program and a faculty member at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, where she serves as a Research Fellow with the Institute for Economic and Racial Equity. Her research and publications focus on the future of work, technological change, and workforce development policy. Sarah holds a Ph.D. in Social Policy from Brandeis University and has previously worked with the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Institute of Peace.

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