According to the BLS, the number of healthcare jobs in Jacksonville are growing.

In January, health care employment continued to grow (+31,000). Within
the industry, hospitals and ambulatory care services each added 13,000
jobs.

Wholesale trade employment increased by 14,000 over the month. Since a
recent employment low in May 2010, wholesale trade has added 144,000
jobs.

Employment in retail trade continued to trend up in January. Job gains
in department stores (+19,000), health and personal care stores
(+7,000), and automobile dealers (+7,000) were partially offset by
losses in clothing and clothing accessory stores (-14,000). Since an
employment trough in December 2009, retail trade has added 390,000
jobs.

In January, employment in information declined by 13,000, including a
loss of 8,000 jobs in the motion picture and sound recording industry.

In the goods-producing sector, manufacturing added 50,000 jobs. Nearly
all of the increase occurred in durable goods manufacturing, with job
growth in fabricated metal products (+11,000), machinery (+11,000),
and motor vehicles and parts (+8,000). Durable goods manufacturing has
added 418,000 jobs over the past 2 years.

Global Technologies has announced it is hiring for construction jobs in Jacksonville.

The provider of technology execution services is opening a new Jacksonville office.

It plans on hiring for construction, project management, general office and accounting.

The company will hire 60-70 people to staff its site on Vantage Way, which is near the airport.

The new service center will be 36,000 sq feet.

Global Technologies is a leading specialty technology execution services, outsourced fulfillment and construction services provider for the Telecommunications Industry, Utilities and governments throughout the United States, Europe and Africa.

Global Technologies designs, builds, Installs, upgrades and maintains outside and inside plant infrastructure and equipment. Including placement and maintenance of Fiber optic cable, copper cable and coaxial cable utilizing directional boring, trenching, plowing, aerial and Wireless techniques, underground cable location and on call emergency system restoration services.

A new survey posits that hiring for Jacksonville jobs has stalled.

In fact, hiring across the U.S. remained flat, according to the CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment activity ended at 95.0 in January, a -0.1 drop from December. Although January’s hiring numbers are down -8.7 points from January 2011, employment activity has grown by double-digits from 2009 and 2010.

The CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index calculates the number of available managerial job openings each month by surveying wide range of local and national job boards across the U.S, with all results hand-counted and checked for duplication by a team of researchers. What does an overall Index score of 95.0 for January 2012 mean?

The Index measures employment activity against a base score of 100, which represents the volume of job openings during the same period in 2007. A score higher than 100 means that there are more available jobs than in 2007, while one below 100 means that job seekers now have fewer opportunities available. The CareerCast.com / JobSerf Index remains lower at 95.0 than it was in January of 2007.

“There has not been a significant improvement in hiring yet in 2012,” says Jay Martin, COO, JobSerf. “And managerial recruitment activity remained close to 2007 levels for much of last year.”

A company has started a big initiative to connect veterans with Jacksonville jobs, among other locations.

CivilianJobs.com connects military personnel with civilian careers.

The company is hosting jobs fairs in eleven states. Their schedule includes:

