Flip Side of the Coin: Recovery Woes Now a shortage of entry level, qualified applicants, out of market recruiting and retention of current workforce are among the flip side issues of the recovered Sacramento employment market. Conducted since 1992, The Quarterly Employment Trends revealed in Q3 2007 that eleven percent (11%) of Sacramento employers polled… Read more »
Desperate Demands and Shiny Black Shoes Black. When asked what color shoes to wear for a job interview Sacramento’s top regional people managers agree that black is the best choice. While some suggested brown, blue or a bold power red seventy-eight percent (78%) of those questioned say black was still the best choice. However, the… Read more »
Job demand & hiring trends for local companies in the 1st Quarter of 2016 Special Report: You’re Fired! Dishonest, unreliable jerks need not apply. When Sacramento’s top regional employers were asked, “What one thing will get you fired?” companies responded with a wide range of issues that will result in an employee’s immediate termination. As… Read more »
Job demand & hiring trends for local companies in the 4th Quarter of 2015 & Special Report: Degrees in Hiring Hiring in the Sacramento region has exploded! Seventy-six percent (76%) or just over three quarters of all companies surveyed in direct contacts by phone report open doors for applicants raising the demand a full six percentage… Read more »
On-The-Job Training Trend Takes Off As Employment Pool Shrinks Employee retention, qualified applicants and specialized skills are motivating more in-house training and opportunity in the Sacramento area. Internships, probationary and apprenticeship programs are growing as the pool of skilled workers shrinks. For several Quarters an increasing number of Sacramento’s top regional companies have noted growing… Read more »
Job demand & hiring trends for local Sacramento companies in the 2nd Quarter of 2015 Jobs Demand Shows Signs of Stalling Amid Ongoing Rise The Q2 jobs market may have reached a plateau among some sectors of the Sacramento economy. Like a failing tire, a portion of Sacramento’s top employers surveyed say… Read more »
Job demand & hiring trends for local Sacramento companies in the 1st Quarter of 2015 Great Expectations in ‘15 Optimism is strong for ongoing growth of the Sacramento regional economy in the New Year. In direct contacts with top Sacramento regional employers Pacific Staffing has discovered that eighty-four percent (84%) of company contacts… Read more »
Like the Weather, Capitol Growth Cools Off in Q4 Customer service, sales, manufacturing and drivers are in high demand among Sacramento’s top employers in October, November and December. Making, storing, distributing and selling products is driving hiring in the next Quarter. Truck drivers able to pass background, DMV and drug tests can find work… Read more »
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… Read more »
Robust Hiring Grows in Spring Quarter From general labor to degreed professional the top companies in Sacramento are actively hiring in the next three months. In a phone poll conducted among top regional employers regularly since 1992, Pacific Staffing has discovered seventy-two percent (72%) of those surveyed are expecting to hire in Q2 2014. In direct calls between… Read more »