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Job Availability
<br /> Figure 7. Job Vacancies and Unemploy-
<br /> As the state has coped with a recession and
<br /> ment: Central Planning Region* lingering jobless recovery, the number of
<br /> 2 25,000 unemployed workers has been on an upswing,
<br /> while the number of job vacancies has
<br /> 20,000 declined. (See Figure 7.)
<br /> 0 In the lastest Minnesota Job Vacancy Survey,
<br /> E 15,000 the highest demand in the Central Planning
<br /> Region, which includes Region 7W, was for
<br /> io,000 - - skilled office and administrative support
<br /> workers, transportation and material moving
<br /> 5,000 positions, and personal care and services
<br /> workers. Entry-level jobs in food preparation
<br /> and serving and sales and related occupations
<br /> 0 o I I also had high demand. The region also had a
<br /> N M M
<br /> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 need for healthcare practioners and support
<br /> N N N N N N N
<br /> a as a a a as a workers. (See Table 6.)
<br /> The median wage offer for openings was $11
<br /> moJob Vacancies -Unemploy;]]
<br /> an hour, while the survey identified only 24
<br /> Source:DEED, Labor Market Information Office.Job percent bf jobs requiring higher education.
<br /> Vacancy Survey. Online at www.deed.state.mn.us/Imi/
<br /> tools/jobvacancy/
<br /> EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS Table 6. Job Vacancies: 4th Quarter 2003, Central Planning
<br /> The Central Planning Region, Region*
<br /> which includes Region 7E, is Regional Regional Statewide MN
<br /> Job Vacancy Job Vacancy
<br /> projected to be the fastest-
<br /> Occupation Group Vacancies Rate (%) Vacancies Rate(%)
<br /> growing region in the state. Office and Administrative Support 1,445 4.1% 6,208 1.4%
<br /> Employment is expected to Sales and Related 606 2.2 5,971 2.1
<br /> increase 18 percent or 50,000 Healthcare Practitioners and Technical 184 1.4 5,011 3.8
<br /> jobs, jumping from 272,500 in Food Preparation and Serving Related 531 2.3 4,768 2.4
<br /> 2000 to 320,300 in 2010. (See Healthcare Support 179 2.4 4,441 6.1
<br /> Table 5.) Construction and Extraction 252 2.3 3,841 3.4
<br /> Production 353 1.3 3,013 1.3
<br /> Transportation and Matenal Moving 727 4.1 2,962 1.8
<br /> Led by computer support Education, Training and Library 117 0.6 1,820 1.2
<br /> specialists, where employment Installation, Maintenance and Repair 337 4.0 1,716 1.7
<br /> is projected to double, five of Business and Financial Operations 254 3.2 1,694 1.3
<br /> the top 10 fastest-growing Management 57 0.6 1,412 1.1
<br /> occupations in the Central Personal Care and Service 367 6.9 1,196 1.8
<br /> Community and Social Ser,ices 31 0.9 1,039 2.5
<br /> Planning Region are computer- Building, Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance 128 1.7 1,030 1.2
<br /> related. Another four are in Architecture and Engineering 27 0.8 893 1.8
<br /> healthcare and include Life, Physical and Social Science 8 0.6 793 3.3
<br /> medical assistants, Computer and Mathematical 32 1.0 773 1.1
<br /> veterinarians, health Art, Design, Entertainment and Media 82 4.2 610 1.8
<br /> information technicians, and Protective Service 1.1 526 1.1
<br /> Legal NAA NA 266 1.5
<br /> personal and home care aides. Farming, Fishing and Forestry NR NR 97 2.1
<br /> ALL OCCUPATIONS 5,768 2.4% 50,080 r 2.0%
<br /> Cashiers, retail salespeople,
<br /> and office clerks will add the Source:DEED,Labor Market Information Office.Job Vacancy Survey.
<br /> most new jobs overall. Online at www.deed.state.mn.us/Imi/tools/jobvacancy/
<br /> *Note:The most specific geography for which Job Vacancy data are
<br /> produced is Planning Region. The Central Planning Region includes
<br /> , Economic Development Regions 6E, 7E and 7W
<br /> DEED, Labor Market Information Office, Regional Analysis & Outreach 7
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