<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />These steps will allow us to compare changing trends in the labor market over time, focusing on job requirements and qualifications, regional and temporal differences, and gender inequalities. Alongside performing and evaluating these technical steps, we are gathering information about the historical and economic context of job advertisements in newspapers. Matches between vacancies and job seekers were realized through several channels (Wadauer, Buchner, and Mejstrik 2012), with only about 30% arranged through newspaper advertisements (Mölzer and Kleinert 2024). While newspapers dominated for white-collar job searches (Faust 1986), blue-collar workers were underrepresented in this channel. Thus, our findings will reflect only a subset of the labor market. Other factors such as the role of private agencies, the political orientation of newspapers, their geographical reach, temporal coverage, social focus, and intended readers remain important topics for further investigation.