Workforce & Job Activity Intelligence for

Economic Development Organizations

Understand Regional Workforce Demand

Job data for economic development teams

Economic Development Organizations play a central role in supporting employers, attracting investment, and strengthening regional economies, but understanding current employer workforce needs is often difficult without timely, local data.

Rollie provides EDOs with a continuously updated view of active job postings across their region, helping teams understand what roles employers are seeking to fill and where demand is emerging without relying on lagging reports or manual data collection.

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What Rollie Helps

EDOs Understand

Active Job Listings

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Identify which employers are actively posting jobs.

Hiring Demand

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Understand the types of roles being sought across industries.

Real-Time Snapshot

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Maintain an up-to-date picture of regional job demand signals.

Activity by Category

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See job activity by geography, employer, and role category.

Public Job Board

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Share a public-facing job board that reflects real employer activity.

Historical Trends

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Give insight into historical job trends.

How EDOs Use Rollie

Economic Development Organizations use Rollie to:

  • Support business retention and expansion conversations with current job data

  • Inform talent attraction and marketing efforts with real employer needs

  • Coordinate with workforce boards, chambers, and education partners

  • Reduce manual collection of employer job postings

  • Provide workforce context for planning, storytelling, and grant narratives

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How EDOs Use Rollie Chat

Economic Development Organizations use Rollie Chat to:

  • Explore which industries are posting the most jobs in the region

  • Understand the types of roles employers are seeking most frequently

  • Inform business retention and expansion discussions

  • Support site selectors and partners with current workforce context

  • Provide data-informed insight during planning and stakeholder meetings

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Using Rollie to
Explore Workforce Demand

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Support economic development strategy with Rollie

Rollie does not replace traditional economic or labor data sources. Instead, it compliments them by providing a real-time snapshot of employer job activity.

This activity reflects what businesses are doing right now, helping EDOs move from anecdotal conversations to shared, observable signals of workforce demand.

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Ask better questions of regional job data with Rollie Chat

Rollie Chat is a generative AI assistant that allows economic development teams to interact directly with their region’s job activity data.

Instead of exporting spreadsheets or waiting for reports, teams can ask natural-language questions to better understand employer demand and support strategic conversations.

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Why EDOs
Choose Rollie

Rollie is built specifically for regional and community-based organizations, with a focus on real local employer activity rather than broad national averages.

It’s easy to deploy and manage even with limited staff capacity, while supporting collaboration across economic development and workforce partners.

Rollie delivers meaningful internal insight alongside public-facing value for the community.

See How Rollie Can Support Employer-Driven Workforce Visibility in Your Region

We’ll walk through your region, data, and how Rollie brings local hiring into focus.

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