[December 04, 2014] |
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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:
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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%).
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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.
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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.
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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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