SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Identified today is releasing the first in a series of workplace whitepapers. Based on an unprecedented dataset of 50 million Facebook profiles, the study is the first of its kind to analyze 1.2 billion data points on professional’s work history, education, and demographic data.
The paper, dubbed “Revenge of the Nerds,” explores the rise of the engineer and how it is impacting the US workforce and will be the first in a three part series. The demand for engineering talent has grown dramatically over the last decade and as a result, the salaries of engineers have increased rapidly. The unemployment rate among them has also remained extremely low compared to national averages.
The study aims to provide statistical evidence to validate the trend aiming to have broad-reaching implications to the US economy.
Identified’s extensive research investigates:
· How much more in-demand are engineers than professionals with a liberal arts background?
· Does that change over time, or based on their work experience?
· Why are engineers so sought-after in today’s economy?
This, and future, papers can be accessed on the Identified blog at:
http://blog.identified.com/2011/12/revenge-of-the-nerds-white-paper.html
About Identified
Identified tells you how ‘in demand’ your professional background is right now. By tracking and analyzing what thousands of companies are searching for, Identified gives each professional an Identified Score. Over 70 million professionals worldwide have received their Identified Scores. Hundreds of companies and tens of thousands of people access Identified Scores each day to evaluate professionals for recruiting, sales, networking, background checks and various other purposes. Identified was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco.
Identified was conceived at Stanford University by Brendan Wallace and Adeyemi Ajao, and grew virally across campus, signing up 80 percent of the university in just one week before being shut down by administration. Subsequently, Identified raised $5.5M from Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, Draper Fisher Jurvetson’s Tim Draper, Bill Draper and others. For information and to find out your Identified Score today, visit http://www.identified.com.