30 Cities in the U.S. See Rise in Job Openings
By Staff Reporter | Mar 30, 2012 10:11 AM EDT
SimplyHired.com®, released its March 2012 Employment Outlook highlighting national and local markets, as well as industry and employer trends. Nationwide job openings held steady and largely unchanged in February, increasing just 0.2 percent month-over-month and 5.5 percent year-over-year. Nationwide job competition also remained the same at a ratio of three unemployed persons for every one job opening.
"As we've noted before, the job market is becoming truly stable for the first time since the recession began in December 2007," said Gautam Godhwani, CEO of SimplyHired.com. "It's encouraging to see employment numbers hold steady. We expect real growth to occur in the coming months."
Hiring increases in over half of top metros.
Job openings increased in 30 of the 50 top metro areas, and decreased in the other 20. Metros with the largest job growth include Miami & Fort Lauderdale (10.2 percent), Austin (7.7 percent), Orlando (6.5 percent), and Detroit (5.4 percent). Metros with the largest decline include Pittsburgh (-10.9 percent), Greensboro & Winston-Salem (-7.2 percent), and Grand Rapids (-7.1 percent).
Sales, agriculture jobs increase.
Two occupation categories increased by more than half in February: farming, fishing and forestry workers (67.7 percent) and sales representatives (53.0 percent). Other occupation categories experiencing notable job growth include personal care and services (19.4 percent) and financial specialists and accountants (16.2 percent).
Social worker, science jobs decline.
Several occupation categories experienced large decreases in job openings: social workers, counselors and religious workers (-56.8 percent); scientists and lab techs (-47.9 percent); and healthcare workers (-10.9 percent). Legal jobs also fell 51.8 percent, but this decline follows several months of major job growth.
Most Popular
-
1
Setting Boundaries: Why It Is Important to Separate Personal and Professional Relationships -
2
Workplace Distractions That Kill Productivity: It's in Our Hands All the Time -
3
Airlines Industry Report: Passenger and Cargo Airline Employment Statistics as of May 2024 -
4
Diehard Democrat Fired After Posting What She Intended to Be 'Comedic' About Trump’s Assassination -
5
Customs and Border Protection Works with Canines as Biosensors of Smuggled Fentanyl, Firearms at the Mexico Border -
6
Secret Service Faces Scrutiny Over Trump’s Assassination, Causing Calls for The Chief’s Resignation -
7
Even Elon Musk Hates Office Jargons. Here’s Why