Events & webinars
Register for Current
Come join Chmura at Current, our annual event to get the latest insights and forecasts from Blue Chip economists, hear real success stories from industry experts, and brush up on your data literacy to help move your organization or community forward.
Chmura at CareerTech
Come see Chmura at CareerTech at booth #406 in San Antonio, TX, from December 4–7, 2024, or join us for a live demo on Friday, December 6, at 1 p.m.
Housing demand: the last piece of the attraction and expansion puzzle
Join Chmura’s CEO and Chief Economist, Dr. Chris Chmura, and Director of Consulting, Dr. Francesco Renna, for an in-depth discussion on the housing market and the impact of business relocations and expansions on regional housing demand:
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On-demand webinars
Upskilling for the Future
Join Dr. Chris Chmura and Patrick Clapp to discuss emerging workforce trends, actionable data, and strategies for staying ahead in today’s labor market.
Exploring the Tourism Economy
In this webinar, Dan Roberts from Virginia Tourism Corporation joins us to examine how tourism can revitalize communities.
Career Concourse: Light the way to student success
The latest version of Career Concourse allows you to explore future career outlooks, research wages, occupations, required skills, and more.
Seeing Green with Dr. Chmura, Randall Kempner, and Mike Chmura
Learn about economic and workforce development opportunities in renewable energy and climate resiliency.
For the Employer: What Does the Potential Recession Mean for Hiring in 2023?
Chmura has once again partnered with global staffing solutions provider LHH Recruitment Solutions for a data-driven conversation about the candidate pool in 2023 and what impact current economic conditions and a potential recession will have on the hiring market.
How to Accurately Forecast for Jobs
Join Chris Chmura and Greg Chmura as they provide an update on the national economy and discuss how to accurately forecast for job growth in the current economic climate.
Finding Diversity Data
Join Chris Chmura and Anthony Marchetto as they provide an update on the national economy and demonstrate where to find diversity data within JobsEQ. They will explain how to find the best data to suit your needs and gain new insights into the makeup of your region.
What's Happening with Today's Labor Force?
Join Chris Chmura and Bryan Shelly as they analyze the current labor force. They’ll explain the decreasing labor force participation rate and discuss how to bring people back to work.
Chmura's Second Annual Holiday Webinar
Join us on Thursday, December 16th at 3:00 for a holiday-themed webinar. Learn how the holidays will affect the labor market and learn how you can use JobsEQ analytics through fun holiday examples.
How COVID-19 has Affected Women in the Workforce
Our economists have found that women in the workforce faced steeper job losses and slower job recovery than men across the nation due to the ongoing pandemic. We’ll show the research collected with breakdowns of key regions, industries which were heavily impacted, and what the recovery looks like.
Let's Talk about the Supply Chain: Causes, Effects, Implications
Are you have experiencing long delays for products you ordered? You may have heard that the supply chain is causing disruptions on shipping and ordering times. For our next webinar, we will dive into the causes, effects, and broader implications of the supply chain disruption.
A Spooky Webinar - How Count Dracula Uses JobsEQ
We are getting spooky for this webinar! Join Chris Chmura and Wilson Cox to see how Count Dracula is going to use JobsEQ to understand the job market and where he can find…employment!?
Higher Education and COVID:What’s Changed Since the Pandemic Started?
Join Chris Chmura and Bryan Shelly as they address the current state of the economy and what has changed for the education landscape as the pandemic has continued. They will analyze what problems schools have been facing as they try get students back into the classroom.
Analyzing the Job Market: Finding the Best New Hires for your Organization
Sifting through the vast amounts of data surrounding qualified candidates can be difficult and time-consuming. In this webinar, the Chmura team will show you how to sort through all this data to make the best staffing decisions for your organization.
The Power of Block Data
In this webinar, we'll show how Census Block-level data will improve your decision making.
JobsEQ by Chmura Texas Roundtable
What’s going on in Texas? If you’ve kept your ears to the ground, you’ve heard about the recent spike of economic growth in Texas. In this webinar, our panel will help you understand this economic growth, and how you can use JobsEQ to capitalize on it.
Workforce - A Picnic of Labor Fixings
Our expert panel delves into the issues surrounding the current labor shortage, a COVID update, and how to use JobsEQ to identify the needs of our changing workforce.
Choosing the Perfect Location: How to Use JobsEQ for Site Selection Analysis
In this webinar, Dr. Chris Chmura and Skip Carleton will show you how to understand the labor force surrounding potential sites and know how occupations in different regions compare to one another.
Workforce Planning: Begin with the End in Mind
Creating a workforce strategic plan can feel overwhelming. In this webinar, Leslie Peterson and Mark Hays show how to connect your goals and strategies with local talent initiatives.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Ohio's Economy
In this webinar, Dr. Chris Chmura, a Blue-Chip economic forecaster and the founder of Chmura Economics & Analytics, will discuss how COVID-19 has impacted Ohio's economy!
