How we work with journalists, analysts and creators
Live Data Technologies records individual job changes: who joined a company, who left, and where they went next. If your story or analysis turns on how people are moving, this is how to get the numbers, from first email to publication.
From your question to publication
You send the question Day 1
The story in a sentence, the companies or sector, the time period and your deadline.
We scope it Within 48 hours
We confirm what the data can show, suggest the strongest angle, and tell you straight away if the data points somewhere else.
You receive publication-ready insight
The figures as a table or CSV, a chart if you want one, a short method note and a credit line.
We check it before you publish
Send the sentence or chart as you plan to run it and we will check it against the data.
You send us the link
Once it runs, we add it to our press page.
What to put in your first email
- The story or question, in one sentence
- The companies, sector or roles involved
- The time period you need
- Your deadline, and where the piece will run
One person, from first email to publication
Alex Hamilton
Insights, Live Data Technologies
Alex leads Live Data's in-house analysis of workforce trends and has worked with reporters at The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Business Insider. He handles press and analyst requests and typically replies himself.
press@livedatatechnologies.comThe questions the data answers best
Who joined and who left
Arrivals and departures by month, for one company or a group of them.
How an organisation changed shape
Headcount by seniority over time, showing which level grew or shrank.
Where people went next
The companies and sectors people moved to after leaving.
We also cover:
- Where a company's new hires come from, and which rivals it recruits from
- Promotions, time in role and tenure, compared across companies
- Who moves after a remote-work or return-to-office change
- New and changing roles, such as chief of staff or middle management
Questions reporters have sent us
- "Arrivals and departures at [company] by month for the last two years."
- "Which seniority level changed most at [company] since 2023?"
- "Where did people who left [company] in the last 18 months go?"
See the stories reporters have built on these questions on our press page.
What Live Data Technologies data is
Live Data Technologies provides workforce ground truth: job changes captured at the source, from publicly available professional information on the open web, and re-verified continuously across the whole database.
Each change is a dated event: a person, the company they left, the company they joined, and their role and seniority on each side. We supply counts, rates and flows built from those events, not lists of named people or contact details.
| Source | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Job postings | What a company advertised for |
| Payroll series | Total employment, nationally or by sector |
| Company filings | Headcount at public companies, once a year |
| Live Data Technologies | Who actually moved, when, and where they went, for public and private companies alike |
How to credit the data
- In text
- data from Live Data TechnologiesAt first mention. "Live Data" is fine after that.
- On a chart
- Source: Live Data Technologies
- Online
- Link the first mention of Live Data Technologies to livedatatech.com
- Describing the data
- Job-change data captured at the source and re-verified continuously
- Using the figures
- Use the figures as we supply them. If you combine them with other data or rework them, say so, and keep the credit. Each file carries the date the data was drawn; include it where the format allows.
- Cost
- We do not charge journalists for data used in published reporting.
- What the credit means
- It is a sourcing credit for the data behind your finding. It is not an endorsement of your piece or a partnership with your publication.
Newsletters, research notes, video and social
- The same process and credit apply. Say where the piece will run when you write in.
- Ask for the chart image if you will not rebuild the chart yourself.
- Use the pre-publication check. Most newsletters and videos have no separate fact-check desk behind them.
- Republishing our charts in paid newsletters or client notes is on terms agreed in writing.
Need data on a regular basis?
If you cover the same companies or sector every week or month, or want a data stream for your publication, desk or product, talk to us and we will work out the right set-up.
Live Data Technologies supplies employment data. Nothing on this page or in the data we supply is investment advice.
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