Fourth Quarter Job Forecast:
         Kansas City is Hot!

U.S. employers anticipate moderate continued hiring through the remainder of the year, says a new career service survey of 1,150 hiring managers. The percentage of hiring managers planning to add jobs in the upcoming quarter dropped from 47 percent in June to 37 percent in CareerBuilder.com’s latest job survey.


The survey also says Kansas City is eighth in the nation in most job openings per 100,000 residents.

According to CareerBuilder.com's Q4 Job Forecast, those adding employees in the fourth quarter are recruiting for a mixture of both permanent and seasonal positions. While 21 percent of hiring managers planned to recruit ten or fewer employees, 18 percent expected to recruit more than 50.

Top Industries and Cities
CareerBuilder.com says the following industries have increased by more than 20 percent year over year:

• Healthcare

• Accounting

• Finance

• Engineering

• Information Technology

• Customer Service

• Administrative/Clerical

• Skilled Labor and Trades

• Retail

The organization goes on to identify the top 19 designated market areas in most job openings per 100,000 residents. Kansas City is eighth overall, and four are Midwestern. Seven are Southern; five are Western or Sun Belt; and four Northeastern, with two in upstate New York.