diff --git a/src/apmon/MonitoredJob.java b/src/apmon/MonitoredJob.java
index 435821c..a17ec0b 100644
--- a/src/apmon/MonitoredJob.java
+++ b/src/apmon/MonitoredJob.java
@@ -1312,4 +1312,13 @@ public boolean hasMemoryControllerEnabled() {
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the last reported CPU efficiency multiplied by number of cores
+	 * 
+	 * @return job CPU efficiency * numCPUs
+	 */
+	public double getEffectiveUsedCores() {
+		return cpuEfficiency * numCPUs;
+	}
 }