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New Jobs for Tulsa
September 23, 2010
Encouraging news on the jobs front. Tulsa-based Spartan Engineering announced Thursday that it has been accepted into the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program and will create 200 jobs over the next five years. Average annual salaries will be between $72,000 and $80,000. The economic impact of those 200 jobs will total an estimated $84.2 million in the Tulsa region. Spartan Engineering Wayne Lagorin said, "The Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program shows the commitment our state has to creating a business environment that fosters job growth, and we are proud to be included. Spartan Engineering believes our abilities, industry contacts and timing for expansion will allow us to quickly develop into a major service provider in the energy and utility industry."
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Unemployment up in Oklahoma
July 22, 2010
Oklahoma's unemployment rate sees a small uptick. It rose by one tenth of a percent in June to 6.8%.
In contrast the state also saw a small rise in the number of jobs created. John Carpenter with the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says that's possible because the jobs created numbers refer to the number of positions and some of those can be vacant.
The seasonally adjusted numbers for June nonfarm employment expanded by 4,300 jobs. The sector with the largest growth was in professional and business services with a rise of 3,300 jobs.

Job Forecasting & Job Searching
Better than the rest! That appears to be the motto of the Tulsa area. "The picture is not quite as bleak for us as it may seem," says Deb McCaskey. She is with the Tulsa staffing company, Key Personnel. She says there is still a demand for workers but admits the seasonal nature of some manufacturing hit hard this year.
"There are some jobs out there still. Even for the companies we work with that have put some hirings on hold for right now they say they will re-open those and start hiring again in the Spring maybe in March- maybe in late February," says McCaskey. While the headlines are filled with lay-offs and concerns about job security, she says her company, is not seeing a large number of people searcing for a second job. "Maybe that is to be coming in a few weeks because Tulsa does tend to trend a year later than the national trend." says McCaskey
She adds there are some key jobs and some professions in high demand-- including accountants, auditors, engineers and welders.

Job Loss Forcast
The job picture is looking bleak according to a forecast released by the U.S. Conference of Mayor's. New York, the biggest city, is expected to take the biggest job hit by losing 181,000 jobs in 2009. Los Angeles follows with an estimated job loss of 164,000 positions in part because of the huge drop in home prices that hit California.

The report, done by Global Insight, predicts unemployment will top 10 percent in 70 areas including, until recently, prosperous place like the Riverside-San Bernardino area in California.

The report says only five metropolitan areas will escape job losses in 2009-- places like Ithaca, New York and St. George, Utah-- many more will not add jobs. It is predicted one-third of all metropolitian areas would see NO overall job growth for the first decade of the century.
 

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