jobradio.fm
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thousands of Portland Jobs Available
Career seekers wondering what jobs Portland Oregon has to offer may benefit from a recent report.
The Oregon Employment Department recently released a report detailing the job vacancies in the Portland Tri-County area, and found that during the spring of this year, there were about 8,575 available jobs.
Of those jobs, one-tenth were left unfilled for at least two months. The 25 occupations with the most vacancies accounted for only 42 percent of all job openings, meaning there was a wide array of open jobs beyond the top 25.
The most demanded jobs included: registered nurses with 451 vacancies, personal and home care aides with 235 openings and retail salespersons with 224 vacancies. Occupations in personal care, social services, education, architecture and engineering and healthcare had higher rates of long-term vacancy.
When it comes to specific industries, those with the most job openings included: healthcare and social assistance, educational services, accommodation and food services and retail trade. Those four industries combined represented 61 percent of all vacancies in the Portland area.
More than 50 percent of all vacancies required candidates to have an education beyond high school, while 45 percent required a license or certificate. More than four out of five openings in the educational services, manufacturing and professional and technical industries required post-secondary education.
On the other end of the scale, fewer than one in five openings in accommodation and food services; retail trade; arts, entertainment and recreation; transportation and warehousing; and agriculture required post-secondary education.
One-fourth of the available jobs paid workers at least $20 per hour, while 28 percent paid less than $10 per hour.
The Oregon Employment Department recently released a report detailing the job vacancies in the Portland Tri-County area, and found that during the spring of this year, there were about 8,575 available jobs.
Of those jobs, one-tenth were left unfilled for at least two months. The 25 occupations with the most vacancies accounted for only 42 percent of all job openings, meaning there was a wide array of open jobs beyond the top 25.
The most demanded jobs included: registered nurses with 451 vacancies, personal and home care aides with 235 openings and retail salespersons with 224 vacancies. Occupations in personal care, social services, education, architecture and engineering and healthcare had higher rates of long-term vacancy.
When it comes to specific industries, those with the most job openings included: healthcare and social assistance, educational services, accommodation and food services and retail trade. Those four industries combined represented 61 percent of all vacancies in the Portland area.
More than 50 percent of all vacancies required candidates to have an education beyond high school, while 45 percent required a license or certificate. More than four out of five openings in the educational services, manufacturing and professional and technical industries required post-secondary education.
On the other end of the scale, fewer than one in five openings in accommodation and food services; retail trade; arts, entertainment and recreation; transportation and warehousing; and agriculture required post-secondary education.
One-fourth of the available jobs paid workers at least $20 per hour, while 28 percent paid less than $10 per hour.
Labels: Jobs Portland Oregon
posted by Jen Carpenter # 12:02 PM 
Archives
March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 April 2011 May 2011 June 2011 July 2011 August 2011 September 2011 October 2011 November 2011 May 2012 January 2013
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]
Post a Comment