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1# San Jose - Santa Clara.. no kidding, and talent actually prefers to be there and they are 1# in job creation. Charlotte is high on the list for other reason. Lack of local talent to fullfill high profile corporate jobs means employees must be sourced and relocated from a national search. This isnt what I would call a high growth job market.
There are plenty of people who qualify for very good jobs that have lived in Charlotte for years.
San Jose is part of Silicon Valley. That's a huge draw.
Charlotte isnt topping lists in Job Growth, yet they are topping lists in job openings. How does that not imply that regional talent to fill job openings is scarce?
Its also obvious, just by looking around at job postings, its very easy to get a relocation from somewhere else to charlotte. Its not as easy to get a relocation to more desirable cities.
Not sure what you are trying to get at but, looking at data, it is clear that 1, Charlotte is growing fast and 2, more than enough talent is moving to Charlotte.
Not sure what cities you consider desirable but, many corporations are not hiring in expensive cities unless it is absolutely necessary.
Charlotte isnt topping lists in Job Growth, yet they are topping lists in job openings. How does that not imply that regional talent to fill job openings is scarce?
Its also obvious, just by looking around at job postings, its very easy to get a relocation from somewhere else to charlotte. Its not as easy to get a relocation to more desirable cities.
The only obvious thing is you don't know what the hell you're talking about. You keep inserting inferences and assumptions with no data or facts to support it.
Actually, I get calls from headhunters quite frequently about positions in the Silicon Valley and surrounding area...I just don't wanna live there.
I think the only statistic that matters are number of "employed" people. It's the one that nobody will talk about yet it is the most simple to understand. It's probably why people don't use it because it can't be masked with statistics.
Major corporations, and especially the Finance Industry are notorious for posting job openings which they never intend to fill with new hiring.
"Job Openings" are irrelevant if the employer never fills the job. It's hopeium.
I somewhat agree with this and you make a good point regarding "Job Openings". You have a lot of jobs that are either cancelled or filled by someone within the same organization. There are also a lot of contract jobs in Charlotte that are posted but then cancelled (I have experienced this personally at least three times). I keep hearing people say that there isn't any talent in Charlotte which I think is bull****. Also define talent? Maybe some of these employers are being a little overly picky given the state of the job market and the surplus of unemployed people out there who have experience and education.
Charlotte has positive job growth YTD. While it does not have the same job growth rate as pre 2008, not many cities do either. This gloom and doom scenario is not reality, more companies are moving in than out.
From experience, when we post positions (none are fake), only a small fraction of the applicants are qualified. And, from that population, many are posting for the positions just to apply, some have no interest in the position at all. So, out of 200 resumes, we may get 15 that are qualified and 5-6 that have a real interest in the position. We also get resumes from many states as people want to move here.
Looking at the list, creating 111 jobs per 10000 people is a rate of 1.11%, that actually seems low based on economic data, we are above 2.5% annually.
According to the BLS, jobs have fallen by 4,900 YTD in the metro, so no, there has not been job growth this year.
Its funny how the people that commented on the article didn't seem like they even read it. They were saying "Charlotte is going down hill very quickly". Oh well "haters gonna hate" is so true. Jobs are hard to come by anywhere including the Queen City. It just shows that the job market seems to be worst in other locations.
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