By the Numbers: November 8, 2019

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The Numbers:

48% of employed adults in the U.S. are likely to look for a new job in the next year
44% are concerned they will never find their ideal job. This worry is most prominent within office-administrative, industrial, and professional-managerial industry sectors
69% also worry about not landing the right job
Source: American Staffing Association

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2 million jobs to be created via Salesforce, partners between 2019 and 2024
These jobs are to include robotics, artificial intelligence, digital marketing, digital-assisted security
The talent gap is expected to pose a significant barrier
The Source: Salesforce

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Job growth expected to slow despite the better-than-expected recent jobs report
“The index suggests that job growth may slow down a little in the coming months,” said Gad Levanon, head of The Conference Board Labor Market Institute. “Leading indicators of employment are sending a slightly gloomier message than Friday’s stronger-than-expected jobs report,” Levanon said. “Still, with solid growth in consumer and government spending, and housing, the economy is likely to continue generating new jobs at a healthy rate, despite low business confidence.”
Source: The Conference Board Employment Trends Index

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“If freelancers are reclassified as employees, they’ll have to trade in their freedom for structure, potentially losing their ability to set their own hours. Of course, that’s only if the company chooses to continue the relationship and convert them into an employee.”
Source: Forbes

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The Numbers:

Almost 60% of U.S. community college students said they ‘want to pursue in-demand tech jobs ranging from app developer to cybersecurity analyst’.
Students and counselors at community colleges rank apprenticeship programs are one of the top pathway to in-demand jobs
However, participation and awareness are low – 58% of community college students are not aware of such programs
Only 8% have participated in one
Source: Accenture

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Temp employment may grow to more than 3.2 million opportunities by 2025, an increase of 254,000
This would be an 8.5% growth, while all U.S. jobs are expected to grow 6%
Source: Emsi

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The “food services and drinking places” sector was in the lead of all job categories in growth during October with 48,000 jobs added
Employment in this sector is continuing to increase, averaging 38,000 jobs per month over the past three months
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Companies specializing in trucking, air freight, and warehouse operations added 16,000 workers in September
Software engineering, sales, accounting and recruiting are some of the higher-paid specialized functions seeing the fastest growth and accounting for more than 50% of growth since 2014
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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“People across the U.S. are struggling to find work despite the low unemployment rate. Many are not captured by the traditional unemployment metric.
A broader measure capturing underemployed people and those no longer looking stands at 6.9%. One issue is that people may not have the skills needed for work in their region. Also, companies are less willing to hire the long-term unemployed.
Source: The New York Times