Growth Rises in Fall Quarter & Special Report on Veteran Employment Opportunity

A robust market in California’s capital city expects to add as many new workers as it hires for replacements within existing workforces in Q3 2014. In a direct telephone survey of Sacramento’s top regional employers, fifty percent (50%) say hiring is motivated by expansion of existing workforces and eleven percent (11%) also attributed seasonal demands for seeking workers in July, August, September, and October.

Attrition or replacements among the existing workforce motivated the other half expecting to see applicants. Pacific Staffing discovered just twenty-nine percent (29%) of Sacramento companies contacted directly between May 21st and June 11th are not hiring. While Service and Manufacturing companies were driving the majority of hiring anticipated in Q3, Construction firms were almost evenly split and just one Retail firm surveyed was not looking for help. Not one company noted any plans for layoffs in the next quarter, also signaling continued robust employment in the area. Several firms also mention retention of current workers as a growing concern and finding adequate numbers of qualified applicants as another challenge.

How does this quarter compare to last quarter, or last year? Find out for yourself. For more information, employment blogs & market surveys go to www.pacificstaffing.com.

 

Skills Demand?

Demand for technical skills continues to drive recruiting out of the Sacramento area as firms report they can’t find qualified applicants in sufficient numbers to meet demands for IT needs. Sales and customer service are in demand with employers in the Sacramento market also looking for workers to manufacture, warehouse, and ship products in Q3. A significant shortage of drivers for route and delivery needs was also noted among companies across the board.

 

Sacramento Regional Top Companies Polled By Industry:

40% are Service, 31% are Manufacturers, 21% are Construction, and 8% are Retail

 

Special Report on Veteran’s Employment Opportunity in Sacramento

As conflict winds to a close in Afghanistan as many as 30,000 military men and women are expected to return from service each year to re-enter the California job market. Sacramento employers answered without reservation and are unanimous in saying they will hire a qualified veteran when asked. Thirty percent (30%) say they have a veteran hiring program or policy. Regional companies deserve a salute as more than half of those surveyed or fifty-four percent (54%) say they have hired a veteran to go to work in the last year.

 

=============Next Quarterly Projections: October 2014=================