Emsi FAQs
What is Emsi?
Emsi is a company that gathers and integrates economic, labor market, demographic, education, profile, and job posting data from dozens of government and private-sector sources, to create a comprehensive and current dataset that includes both published data and detailed estimates with full United States coverage.
How does Emsi gather alumni information?
Emsi matched labor market data compiled from various sources (e.g., government agencies, job postings, online profiles/resumes) to a CSUF database of student records from 1967-2020 (both graduates and non-graduates). To count as a matched record, a profile has to match the institution’s past student information on the name and at least one of the following: contact information or award information (such as graduation year, program name, etc.).
Analyst FAQs
What specific information does Analyst provide?
Emsi Analyst is a comprehensive labor market analysis tool that provides labor market data useful for aligning programs with market demand. Analyst provides the following information: industries, occupations, job postings, skills, programs, and demographics.
What can Analyst be used for?
Similar to Emsi Alumni Outcomes, the data can be used for various purposes, such as program review, employer engagement, grant writing and fundraising, academic and career advising, marketing and recruitment, or alumni engagement.
Is Analyst available to all staff?
OAIE has the sole license.
What resources are available for Analyst?
Emsi offers an Analyst Knowledge Base (https://kb.emsidata.com/analyst/) that provide resources, such as glossary, how-to, methodology, report walkthroughs, F.A.Q, and release notes.
How do I request Emsi Analyst reports?
Submit a request for reports using the Data Request Form on the OAIE website (http://www.fullerton.edu/data/request/index.php). To view all variables that may be included in a report, please reference the
Emsi Analyst Tables/Variables Guide
.
Alumni Outcomes FAQs
What specific information does Alumni Outcomes provide?
The Alumni Outcomes tool provides the following information: occupation, job title, employer, location, industry, estimated wages, skills, certifications, and schools.
What can Alumni Outcomes be used for?
The Alumni Outcomes tool can be used for various purposes, such as program review, employer engagement, grant writing and fundraising, academic and career advising, marketing and recruitment, or alumni engagement.
With the purpose of understanding how our alumni are using their education in the real world, some questions that the tool can help programs answer are:
- Where do graduates work and what are their job titles?
- Which employers are hiring your grads?
- Are alumni employed in fields related to their program of study?
- What are their estimated earnings?
- What skills do they have?
- Are they staying in-state or migrating out of state?
- Which other institutions have your alumni attended?
Is Alumni Outcomes available to all staff?
OAIE has the sole license.
What resources are available for Alumni Outcomes?
Emsi offers an Alumni Outcomes Knowledge Base (https://kb.emsidata.com/alumni-outcomes/) that provides resources, such as glossary, how-to, methodology, report walkthroughs, F.A.Q, and release notes.
How does Emsi decide if alumni are working in their field of study?
Emsi compares the SOC code of a profile’s most recent job to our custom CIP-SOC mapping to determine whether the job is in or out of the field of study indicated by the CIP code the institution provided. The mapping is based on the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk and the experience of Emsi’s Professional Services team. In cases where no determination is possible, web reports indicate “out of field.”
