JobsInRI. com's State Employment Index: Job Growth in Health Care, Clerical and Manufacturing Strengthens During August

JobsInRI. com's State Employment Index: Job Growth in Health Care, Clerical and Manufacturing Strengthens During August

JobsInRI. com is able to gather data from the web site which allows them to follow employment trends in the state. This data can help recruiters and job seekers understand the job market in the state better.

Westbrook, ME (PRWEB) September 10, 2005

JobsInRI. com is one of the largest internet job sites in the state. With over 600 jobs being posted each month and more than 160,000 searches being done, we are in a unique position to monitor and report on the employment trends within the state. The JobsInRI. com Jobs Index is a monthly statistical summary of the data compiled.

The Index identifies key trends based on Jobs posted, searches performed by job seekers and key metrics from the web site. Taken together they offer a unique perspective into the key trends for employment in RI.

Job Trends:

The following are the significant trends for the month of August 2005:

 The number of job opening this month is up 9% vs. July with 653 openings listed. Some of these are the normal seasonal summer jobs but there is general strength in many areas of the state and across many industries  A majority of the new jobs posted were in Providence County (55% of all jobs posted), Newport County (14%), Washington County (14%) and Kent County (13%)  Job posting activity covered a number of job types:  Health Care (19.2% of all jobs posted and up from 14.1% in July)  Clerical (8.8%) (up 14% from July)  Manufacturing (5.1%)  Sales (6.3%) (down slightly from July)  Customer Support (5.1%)  Non-Profit (7.6%)  46% of the jobs posted were from companies with less than 50 employees  Companies with >500 employees accounted for 13% of the total  79% of the August jobs posted were for full-time positions, essentially the same as the 2nd Quarter average.  19% were part time  3.7% were contract or per diem

Job Search Trends:

The following are the significant trends for the month of August 2005:

 The number of qualified (job seeker used specific parameters to search for a position) searches was 30,080 – down 6% from July.  The top job categories searched by job seekers were:  Health Care (9.5% of all qualified searches)  Clerical (9.2%) (up 7% from July)  Customer Support (5.3%)  IT (4.3%)  Accounting (4.6%)  Hotel/Restaurant (4.4%)  Arts (4.4%)  Manufacturing (3.3%)  Banking/Finance (4.3%)  30% of the qualified searches also contained a geographic preference.  Providence County (53% of qualified searches)  Kent County (19%)  Washington County & Bristol County (11%)  A majority of the job seekers prefer to look for positions within close proximity to their home. The commuting preference for job seekers was:  1-30 miles - 61%  31-40 miles - 16% > 40 miles - 22%

Web Site Trends:

JobsInRI. com had 95,799 unique visits for the month, up slightly from 95,012 in July. We see average time per visit of 8:50, well above industry averages. During an average visit, a job seeker will download 7.2 pages.

About JobsInTheUS. com

Founded in 1999 and privately owned, JobsInTheUS. com is the parent company of the fastest-growing local job Internet sites – both in terms of unique visits to the Web sites and number of jobs posted: JobsinME. com with nearly 300,000 unique visits monthly and 5,000 job openings in Maine; JobsinNH. com with just under 200,000 unique visits monthly and over 3,000 job openings in New Hampshire; JobsinVT. com with close to 80,000 unique visits monthly and over 800 job openings in Vermont; and JobsInRI. com with more than 95,000 unique visits monthly and over 1,100 job openings in Rhode Island. Headquartered in Westbrook, Maine, the company specializes in state-specific job Internet sites where qualified candidates who want to work in a particular region find a match with local employers at a lower cost for employers than other recruiting methods.

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