Job & Employment Report April 2015
Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area - Highest Growth Rate Across All Industries In Texas For April 2015
May 22, 2015 - Corpus Christi, Texas - The unemployment rate for the Coastal Bend region dropped to 4.7% for the month of April 2015, a decrease of .1% from March of 2015.
Click here for the April 2015 Labor Market Information (LMI) Report.
Workforce Snapshot - April 2015
- 4.7% Regional Unemployment Rate
- 2,216 Total Job Postings
- 4,838 Total Job Openings
202 Eagle Ford Shale Job Postings
522 Eagle Ford Shale Job Openings
- 1,873 Active Employers in WorkInTexas.com
- 46 Hiring Events: 1 Alice; 40 Corpus Christi;
1 Kingsville & 4 Sinton
- Top 5 Employers Using Our Services: The Wackenhut Corporation; Sterling Personnel, Inc.; Covance Research Products, Inc.; Flint Hills Resources/GP LLC.; and National Medical Care Inc.
- 10,126 Job Seekers Served
- 822 Veterans Received Priority Service
- 1,932 Families Served - Child Care Services
- 3,113 Children Attended a State Licensed Child Care Center
Did It Go Up or Down?
The Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which includes Aransas, Nueces, and San Patricio Counties fell .1%, to 4.5% for the month, a decrease of .4% over this time last year.
Five of the 12 Coastal Bend counties experienced decreases in unemployment rates over the month, with McMullen County seeing the greatest change, 0.4% from last month.
Aransas and San Patricio Counties dropped .3% and .2% for the month to 4.4% and 5.8% respectfully.
Labor Market Intelligence
The Corpus Christi MSA’s Professional and Business Services Industry Super Sector posted the highest employment gains for the month at 4.6% growth. This is first among all 16 MSA’s statewide.
Overall the Corpus Christi MSA is ranked highest with 1.1% growth across all industries statewide for April 2015.
“These are all indicators of a steady economy.” said Ken Trevino, President/CEO Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend, “With nearly 5,000 jobs available in WorkinTexas.com, there are a great number of opportunities for job seekers in our region. Our challenge remains, aligning skills sets and training opportunities for in-demand occupations with the needs of regional employers.”
Next week, the Coastal Bend Society for Human Resource Management (CBSHRM) and Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend will hold its annual “Putting the Pieces Together” Job Fair at the Sunrise Mall and Career Center on Thursday, May 28th from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Veterans will have priority admission to the job fair from 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Workforce Solutions will also host its Emerging Leaders Initiative (Project ELI) Youth Career Exploration & Job Fair on Thursday, May 28th at the Sunrise Mall and Career Center from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
“We encourage all interested job seekers to register at workforcesolutionscb.org for these two exciting events on Thursday, May 28th,” said Ken Treviño, President/CEO Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend, “With more than 75 local employers seeking to fill positions, take this time to set yourself apart from the crowd.”
More in-depth labor market information by county and industry, as well as historical data is available in the April 2015 LMI Report.
Labor Market Information Definitions:
Not Seasonally Adjusted (Actual) - Data has not been subjected to the seasonal adjustment process. In other words, the effects of regular or seasonal patterns have not been removed from these series. Not seasonally adjusted data is available for smaller geographies, where seasonally adjusted is only available down to the state level. Use this data to view raw numbers, and for geographies smaller than state level.
Seasonally Adjusted - Total employment and unemployment vary throughout the year. For example, higher unemployment in January and February is not uncommon because of work in agriculture, construction and other seasonal industries slowing down. Also, both employment and unemployment rise every June, when students enter the labor force in search of summer jobs. Seasonally adjusted numbers also take into account seasonal hiring/layoff patterns that go along with winter and summer holidays. Use this data for month-to-month comparisons for Texas and the United States.
Labor Force - Residents who are at least 16 years old, not serving in the military or institutionalized, and employed or seeking employment.
The Targeted Occupations List also contains hyperlinks to occupational data from the National, State, and Local levels from The Texas Workforce Commission’s Socrates.com and ONET.org
Our Mission: At Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend, we invest in our regional economic success through access to jobs, training, and employer services. Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend is one of 28 local workforce boards located throughout the State of Texas. The board services Nueces, San Patricio, Kleberg, Aransas, Kenedy, Bee, Refugio, Live Oak, McMullen, Brooks, Duval, and Jim Wells counties.
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