The Greening of the Economy: The Future of Green Jobs
Happy Earth Day! In this webinar, we'll discuss the future of environmentally friendly, or "green" occupations. We'll cover how we determine which occupations are "green", the impact of the Biden Administration, and which green jobs and are forecast to growth the most in the future.
The Future of Labor Data: Job Postings, Resume Data, and Skills
The future of labor data is here. But it's easy to feel confused by all these new data sources. Job postings data? Resume data? How do those complement data on occupations and industries?
Education Forecasts and Economic Update
The pandemic disrupted the higher education in profound ways, but relief is in sight.
Why Educators Need to Engage in Workforce and Economic Development
Helping students succeed is only part of the picture. In this webinar, Mark Hays will give practical tips on how educators can engage their local workforce and EDOs.
2021 Economic Forecast: Vaccines and the Post-COVID World
In our last webinar in 2020, the Chmura team looks ahead to 2021. Dr. Chris Chmura will present our forecast for the national economy and employment in 2021. She will also cover how the economy, industries, and occupations will perform in the long run, when we are truly post-COVID.
Pandemic Update: How are Skills and the Economy Shifting
What's the latest on the direction of the economy? What is happening at the workforce level? Are employers asking for new skills due to COVID-19? In this webinar, the Chmura team will provide the latest on the national economy. We'll use job postings data to explain how COVID-19 has changed which skillsets are in-demand. Finally, we will discuss JobsEQ's Alternate COVID Forecast and how that can help you track your region's economic recovery in JobsEQ.
2021 Virginia Economic Forecast
In this second hour, Dr. Chris Chmura will take a deeper dive into Virginia-specific economic data and the regional outlook for next year.
2021 Economic and Hiring Trends Forecast
We will examine how hiring and compensation planning could be impacted in 2021, analyze the just-released 3rd quarter GDP. We will forecast when employment may reach pre-COVID levels, and our economic projections for 2021.
Attendees have the opportunity to earn one CPE credit or SHRM PDC.
What Job Postings Data Tell Us About COVID-19’s Impact
Are people asking you how your state is recovering…and you wish you had a better answer?
We’ve got a new model that will help you. In this webinar, Dr. Chris Chmura and Chmura economist James Stinchcomb introduce Chmura’s new “RTI State Recovery Model,” which we are making free and publicly available on our website.
Using Labor Market Information in Career Counseling
Are you responsible for career counseling and have a vague feeling you should be using labor market information…but don’t know where to get started? If so, then this webinar is for you. We know that understanding your local economy can feel overwhelming, and we believe you shouldn’t have to get a PhD in economics to make data-driven decisions.
How to Reopen Job Centers Without Getting People Sick
Dr. Chris Chmura will give an update on the national economy. Lori Strumpf, Founder of Strumpf Associates, will return as our co-host to examine many of the complex issues that leaders need to think about for reopening organizations that provide services that help jobseekers get jobs and businesses find the talent they need as they reopen
How is COVID-19 Impacting Real Estate Trends?
Marianne Skorupski, the Director of Research & Marketing at Newmark Knight Frank, will discuss how COVID-19 has sped up preexisting trends in corporate real estate and future trends. She’ll also address key questions like: Is work from home here to stay? Will companies begin relocating to smaller cities and counties to accommodate social distancing? What should I be doing right now to keep my employees safe at work?
Where's the Money? Developing Workforce Funding Models During COVID-19
Dr. Chris Chmura will give an economic update on COVID-19, with a focus on the industries and occupations that have been hardest hit. She will be joined by Lori Strumpf, founder of Strumpf Associates: Center for Strategic Change. Lori will update viewers on what federal funding is available for workforce; she will also share how to diversify workforce funding sources.
The Urban-Rural Divide: COVID-19's Varying Impact
Chmura economist Alex Doherty will unpack the May jobs report and use real-time data in JobsEQ to explain how urban and rural economies are recovering differently. Learn about what factors will affect your region's rebound and how real-time data can paint a detailed landscape of your region's road to recovery.
Tracking the COVID-19 Recovery: Regions, Occupations, and Industries
How are different industries, regions of the USA, and occupations recovering from COVID-19? Dr. Chris Chmura will give an update on the economic impact of COVID-19 by affected regions, industries, and occupations. She will share our updated analysis of the national recovery by industry, our most recent job postings trends, and updates to our COVID-19 Economic Vulnerability Index.
How COVID-19 is Impacting the Southeast's Workforce...and What You Can Do About It
Dr. Chris Chmura uses her expertise as a Blue-Chip forecaster to show how COVID-19 is impacting the US and the Southeast economies. She'll also give practical tips on how you can use labor market data--like the data in JobsEQ by Chmura--to help transition unemployed workers.
Podcast: Chmura Economics at Work
