Top trends in Milwaukee Hiring

Top trends in Milwaukee Hiring Top trends in Milwaukee Hiring Top trends in Milwaukee Hiring Intelligence dug into whos hiring and for what in Milwaukee these days. If youre recruiting in this area, youll want to know what we found. Milwaukee is both a commercial and industrial hub for the Great Lakes region and places among the top manufacturing centers in the United States. Known for its breweries, the area is home to several universities, Fortune 500 companies, and several financial service firms. The biggest drivers of job growth are the Milwaukee metro areas leisure and hospitality, retail, professional and business services, construction, and wholesale industries. In the past year this growth has been slightly offset by jobs shed in the financial activities industry. Still, the area has created 13,700 new jobs over the past 12-months; the unemployment rate was 4.7% in July 2016 which was 0.2 percentage points below the national rate of 4.9%. By July 2016, 843,600 workers were employed in the Milwaukee area, and the market accounts for 32% of all Wisconsin jobs posted on Monster. To give you some insight into what your recruiting competitors are up to, our Intelligence team 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 Milwaukees job growth the positions most in-demand includes: truck drivers, registered nurses, retail salespersons and supervisors and customer service representatives. What are companies hiring for? Most Common Employment in Milwaukee: Retail Salespersons Office Clerks, General Personal Care Aides Customer Service Representatives Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Most In-Demand Jobs in Milwaukee: Truck Drivers, Heavy Registered Nurses Retail Salespersons Customer Service Representatives Retail Supervisors Milwaukee Jobs: 38% of available Milwaukee area jobs are for Healthcare, Sales, and Technology workers Of all open healthcare positions, 44% of available Healthcare jobs are for Nurses Of all open sales positions, 35% of available Sales jobs are for Retail Of all open technology positions, 32% of available Technology jobs are for Software Engineers Most Common Milwaukee Jobs Include: Truck Drivers, Heavy Tractor-Trailer # employed: 8,280 Annual wage: $41,940 Registered Nurses # employed: 18,200 Annual wage : $68,320 Retail Salespersons # employed: 26,720 Annual wage: $25,130 Customer Service Representatives # employed: 19,130 Annual wage: $38,080 What are job seekers looking for? Most viewed Milwaukee jobs: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing Customer Service Representatives Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Miscellaneous Engineers (e.g., Validation Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, etc.) Stock Clerks and Order Fillers Top Milwaukee job searches: Part Time Sales Customer Service Receptionist Administrative Assistant Accounting Human Resources Marketing Manager IT Want to know more about the top trends in Milwaukee hiring? Check out the Milwaukee 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)