JobsInRI's State Employment Index: Signs of Job Growth in October with Customer Support Jobs Nearly Doubling in the State

The Web site releases a state employment index each month capturing a snapshot of the state's job situation. This month activity increased on the site showing more job creation.

WESTBROOK, ME (PRWEB) November 9, 2005 -- JobsInRI.com is one of the largest Internet job sites in the state. With more than 600 jobs being posted and just under 100,000 unique visits each month, we are in an advantageous 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 job openings 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 Rhode Island.

Job Trends:

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

    The number of job openings during this month is 640 up from 555 in September

    Customer Support jobs increased from 59 jobs in September to 116 jobs in October and Sales jobs also went up from 83 jobs in September to 146 jobs in October

    A majority of the new job openings posted during October were in the counties of Providence (34% of all job openings), Kent (19%), and Washington (13%).

    Job openings activity covered a number of job types:

    Health Care (11.0% of all job openings)

    Sales (10.6%)

    Customer Support (8.4% up 3% from last month)

    Banking (6.7%)

    Manufacturing (6.6%)

    Non-Profit (5.5%)

    Clerical (5.4%)

    Social Services (4.8%)

    Retail/Wholesale (4.2%)

    Twelve percent of the job openings were from companies with fewer than 50 employees

    Companies with >500 employees accounted for 14% of the total

    Companies with 101-250 employees had the most October job openings with 33% of the jobs.

    Seventy-four percent of the job openings during October were for full-time positions, essentially the same as last month.

    23% were part-time

     3% were contract or per diem

Job Search Trends:

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

    The number of qualified searches (job seeker used specific parameters to search for a position) was 31,583 – down slightly from September.

    The top job categories searched by job seekers were:

    Clerical (10.1% of all qualified searches)

    Health Care (9.1%)

    Customer Support (5.7%)

    Advertising/Marketing (4.2%)

    Accounting (4.1%)

    Hotel/Restaurant (4.1%)

    Banking/Finance (4.0%)

    Arts (3.9%)

    IT (3.9%)

    Thirty-three percent of the qualified searches also contained a geographic preference:

Providence County (57% of qualified searches)

    Kent County (16%)

    Washington & Bristol counties (12%)

    Bristol County (9%)

    A majority of the job seekers prefer to look for positions within close proximity to their homes. The commuting preference for job seekers was:

    1-30 miles - 62%

    31-40 miles - 17%

>40 miles - 21%

Web Site Trends:

JobsInRI.com had 96,257 unique visits for the month, up 3% from September’s 93k. We see average time per visit of about 8 minutes, still well above industry averages. During an average visit, a job seeker will download 5.9 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 more than 400,000 unique visits monthly and more than 6,000 job postings in Maine; JobsinNH.com with nearly 200,000 unique visits monthly and over 3,300 job postings in New Hampshire; JobsinVT.com with more than 90,000 unique visits monthly and over 1,300 job openings in Vermont; and JobsInRI.com with more than 96,000 unique visits monthly and nearly 850 job postings 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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