-January 10; Ft. Polk; Leesville, LA
-January 18; Ft. Benning; Columbus, GA
-January 19; Robins AFB; Warner Robins, GA
-February 15; Ft. Stewart; Hinesville, GA
-February 16; MCAS Beaufort; Beaufort, SC
-February 29; Naval/Marine Corps San Diego; San Diego, CA
-March 01; Camp Pendleton; Oceanside, CA
-March 14; Tampa/MacDill AFB; Tampa, FL
-March 29; Ft. Hood; Killeen, TX
-April 11; Ft. Rucker; Enterprise, AL
-April 26; Ft. Benning; Columbus, GA
-May 03; Ft. Carson; Colorado Springs, CO
-May 17; Nellis AFB; Las Vegas, NV
-May 31; Ft. Lee; Petersburg, VA
-June 13; NWS Charleston; Charleston, SC
-June 14; Charleston AFB; Charleston, SC
-June 28; Ft. Riley; Manhattan, KS
-July 18; Ft. Bragg; Fayetteville, NC
-July 19; Camp Lejeune; Jacksonville, NC
-August 01; Ft. Benning; Columbus, GA
-August 02 ; Robins AFB; Warner Robins, GA
-August 15 ; Camp Pendleton; Oceanside, CA
-August 16 ; Naval/Marine Corps San Diego; San Diego, CA
-August 29 ; NS Norfolk; Norfolk, VA
-August 30 ; Ft. Lee; Petersburg, VA
-September 13; Ft. Polk; Leesville, LA
-September 26; Ft. Stewart; Hinesville, GA
-September 27; MCAS Beaufort; Beaufort, SC
-October 11; Ft. Bliss; El Paso, TX
-October 18; Camp Lejeune; Jacksonville, NC
-October 25; Nellis AFB; Las Vegas, NV
-November 01; Ft. Benning; Columbus, GA
-November 08; Ft. Bragg; Fayetteville, NC
-November 28; Ft. Hood; Killeen, TX
-November 29; Ft. Sam Houston; San Antonio, TX
-December 06; Tampa/MacDill AFB; Tampa, FL

“We continue to expand our suite of services for employers who are seeking to increase the talent level, team-orientation and diversity of their workforces,” said Vicki Washington, director of CivilianJobs.com. “One of the best ways we can provide that support is by hosting these military job fairs and connecting employers to the job seekers at the military installation where they are serving.”

Home Depot made a big announcement this week when it said it is adding retail jobs in Jacksonville, among hundreds of other locations.

The home improvement giant is adding over 70,000 new employees to ready itself for the busy spring season in which people landscape, plant flowers, and build their gardens.

“Just as the Christmas rush and holiday hiring ends for many retailers, we begin recruiting for spring seasonal associates to help customers during our busiest selling season,” said Tim Crow, executive vice president for Human Resources. “And a seasonal job at The Home Depot can often lead to a regular position if you’re passionate about customer service.”

Many of the seasonal hires will become permanent, the company went on to say.

They will also be hiring for Fayetteville retail jobs.

The Home Depot is the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,252 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico and China. In fiscal 2010, The Home Depot had sales of $68.0 billion and earnings from continuing operations of $3.3 billion. The Company employs more than 300,000 associates. The Home Depot’s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index.

A new merger between Cass Information Systems and Waste Reduction Consultants could result in the addition of more waste management jobs in Jacksonville.

Cass just said that it has acquired Waste Reduction Consultants, Inc., a provider of environmental expense management services. The acquisition extends Cass’ portfolio of services for controlling facility-related expenses.

Waste Reduction Consultants serves multi-location businesses by reducing operating costs through information-driven optimization and procurement of waste removal services.

CEO Bryce Kaspar, who founded Waste Reduction Consultants in 1999, will join Cass and continue to manage the operations based in Jacksonville, FL. “Our team is thrilled to join with Cass and leverage our combined strengths in the marketplace. The integration of our robust waste expense management platform with Cass’s industry leading business process outsourcing backbone positions us to continuously enhance our value proposition,” Kaspar noted.

“The addition of Waste Reduction Consultants is exciting for us. Waste Reduction Consultants has a national footprint with leading multi-family real estate owners and long-term healthcare providers, and brings a formidable team and replicatable business process that will allow us to expand our current portfolio of services. We see a strong demand for these services as companies formulate new sustainability and recycling initiatives, and continue to seek out business partners with a proven track record of driving down costs,” commented Gary Langfitt, COO, Cass.

Suddath Relocation Systems of Orlando, Inc., recently said it has secured a key hire for executive jobs in Jacksonville.

The company, which is an agent of United Van Lines and provider of household goods transportation, corporate relocation, facility moving, warehousing and logistics services, hired Larry Knight as vice president of operations for central Florida.

