Pittsburgh Unemployment Rate Drops To 7.9% in September

First time since 2007 no year over year increase

HARRISBURG (NOVEMBER 2) – The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was down three-tenths of a percentage point in September to 7.9 percent. The MSA’s rate was 1.1 percentage points below Pennsylvania’s rate (9.0%). The last time the Pittsburgh MSA rate was that far below the state rate was June 1978. The area rate was also lower than the national rate of 9.6 percent. The Pittsburgh MSA’s unemployment rate matched last September’s rate. This was the first time since November 2007 that the area rate did not show an over-the-year increase.

Unemployment rates decreased from August in six of the seven counties in the Pittsburgh MSA. Butler County posted the lowest rate in the MSA at 7.4 percent while Fayette County held the area’s highest rate at 9.6 perent. Among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, unemployment rates ranged from 6.1 percent in Centre County to 14.3 percent in Cameron County.


In September, seasonally adjusted total nonfarm jobs in the Pittsburgh MSA declined 800 to 1,118,100. Jobs fell in nine of Pennsylvania’s 14 MSAs. Over the year, Pittsburgh MSA jobs increased by 4,800 (0.4%) and the state added 34,500 jobs (0.6%).
 
Goods-producing jobs in the Pittsburgh MSA declined 500 in September to 147,600. Manufacturing was down 200, the smallest September decrease for the supersector since 1999.



Goods producers added 800 jobs from last September. Mining & logging was up 500 jobs over the year (9.1%). Manufacturing continued to show an over-the-year decline, but it has been consistently shrinking since last September.

Service-providing jobs were up 9,300 from August. The majority of this increase was due to seasonal education-related gains. Education & health services, state government, and local government all added jobs as the new academic year began. Seasonal declines occurred in retail trade, professional & business services, leisure & hospitality, and other services. The federal government decline of 500 was due mainly to the census nearing completion.


Service providers had 6,200 more jobs than in September 2009. Education & health services and professional & business services experienced the largest over-the-year gains in the area.

Pittsburgh Diversity Employment Expo Attacts over 1,300 Jobseekers

With over 70 companies offering jobs ranging from entry level to advanced degree over 1,300 job seekers flooded CONSOL Energy Center on October 26th.  The largest public job fair in over four years in Pittsburgh was produced by Pittsburgh's office of EmploymentGuide.com in partnership with The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, the Allegheny County Dept. of Veteran's Affairs and AARP Foundation WorkSearch.

Marsellus Shale Jobs And Much More Come To CONSOL Energy Center In Pittsburgh

Atlas Energy, Range Resources, EnergyForce, Express Energy Services and Duncan Land + Energy have signed up for the Pittsburgh Diversity Employment Expo on October 26th at CONSOL Energy Center bringing Marcellus Shale jobs to the Pittsburgh region. With positions such as land technicians, drilling engineers, geologists, roustabouts and many more available this is a great opportunity for Pittsburgh area residents to investigate job requirements and training opportunities as well as application processes and to make that first great impression. The job fair is free for all job seekers and open from 10:00AM to 3:00PM 

Over 70 companies and schools areattending offering 100's of jobs in a wide variety of experience levels and industries. Pittsburgh's largest public job fair in over 4 years will also offer jobs in Banking/Finance, Customer Service, Retail, Sales, Healthcare, Nursing, Social Services, Manufacturing, Drivers and much more. Job seekers can pre-register here (pre- registration is not required but offers faster job fair entry). Sorry, no backpacks or strollers allowed.

Other companies and schools attending include:

