U.S. Job Market Skid Chart
Below is a chart that I would not recommend trying to copy for a few reasons. First, using the little person icon instead of a bar chart distorts the data and adds to the confusion of the chart.
Next, the sort also adds to the confusion. The chart is sorted by change in the number of jobs from the previous year and in ascending order. I would probably have created the chart so the sort was the percentage of people in each sector and in descending order. Visually, this would have made the chart more organized. Optimally, in an interactive version, there would be a sort button to toggle between the change in number and percent of jobs.
Finally, I would have dropped the ,000 and just noted that the changes are in thousands. Better yet, I may have stuck with percentages all around by going with the percentage change in jobs from the previous year.
Source: BusinessWeek, September 8th Issue
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