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CARLSBAD, CA/RICHARDSON, TX (June 28, 2011) – Managerial recruitment activity, which trended downward in May, has leveled off somewhat with a minimal decline of 0.2 points in June, according to the new CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index. The June 2011 Index, which measures managerial hiring activity online, is nearly 40 points higher than it was in June 2009, which is a hopeful sign of long-term recovery in the job market. 

“Since we began tracking executive hiring with the Index in 2008, we have traditionally seen a slight increase in hiring from May to June each year,” says Jay Martin, COO, JobSerf. “2011 is the first year we had a loss of jobs in June.” 

Los Angeles saw a gain of 13% in managerial hiring over last month, followed by

Miami (+10%) and Tampa (+4%). Five cities had double-digit losses in June: Seattle (-15%), Washington, DC (-12%), Louisville (-12%), Detroit (-12%) and Indianapolis (-11%). 

“Although we are still concerned about the lag in hiring, the past year has shown a steady rebound in the number of employment opportunities,” says Tony Lee, publisher, CareerCast.com. “We can expect a few bumps in the road on the way to a full recovery.” 

The CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index per capita hiring levels for U.S. cities in June are: 

1.    Washington, DC – 153

2.    Boston – 131

3.    San Francisco - 110

4.    Seattle - 103

5.    Atlanta – 88

6.    Chicago - 85

7.    Baltimore – 81

8.    Denver - 77

9.    New York City – 77

10. Nashville – 75

11. Cleveland - 70

12. Dallas – 68

13. Philadelphia – 67

14. Hartford – 64

15. Houston – 63

16. Milwaukee – 61

17. Louisville – 60

18. Minneapolis – 59

19. Los Angeles - 59

20. San Diego - 59

21. Pittsburgh - 59

22. Miami – 55

23. Indianapolis – 55

24. Phoenix – 54

25. Cincinnati – 54

26. St. Louis – 51

27. Tampa - 50

28. Memphis– 39

29. Detroit - 37

30. Riverside – 25

 

The CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index is an exclusive barometer showing managerial hiring activity based on the number of jobs posted online nationally. The Index reveals the differences in job listings by month, and offers valuable trends and forecasts using proprietary employment data hand-counted by a team of researchers. 

To read the full report and get more information on the best and worst cities to find a job, visit www.careercast.com/career-guidance/employment-trends.

 

About JobSerf 
JobSerf, Inc. (www.jobserf.com) is a privately held Texas-based corporation that pioneered the job search outsourcing (JSO) industry with its revolutionary ‘Find & Apply’ service.   The company’s patent-pending process provides for an affordable means to both ‘find & apply’ for jobs on behalf of clients.  For more information, visit the website at www.jobserf.com.

 

About CareerCast.com

CareerCast.com, created by Adicio, is a job search portal that offers extensive local, niche and national job listings from across North America, job-hunting, career-management and HR-focused editorial content, videos and blogs, and provides recruiters with the ability to post jobs directly to more than 800 niche career sites. CareerCast.com also compiles the Jobs Rated Report (www.jobsrated.com), where 200 jobs across North America are ranked based on detailed analysis of specific careers factors.