JobsInVT.com’s State Employment Index: Job Growth Strengthens as More Health Care Industry Jobs Posted in August

Westbrook, ME (PRWEB) September 10, 2005 -- JobsInVT.com is the largest internet job site in the state. With over 500 jobs being posted each month and more than 100,000 searches being done, we are in a unique position to monitor and report on the employment trends within the state. TheJobsInVT.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 VT.

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

* The number of job openings this month is 500 up 27% vs. the 2nd Quarter average. This is an increase in the general strength in many areas of the state and across many industries
* A majority of the new jobs posted remained this month Chittenden County (51% of all jobs posted), but some growth shifted to different counties from July with Lamoille County seeing slight growth (11%), Rutland County (9%) and Windsor County (8%)
* Job posting activity covered a number of job types and reflects significant changes from last month with customer support and sales seeing significant increases in jobs posted. Jobs posted by category include:

- Health Care (12.4% of all jobs posted)
- Customer Support (8%) (up 30% from July)
- Clerical (6.7%)
- Sales (6%) (up 98% from July)
- Manufacturing (6%) (down slightly from July)
- Hotel/Restaurant (5.5%) (up slightly from July)
- Retail (6%)

* 42% of the jobs posted were from companies with less than 50 employees compared to 30% in July
- Companies with >500 employees accounted for 8.6%% of the total vs. 10% in July

* 83% of the August jobs posted were for full-time positions, up from 80% in July.
- 15% were part time down from 17% in July
- 2.1% were contract or per diem down from 2.6% in July

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 25,499  up 11% from last month.
* The top job categories searched by job seekers were:

- Healthcare (8.3% of qualified searches)
- IT positions (6.8%)
- Clerical (6.7%)
- Accounting (6.5%)
- Advertising/Marketing (5%)
- Education (4.2%)
- Executive/Management (4.8%)

* 27% of the qualified searches also contained a geographic preference.
- Chittenden County (32% of qualified searches)
- Washington County (13%)
- Rutland County (9%)
- Windsor County (8.5%)

* 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 - 40%
- 31-40 miles - 25%
- 40 miles - 35%

Web Site Trends:
JobsInVT.com had 80,207 unique visits for the month, up 13% from July. Average time per visit of 6:10 is up by a minute from 5:11 in July, well above industry averages.
During an average visit, a job seeker will download 8.19 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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