CRM Job Report August 2023

TRACKING CRM EMPLOYMENT DATA

By Ran Boytner & Dannee Sevonto 

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ARCHAEOLOGYFIELDWORK.COM GOES DARK!

On Sep 6, Jennifer Palmer announced that she is shutting down archaeologyfieldwork.com. Jennifer wrote: “I am no longer able to dedicate as much time as the site requires to keep up with postings”. Archaeologyfieldwork.com has been running since 1996, publishing many government jobs at both the federal and state levels (ShovelBums, another CRM job site, publishes almost exclusively private sector CRM jobs). The CRM sector is growing by leaps and bounds, and there are many more job postings this year than ever before – see Fig 6 of this Job Report. Having an updated site with all CRM jobs does require time and resources.  

Archaeologyfieldwork.com was an important contributor to the community, providing CRM professionals with access to great government jobs that pay well and offer outstanding benefits. Twin Cairns is continuing this tradition, publishing both government AND private sector positions. Since Jan 1 of this year, we published 229 government, 782 private sector and 44 museum & nonprofit organization jobs (see Figs 12-13 of this Job Report for data from the past six months). We will continue to do so in years to come, providing the community with the broader possible, single sourced, CRM job board.  

Twin Cairns Performance

This area provides independent data about numbers and access to the Twin Cairns Job Board. It is designed to allow users to evaluate access and ROI when searching for or posting jobs on the Twin Cairns Job Board.

Figure 1: Daily job views with paths by which users arrived at the Twin Cairns website this month (Source: Google Analytics 4/GA4)
Figure 2: Average time users spend on the Twin Cairns website per session (Source: Google Analytics 4/GA4)
Figure 3: Market share, FY 2023 (Jan-to date), as total job posts, by company (Source: Data from public records at ShovelBums, archaeologyfieldwork.com and Twin Cairns; Data harvested by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 4: Market share, FY 2023 (Jan-to date), as percentage of all job posts, by company (Source: Data from public records at ShovelBums, archaeologyfieldwork.com and Twin Cairns; Data harvested by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)

Number of Jobs Posted This Month

This area provides data about the number of jobs posts on the leading CRM job boards: Twin Cairns, ShovelBums and archaeologyfieldwork.com. We are aware that Indeed, Monster and other general job boards are used by CRM companies. However, these general job boards are generally used to manage the application process and are not where most employees first learn about a job.

Figure 5: Number of jobs published per month at the leading CRM job board websites (Source: Data from public records at ShovelBums, archaeologyfieldwork.com and Twin Cairns; Data harvested by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 6: Number of jobs published per month for this Fiscal Year (FY) compared with historical monthly averages at the leading CRM job board websites (Source: Data from public records at ShovelBums, archaeologyfieldwork.com and Twin Cairns; Data harvested by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)

Job Posts

This area records the number of jobs posted for the past twelve & six months by job type. This data illustrates trends in hiring and demand for specific job types throughout the United States. The term ‘Other’ refers to jobs that do not involve field archaeology but are directly related to CRM (GIS, Lab Technician, Museum Curator, etc).

Figure 7: Number of jobs published in the past 12 months by job type (Source: Data from public records at ShovelBums, archaeologyfieldwork.com and Twin Cairns; Data harvested by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 8: Number of jobs published in the past six months by job type (Source: Data from public records at ShovelBums, archaeologyfieldwork.com and Twin Cairns; Data harvested by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)

Monthly Job Posts by Region

This area breaks down the number of job posts by job type and by region for this month and the last 6 and 12 months. Users may track regional trends. A detailed regional breakdown is available on Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit© Quarterly Reports.

Figure 9: Number of job posts, by type & region, for this month (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 10: Number of job posts, by type & region, for the past six months (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 11: Number of job posts, by type & region, for the past 12 months (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)

Employer Type

This area provides data about the type of employer hiring within the CRM sector for the past six months. ‘Others’ relate here to the small number of hiring done by nonprofits, museums & universities.

Figure 12: Employer types, for the past six months (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 13: Detailed Employer types for the past six month; ‘Other’ category indicates jobs posted by nonprofits, museums & universities (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)

Position Type

This area presents data documenting duration of employment offered and breaks it down by position type. We are tabulating temporary vs. permanent job offers.

Figure 14: Position duration for 2023 (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 15: Percentage of permanent positions offered by position type for 2023 (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)

Wages

This area presents average hourly wages offered to CRM sector employees by position and by employer types. While some employers break down upper field management to Project Managers and Principal investigators, most job posts do not include such distinction. Therefore, we aggregate both categories into one class of employees. ‘Other’ refers to positions offered by nonprofits, museums & universities.

Figure 16: Average hourly wages for the past 12 months, by position type (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 17: Average hourly wages offered to Field Techs for the past 12 months, by employer type (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 18: Average hourly wages offered to Crew Chiefs for the past 12 months, by employer type (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 19: Average hourly wages offered to Project Managers/Principal Investigators for the past 12 months, by employer type (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)

Published Wage Data

This area presents the publication of wage data and its inclusion in job posts. This area includes data for all job posts, then a breakdown of wage inclusion by position type.

Figure 20: Percentage of all job posts that include wage data (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 21: Percentage of Field Tech job posts that include wage data (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 22: Percentage of Crew Chief job posts that include wage data (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 23: Percentage of Project Manager/Principal Investigator job posts that include wage data (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)

Wage Differentials

This area documents hourly wage differentials between Field Techs and other position types. The area tabulates wage differentials between Field Techs and Crew Chiefs and Field Techs and Project Managers/Principal Investigators.  

Figure 24: Hourly wage differentials between Field Techs and Crew Chiefs & Field Techs and Project Managers/Principal Investigators (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)

Benefits

This area documents the percentage of jobs where employers list benefits as part of the job post. To be considered as offering benefits, the job post must include health insurance and paid days off. Some jobs offer contribution towards retirement plans (401K and similar). If this is the only benefit offered, we list such job posts as not providing benefits to employees.

It is possible that some job posts do not list but offer benefits to employees. Because benefits are not listed on such posts, these posts are tabulated as offering no benefits.

Figure 25: Benefits offered by position type (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 26: Percentage of positions with benefits offered to Field Techs, by employer type (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 27: Percentage of positions with benefits offered to Crew Chiefs, by employer type (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 28: Percentage of positions with benefits offered to Project Managers/Principal Investigators, by employer type (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)

Education Requirements

This area presents data on education requirements for the CRM sector. Initially, we document education requirement for the sector as a whole, we then break down education requirement by position type.

Figure 29: Education requirements across the CRM sector (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 30: Education requirements for Field Techs (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 31: Education requirements for Crew Chiefs (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 32: Education requirements for Project Managers/Principal Investigators (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)

Field School Requirement for Field Techs

This area documents the requirement of a field school as a condition of employment for Field Techs. It first documents the field school requirement for the sector as a whole and then breaks it down by employer type. Regional data is tabulated in our Quarterly Reports.

Figure 33: Sector wide field school requirement as condition of employment for Field Techs, by month (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)
Figure 34: Field school requirement for Field Techs, by employer type & month (Source: Data collected by the Twin Cairns Intelligence Unit©)

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