[November 05, 2014] |
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Job Listings Up 3.17% in October 2014 According to New Simply Hired Employment Outlook
SUNNYVALE, Calif. --(Business Wire)--
Simply Hired, the largest independent job search engine with properties
in 24 countries and 12 languages, today released its November
2014 U.S. Employment Outlook report which finds that job openings
grew 3.17% month-over-month in October 2014. This increase continues the
ongoing job growth reported by Simply Hired over the past several months.
"Steady growth in the U.S. employment market continues as the number of
available job listings grew 3.17% in October 2014," said James Beriker,
President and CEO of Simply Hired. "The Simply Hired Employment Outlook
also shows gains in every one of the top 25 metros buoyed by healthcare
postings and strong job growth in nursing roles."
Key findings from the monthly Simply Hired Employment Outlook report
include:
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Every major metro experienced job growth. Job openings
increased in all of the 25 largest U.S. metros in October 2014. The
largest month-over-month gains were Chicago (5.97%) ad Detroit
(5.89%).
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Most industries and occupations post gains. A strong majority
of industries (15 out of 18) experienced month-over-month growth in
job openings in October 2014, with non-profit (13.05%) and real estate
(9.61%) showing the largest rise. Job openings increased in 42 out of
54 occupation categories. Firefighters (13.55%) and nurses (13.01%)
roles experienced the largest amount of growth month-over-month.
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Healthcare reigns as industry with greatest job inventory. Nearly
one-half of the top posting companies in October 2014 were
healthcare-related. There were also a significant number of job
openings at financial services and academic institutions.
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Metro highlight: Atlanta. Simply Hired data for Atlanta,
Georgia ranks financial services, healthcare and technology as the top
three posting industries in the metro region. Atlanta's top posting
companies include WellStar Health System (#1), Deloitte (News - Alert) (#2),
Northside Hospital (#3), Grady Healthcare (#4) and Piedmont Healthcare
(#5).
About Simply Hired
Simply
Hired, a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, operates
job search engines in 24 countries and 12 languages. With more than 34
million unique visitors per month, the company provides job seekers
access to millions of job openings across all job categories and
industries, reaching job seekers on the web, mobile devices, email, and
via thousands of partner sites including The Washington Post, Fox
Business, Bloomberg (News - Alert) Businessweek, Computerworld, and International
Nurses Association. Simply Hired enables employers to efficiently and
cost-effectively reach candidates searching for jobs through its
full-service pay-per-click (PPC) and self-service pay-per-post job
advertising solutions. Simply Hired was founded in 2004 and is privately
held with funding from Foundation Capital and IDG Ventures. For more
information, visit www.simplyhired.com.
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