Workforce Data Explorer
Free access to US labor market data without the government-website scavenger hunt. 80+ sources: FRED, BLS, Census, O*NET, and more.
Analyst. Journalist. Advisor.
Beacon Turn offers research you can fund with confidence, stories worth assigning, pieces that get read, and calls made with an experienced read of the market. Independent, accessible, and ready to get to work.
Method
How the work gets done
I talk to buyers and practitioners, read the data myself, and tell you what I know and what I don't. Most projects start as conversations, because that's still the most reliable way to find out what people actually think. When an answer isn't solid yet, I say so and keep digging.
The person behind it
I'm Lance Haun
I run Beacon Turn, where I work as an analyst, journalist, and advisor covering work technology. I write The Turn most Tuesdays, I'm a columnist at Reworked, and I built the Workforce Data Explorer because I got tired of chasing numbers across fifteen government sites.
Before this I spent close to two decades in the industry: editor at TLNT and ERE Media, VP of market insights at The Starr Conspiracy, practice lead for research and insights at Rep Cap, and enough time with vendors and buyers to know how both actually decide.
For companies, publications, and teams
I focus on three areas
Research
Qualitative-led research with modern rigor. Talking to people is still the most durable way to surface contradiction, motivation, and what buyers actually think.
How I do research →Media
Editors want work from an experienced journalist. Marketers want writing that earns attention on its own. That's the same assignment: pieces written for people, with a real point of view behind them.
How I do media →Advisory
I work down a level, into how buyers actually think and decide, so your direction rests on evidence instead of borrowed language.
How I do advisory →Built for my own research
Tools and works in progress
Workforce Data MCP
The same labor market data, wired for AI assistants. Point any MCP client at workforcemcp.beaconturn.com/mcp and the tools show up.
Free
Get The Turn
Work tech news and analysis, most Tuesdays. You'll also get a first look at new research and whatever I'm building.
Get an answer you can act on
Bring me the decision, the assignment, or the piece you need written. I'll lay out the approach, what it takes, and where to start.