Infographics & Data Visualizations

Infographics & Data Visualizations

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Why it pays to be a Firefighter

If you’re wondering whether it makes sense to invest the time and effort involved in a fire career, there’s good news: projections show strong expected growth throughout the rest of the decade, with a 19% increase – or over 57,000 new jobs – expected by 2020. While there are many very good reasons to consider a fire career, potential earnings may be among the most attractive. Firefighters can earn upwards of $71,000 per year (depending on location and position); in fact, the position of Fire Chief is the highest paying public sector job in the country. For an idea of just how much opportunity there is, check out the infographic below.

Why Quality Matters [Infographic]
by firecareers.com

Swing States Predictions According to Social Media

In keeping with the spirit of the upcoming US Election, Sendible have decided to put our social media monitoring tool to the test. We’ve up monitoring terms for the two Presidential candidate Starting from the first Presidential debate (October 3, 2012). The Social Media Monitoring Tool looks through blogs, microblogs, social networks and even comments on sites such as YouTube. Our Sentiment Analysis is a unique algorithm which scores how positive or negative each of the individual posts are by looking out for key words and phrases.

The New York Times have highlighted nine swing states based on an assessment of how states may vote, based on polling, previous election results and the political geography in each state.  These nine are the crucial states which may decide If President Barack Obama returns for another four years or if Republican candidate Mitt Romney takes office.

Sendible have also geo-targeted terms in Social Media to each specific Swing state giving some indication what is being said about each of the candidate in each battleground state.

If those sentiments have any bearing on how states actually vote, it would give a President Barack Obama a definitive win of 294 Electoral Votes compared to Mitt Romney’s 244 Electoral votes. Of course it’s all to play for with strong performances from each of the candidates during the final Presidential debate.

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