Top trends in Houston Hiring

Top trends in Houston HiringTop trends in Houston HiringTop trends in Houston HiringIntelligence dug into whos hiring and for what in Houston these days. If youre recruiting in this area, youll want to know what we found.Referred to as Greater Houston, the Houston metro area is the fifth-largest market in the United States and the second largest in Texas with a population of about 6.5 million. Houston is second to New York City in Fortune 500 headquarters according to the Fortune 500 2015 list and home to the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world. The area is one of the leading centers of the energy industry, particularly petroleum processing, but also biomedical research, aeronautics and high technology. The biggest drivers of job growth are the Houston metro areas leisure and hospitality, health care and social assistance, retail, and financial activities industries. In the past year this growth has been offset by jobs shed in the professional and business s ervices, manufacturing, and mining and logging industries. Still, the area has created 5,200 new jobs over the past 12-months the unemployment rate was 5.5% in June 2016 which was 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 4.9%.By June 2016, 3 million workers were employed in the Houston area, and the market accounts for 22% of all Texas jobs posted on Monster, second to the Dallas metro area. To give you some insight into what your recruiting competitors are up to, our Intelligence gruppe analyzed data from the CEB TalentNeuron tool to identify which companies are posting the most jobs, and which jobs are most listed, and which jobs are most searched. Supporting the biggest industry drivers of job growth in Houston the positions most in-demand includes registered nurses, truck drivers, and retail sales workers.What are companies hiring for?fruchtwein Common Employment in HoustonAdministrative SupervisorsRetail SupervisorsExecutivesConstruction and Extraction SupervisorsOperat ing and Production ManagersMost In-Demand Jobs in HoustonRegistered Nurses (RNs)Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-trailerRetail SalespersonsSupervisors, Retail SalesCustomer Service RepresentativesHouston Jobs39% of available Houston area jobs are for Healthcare, Sales, and Technology workersOf all open healthcare positions, 46% of available Healthcare jobs are for NursesOf all open sales positions, 39% of available Sales jobs are for RetailOf all open technology positions, 30% of available Technology jobs are for Software EngineersMost Common Houston Jobs IncludeRegistered Nurses employed 46,700Annual wage $76,790Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-trailer employed 39,660Annual wage $40,920Retail Salespersons employed 91,390Annual wage $26,250Supervisors, Retail Sales employed 22,850Annual wage $47,100What are job seekers looking for?Most viewed Houston jobsSecretaries and Administrative AssistantsSales Representatives, Wholesale and ManufacturingCustomer Service RepresentativesMiscell aneous Business Operations Specialists (e.g., Project Managers, Program Managers, etc.)Miscellaneous Engineers (e.g., Validation Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, etc.)Top Houston job searchesReceptionistAdministrative AssistantPart TimeAccountingSalesCustomer ServiceWarehouseHuman ResourcesEntry LevelMedical AssistantWant to know more about the top trends in Houston hiring? Check out the Houston Market Overview from Intelligence.Data finding are based on analysis of all available online jobs reported by the TalentNeuron tool and job seeking activity from more than 22 million unique visitors1.1comScore Media Metrix, 1Q 2016, 3-month average, (includes all US Mobile + PC traffic)