What we have been extolling for the past 4 months is being born out by actual figures from the state. The Pittsburgh region added 9,200 jobs in May. We have been reporting that, as a job’s publication and Internet job board, we are seeing the increased demand for workers first hand, not only in our media but most others locally as well. We will still wait to celebrate because to truly affect the long term health of our area economy this trend will need to continue throughout this year and next. Fortunately, at this writing, we have not seen it reverse. In fact, this is shaping up to be the best summer season for recruitment since 2001 here in Pittsburgh.
If you are a job seeker, the most in demand categories we are seeing right now are nursing (it is as tight as we have EVER seen it), sales people for most categories of products (including retail), truck drivers and anybody who knows how to work a socket wrench (mechanics). These seem to be where the the most demand is, but opportunities are becoming widespread across most job categories. We will continue to touch on the trends that we see from month to month. Our hope is that a year from now we will be able to look back and say early 2007 is when Pittsburgh finally turned the corner on job creation.
If you are a job seeker, the most in demand categories we are seeing right now are nursing (it is as tight as we have EVER seen it), sales people for most categories of products (including retail), truck drivers and anybody who knows how to work a socket wrench (mechanics). These seem to be where the the most demand is, but opportunities are becoming widespread across most job categories. We will continue to touch on the trends that we see from month to month. Our hope is that a year from now we will be able to look back and say early 2007 is when Pittsburgh finally turned the corner on job creation.
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