TMCNet:  Simply Hired U.S. Employment Outlook Shows Job Openings Hold Steady in November 2014

[December 04, 2014]

Simply Hired U.S. Employment Outlook Shows Job Openings Hold Steady in November 2014

Simply Hired, the largest independent job search engine with properties in 24 countries and 12 languages, today released its December 2014 U.S. Employment Outlook report. The new report finds that nationwide job openings grew slightly at .06% month-over-month in November 2014. This follows increases in U.S. job openings of 3.17% in October 2014 and 1.18% in September 2014.

"The Simply Hired Employment Outlook report shows that the U.S. employment market is holding strong with more than four million job openings across the nation," said James Beriker, president and CEO of Simply Hired. "While our November 2014 data shows only a slight increase in U.S. job openings, industries like technology posted big gains."

Key findings from the monthly Simply Hired Employment Outlook report include:

  • Nearly half o all major metros experience growth. Job openings increased in 11 of the top 25 largest U.S. metros in November 2014. The largest month-over-month gains were seen in Tampa & St. Petersburg (2.48%) and San Francisco Bay Area (1.98%).
  • Nearly one in four industries and occupations post gains. Four out of 18 industries experienced month-over-month growth in job openings. Technology led all industries with a 6.35% increase, while military experienced the largest decline (-18.35%). Thirteen out of 54 occupation categories experienced growth in job openings in November 2014, with paralegals and other legal support (4.62%) seeing the largest rise.
  • Healthcare continues as industry with greatest job inventory. Nearly one-half of the top posting companies in November 2014 were healthcare-related. There were also a significant number of job openings at financial services and technology companies.
  • Metro highlight: San Francisco Bay Area: Simply Hired data for the San Francisco Bay Area identifies technology, financial services, and retail as the top posting industries in the metro region. The area's top posting companies include Kaiser Permanente (#1), Ross Stores (#2), Apple (#3), Google (News - Alert) (#4) and PwC (#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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