OrlandoJobs.com Survey Finds 10,000 Available Jobs in Central Florida
Another 10,000 Jobs Projected by Companies for 2011 Hiring
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 11, 2011 – Orlando, FL – In a bi-annual survey of Central Florida corporations, OrlandoJobs.com reports 10,000 open and available jobs, plus a projected addition of 10,000 more by the end of this year. The survey and its findings were released today and are posted on OrlandoJobs.com. (www.orlandojobs.com/whitepaper)
Roger Lear, President and CEO of OrlandoJobs.com, believes this good news forecasts an even better outlook for an end to the 11.3% unemployment rate in the region: “Central Florida companies are poised to be hiring leaders for the state. It will not happen overnight, but will be a slow upward curve.”
OrlandoJobs.com conducted phone interviews with 166 Central Florida-based companies between December 13, 2010 and December 30, 2010. The 166 companies surveyed employ an overall total of 186,431 employees in Central Florida, and cover 17 sectors, including: accounting, automotive, banking/finance, call center, construction, education, government, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, law, manufacturing, non-profit, real estate, sports/entertainment, timeshare, transportation, and utility.
KEY FINDINGS
• 74% of companies surveyed have current job openings that are available immediately.
• 92% of companies surveyed plan on hiring at least one person in 2011.
• 35% of companies surveyed plan on hiring at least 50 employees in 2011.
• 17% plan on hiring 200 or more employees in 2011.
• 32% of all companies feel that their hiring will be better than it was in 2010.
The top five hiring sectors for Central Florida are Healthcare, Hospitality, Education, Technology and Banking/Finance.
“This is great news for Central Floridians looking for employment this year,” says OrlandoJobs.com’s Roger Lear. “However, our survey also uncovered four impediments for job-seekers in today’s marketplace: human resource departments that are overwhelmed by floods of applications, many positions requiring specialized skills, still others are low-paying and may not compete against an unemployment paycheck, and all of these factors are contributing to a ‘hidden’ job market.”
“While frustrating,” explains Lear, “these findings are an opportunity for enterprising applicants to tweak a job search and focus on getting into a great company at a lower level now, so when hiring does rebound, you are in a position to advance yourself internally.”
The entire survey can be downloaded here www.orlandojobs.com/whitepaper and media interviews are available upon request. Please call Roger Lear at 407-645-4224 or Roger@OrlandoJobs.com.
About OrlandoJobs.com
More than 89,000 Central Floridians seeking employment search OrlandoJobs.com each month because they know 1,500+ employers choose this website to post their open positions. OrlandoJobs.com is the official employment website of the Central Florida Human Resource Association, (www.cfhra.org). The company was founded in 2005 by Roger Lear and Scott Kotroba, who have been in the employment business in Central Florida since 1987. The company’s success is due to their ability to understand the value of human capital to a company’s bottom line and the challenges involved in the recruiting of individuals to meet these needs. To request a media kit, please contact OrlandoJobs.com at 407-645-4224.
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