84 Lumber (management trainees, IT and more)
Achieva (nursing, allied health)
Aerotek/Allegis Group (IT and more)
Aldi's (retail, supervisors)
All-State Career School
Aramark CONSOL Energy Center (hospitality)
Arc Human Services (social services)
Army National Guard
Atlas Energy (landmen, geologists and more)
Bank of America
Baptist Homes (nursing, allied health)
Bradford Child Care / Tender Care Learning Centers (childcare, instructors)
CBCInnovis (sales, customer service)
CBCS (sales, customer service)
Cardworks Servicing (customer service, collections)
Community College of Allegheny County
Cintas (sales, production)
Citizen Care, Inc (social services)
City of Pittsburgh (various)
Colonial Life (sales)
Concordia of the South Hills (nursing, allied health)
Dollar Bank (tellers, supervisors, financial services)
Duncan Land + Energy (leasing agents and more)
EnergyForce (Training programs for gas/oil industry, landmen)
Everest Institute
Express Employment Professionals (various, office/clerical)
Express Energy Services/ EES (gas/oil)
Face 2 Face Sales Solutions (sales)
First National Bank of PA (tellers, supervisors, financial services)
Gallagher Home Health Services (hone healthcare, various)
Geneva College
Glade Run Lutheran Services (nursing, therapists, allied health)
Goodwill
Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council
HVL Douglas, LLC (manufacturing, production workers)
Institute for Transfusion Med./Central Blood Bank (phlebotomists, more)
Kaplan Career Institute
Life Pittsburgh (nursing, allied health)
Lifesteps, Inc. (support staff)
Mainstay Life Services (social services, support staff)
Medix Staffing Solutions (all healthcare)
Mercy Behavioral Health (social services, therapists, more)
StoneMor Partners/Mt. Lebanon Cemetery (sales)
New Horizons Computer Learning Center
Parkvale Bank (tellers, supervisors, financial services)
Pennsylvania CareerLink (various)
People's Natural Gas (various)
Pittsburgh Job Corp Center
Pittsburgh Tech. Institute-PTI
PRC Corporation (sales, customer service)
Primerica (financial services, sales)
Prudential Financial (financial services, sales)
Quest Diagnostics (various)
Range Resources - Appalachia (gas/oil)
RAS Delivery Services (drivers)
Reliance First Capital LLC ((financial services, sales)
Renewal, Inc
Sanford Brown School
SMG Management (ushers, more)
South Hills / North Hills Beauty Academy
Southwestern Pa Commission CommuteInfo
Southwood Psychiatric Hospital (social services, nursing, more)
The Academy (teachers, more)
Three Rivers Center for Independent Living (TRCL) (nursing, allied healthcare)
Transitional Service Inc (social services)
TRG Customer Solutions (customer service, sales)
US Army
U.S. Liner (manufacturing, production workers)
US Navy
VA Pittsburgh Health system (all healthcare and support)
Vector Marketing (sales)
Waste Management, Inc (drivers, mechanics)
Westin Convention Center (hospitality, hotel workers)

Companies who want more information on attending the job fair please email pittsburghjobs@gmail.com

Pittsburgh Diversity Employment Expo Moves to CONSOL Energy Center October 26th

After dozens of successful job fairs over the past 10 years at Mellon Arena, Heinz field and PNC Park, the Pittsburgh Diversity Employment Expo is moving to CONSOL Energy Center with the next event slated for Tuesday, October 26th, 2010.

Produced by the Pittsburgh office of EmploymentGuide.com, in association with The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, Over 30,000 job seekers have attended the events with more than 10% getting job offers! Other partners include the Veteran's Affairs borough of Allegheny County and AARP Foundation WorkSearch.

The job fair is free for all job seekers and will be open from 10:00AM to 3:00PM. Entry is through the Trib Total Media gate then up the escalators to the right.

More than 50 companies and schools are expected to attend and include sales, customer service, hospitality, Healthcare and Nursing, social services, manufacturing, banking/finance and more.

A list of companies and schools attending will be published here about two weeks out from the event. Companies who want more information on attending the job fair please email pittsburghjobs@gmail.com
 

Pittsburgh Loses Jobs In July (but fewer than in "typical" July)

The July unemployment figures just released show that Pittsburgh lost just over 15,000 jobs in July.  On the surface this is bad news.  However, when looking at historical numbers, Pittsburgh ALWAYS loses jobs in July as teachers and other government workers are laid off for the summer (with census workers adding even more to this number than usual). Pittsburgh lost fewer jobs this July than the past five year July average.

The good news is that this is the first month in over two years that Pittsburgh had more jobs (4,400 more) than the year ago period.  Particular strength was seen in Education and Healthcare (+2,300), retail (+1,700) and Leisure and Hospitality (+1,400).

For more detail visit http://bit.ly/bwnvBS

Pittsburgh Metro Sees Unemployment Rate Drop and Jobs Increase in June

For the long term unemployed in the Pittsburgh Metro area the June unemployment report is bittersweet.  For our area, the unemployment rate dropped from 8.6% in May to 8.3%, while adding 7,700 jobs.  The good news is this represents almost 4,000 more jobs than one year ago.

While good news for area economists, who see the Pittsburgh Metro getting better through the rest of the year, it is little help to the more than 100,000 residents who couldn't find work.  Our sense here at EmploymentGuide.com is that employers are beginning to increase their recruitment activities.

While summer is normally a slow recruitment period in good times, this summer has seen a steadily (albeit slowly) increasing number of job postings as well as inquiries toward near term recruitment plans.  Our job fair held recently at Mellon Arena attracted 40 local employers which was the most in two years.


For more details on the job numbers go to the Post Gazette and the Tribune-Review.

2010 Pittsburgh Diversity Employment Expo Video Recap

The last public event at Mellon Arena