According to his bio, Knight has 23 years of experience in distribution center management and he most recently held the position of general manager of one of the largest specialty retailers in North America.

Knight will be responsible for establishing and carrying out a strategic vision for diverse operations including all product lines of the Suddath branch offices in central Florida, including Orlando, Melbourne and The Villages.

“With Larry’s experience, proven results and exceptional recommendations, we are confident that he will prove a valuable member of the Suddath team. We are excited to welcome him to Suddath,” said Donna Caldwell, general manager, Suddath Relocation Systems serving central Florida.

Due to the holiday season, many employers are hiring for healthcare jobs in Jacksonville, according to a local recruitment website JobNewsJacksonville.

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The National Employment Law Project, a national non-profit organization that engages in research, education, litigation support and policy advocacy on issues affecting low wage and unemployed workers, has released a report spotlighting the dire situation concerning Jacksonville jobs, among other locales in America.

Many cities are facing a drastic shortage of jobs, according to the report.

The report is also possibly referring to the state of Long Island jobs and other cities that have lost important opportunities.

America faces a near-unprecedented crisis of long-term unemployment. Of the 13.3 million officially unemployed workers last month, 43 percent–nearly six million–had been unemployed for six months or longer. Roughly one-third of the long-term unemployed have been without work for a year. Average durations of unemployment in November reached a record high of almost 41 weeks. As NELP recently reported, the rate of long-term unemployment has equaled or exceeded 40 percent for roughly the last two years, the longest stretch of such high long-term unemployment since this data was first reported in 1948. n1

A recent survey and corresponding report by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development of workers who had lost jobs during the Great Recession found that 43 percent were reemployed (either full-time or part-time) and 41 percent were unemployed and actively looking for work. Half of those remaining unemployed had been jobless for more than two years.

Continuing joblessness among the long-term unemployed was not because they were not looking for work. According to the Heldrich Center report, the unemployed participated in substantial job search activities, with three-quarters having applied for a job within the preceding month and two-thirds having searched newspapers and online job postings.

Analysis of survey results showed that “Unemployed workers who received [unemployment insurance] benefits were more likely to have been proactive in seeking work than those who did not receive UI” (emphasis in original), with benefits recipients reporting “more hours devoted to the job search and more frequently contact friends and examine job postings.”

A new survey brings hope to those seeking Jacksonville jobs.

Hiring is expected to remain surefire and steady.

A national survey conducted by Dice Holdings, Inc., a provider of specialized career websites for professional communities, found that nearly half (47%) of hiring managers and recruiters say they plan additional hiring during the first half of 2012, as compared to the second half of 2011.

This result is close to the mid-2011 forecast when 51 percent of hiring managers and recruiters noted they were stepping up hiring in the next six months. In fact, hiring managers and recruiters have been split on the pace of hiring for more than a year – with the respondent majority back and forth between slightly faster and slower hiring.

Asked how the current economy has impacted their hiring goals for the six months ahead, 43 percent of hiring professionals say their companies’ and clients’ plans remain unchanged. By contrast, 21 percent are increasing hiring indicating their view on the economy is more constructive. Another 30 percent report having adjusted their hiring plans downward.

“With so much uncertainty in the air when it comes to the economy and job creation, it’s a surprisingly positive sign that nearly half of respondents are optimistic about hiring at the start of 2012,” said Scot Melland, Chairman, President and CEO of Dice Holdings, Inc. “Although modest in size, we’ve added private-sector jobs for 20 months now, and that modest job growth looks set to continue. We need to focus on removing any hurdles that impede companies from investing in America’s talent.”

Nearly four in 10 companies (39%) report longer timelines for employee acquisition – based on a dearth of qualified candidates (60%) and an abundance of caution brought on by economic uncertainty (26%). This difficulty finding the right people to fill positions comes even as a clear majority of companies surveyed (55%) report getting more applications for open positions than compared to the previous six months.

The survey could also impact jobs in Fayetteville.