Keeping you informed on what’s trending in the job industry is a top priority at hiredMYway.com!
So it’s time once again for our monthly job search report, wrapping up what is trending now in the job market to keep you better informed and better prepared in your job search.
The Job Report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released the most recent Employment Situation Summary with both the number of unemployed persons (12.5 million) and the unemployment rate (8.1 percent) changing little in April. In April, 2.4 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, essentially unchanged from a year earlier.
Employment in professional and business services increased by 62,000 in April. Since a recent low point in September 2009, employment in this industry has grown by 1.5 million. In April, employment in temporary help services edged up by 21,000. Employment grew in architectural and engineering services (+7,000) and in computer systems design and related services (+7,000).
Health care continued to add jobs (+19,000) in April. Within the industry, employment in ambulatory health care services, which includes home health care and offices of physicians, rose by 15,000.
Manufacturing employment continued to trend up (+16,000) in April, with job growth in fabricated metal products (+6,000) and machinery (+5,000). Since its most recent employment low in January 2010, manufacturing has added 489,000 jobs, largely in durable goods manufacturing.
Read the entire report here.
What’s Trending?
So speaking of job searching and the new report, what are we seeing trending on hiredMYway.com?
hiredMYway.com is currently seeing a growth in the financial and information technology/software development industries:
- Primerica is looking to hire six Personal Financial Analysts in Michigan with a $150 signing bonus.
- Quicken Loans is looking to hire a Cash Balancing Auditor in Detroit, MI with a $1,000 signing bonus.
- Benzinga is looking to hire an UX/UI Developer in Southfield, MI with a $1,000 signing bonus.
- VISANOW is looking to hire an ASP.NET Software Developer in Chicago, IL with a $3,000 signing bonus.
We also asked around to see what is currently working for job seekers; here are some popular tips:
- Networking: Work your network – let friends, family, and trusted colleagues know you are actively looking for a job and to keep an eye out for opportunities.
- Applying: Don’t waste your precious time applying to companies or positions you are not really interested in. Instead use that time to dig deeper into the jobs you really want.
- Resume/Profile: When writing your resume or filling out your online profile, make sure your biggest achievements and best experiences are listed first for the greatest impact on the reader.
Did you know hiredMYway.com also has professional recruiters using the power of hiredMYway.com to connect job seekers and employers? So who better to ask about the state of affairs for job seekers than a professional recruiter! We asked recruiter Judson Kinnucan about current trends in hiring. He had good news to tell us as well as advice for job seekers this summer:
“The job market is poised for another expansion. Companies across the country are in the process of hiring both contract and internal recruiters to help them handle the influx of new candidates. Since the beginning of the Great Recession, firms have cut back staff at all levels and the employees that remain have had to pick up the slack.
“But the economy has been slowly improving over the last year and will continue to do so. The largest firms in the country have hundreds of billions of dollars in their coffers just waiting to be spent on new projects, new equipment and hiring new employees. Job seekers should spend this summer updating their resumes, refreshing their social media profiles and reconnecting with old business contacts because I’m forecasting a hiring surge in late 2012 into 2013.”
So that is the latest on what’s happening in the industry and what you can do to impact your job search. Keep hunting and your next job could be right around the corner!
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