Study: Many jobs remain in demand
Even with a flood of unemployed workers in the Dayton region, industries are still having hard time filling many career types, especially high-level administrative ones.
In a study released Wednesday by Milwaukee-based Manpower Inc., trades associated with manufacturing remain in high demand locally.
“Despite the current economic instability and growing unemployment numbers, there are still skills that the workforce seems to lack,” said Tom Maher, president and chief executive officer of Manpower of Dayton Inc., in Kettering.
According to the study, the 10 hardest jobs to fill in the Dayton metro area are:
- High level administrative;
- CNC operators and programmers;
- customer service and call center employees;
- electrical, mechanical and chemical engineers;
- graphic designers;
- software engineers and application developers;
- machinists;
- machine systems maintenance workers;
- supervisors with an engineering focus; and
- welders.
Nationally, the hardest jobs to fill are:
- engineers;
- nurses;
- skilled trades;
- teachers;
- sales representatives;
- technicians;
- drivers;
- IT staff;
- laborers; and
- machinists and machine operators.
“Even with unemployment at or near record levels in many communities, our research highlights the problem many employers are having finding individuals with the right combination of job-specific skills, experience, training and soft skills,” Maher said
An in-depth look at the study is found at us.manpower.com.
Source: Dayton Business Journal
