▁site , ▁publish es ▁a ▁Qu arter ly ▁Emp loyment ▁Conf idence ▁Survey ▁which ▁takes ▁into ▁account ▁educational ▁qual ifications ▁and ▁standard ▁industry ▁sal aries . ▁G lass door , ▁Rand stad , ▁and ▁other ▁industry ▁exper ts ▁tend ▁to ▁focus ▁the ▁scope ▁of ▁their ▁surve ys ▁around ▁different ▁object ives . ▁The ▁resulting ▁patch work ▁creates ▁challeng es ▁for ▁research ers ▁looking ▁to ▁make ▁compar isons ▁across ▁indust ries ▁or ▁data ▁sets ▁despite ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁information ▁being ▁collected ▁and ▁analyz ed ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁survey ▁companies . ▁ ▁Another ▁related ▁and ▁widely ▁c ited ▁type ▁of ▁confidence ▁index ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁is ▁the ▁Cons umer ▁Conf idence ▁Index . ▁Pub lished ▁by ▁the ▁Conference ▁Board , ▁this ▁index ▁g athers ▁information ▁on ▁how ▁consum ers ▁view ▁the ▁economy , ▁labour ▁market , ▁future ▁ear nings ▁potential , ▁and ▁current ▁business ▁conditions . ▁The ▁index ▁also ▁tracks ▁how ▁difficult ▁finding ▁a ▁job ▁is , ▁and ▁the ▁lik elihood ▁of ▁families ▁making ▁large ▁purch asing ▁dec isions ▁in ▁the ▁coming ▁months . ▁ ▁Studies ▁designed ▁to ▁measure ▁employee ▁confidence ▁focus ▁primarily ▁on ▁how ▁employees ▁feel ▁about ▁their ▁current ▁employ ers , ▁while ▁studies ▁on ▁consumer ▁confidence ▁focus ▁on ▁sp ending ▁dec isions . ▁Despite ▁the ▁different ▁found ations , ▁there ▁is ▁overlap ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁formats , ▁primarily ▁because ▁a ▁worker ’ s ▁confidence ▁in ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁income ▁drives ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁sp ending ▁dec isions . ▁The ▁overlap ▁between ▁the ▁employee ▁focused ▁indexes ▁and ▁the ▁consumer ▁focused ▁indexes ▁allows