Job Prospects in Ohio

So you’re looking forward to another day of job hunting, and you sit down, pour your coffee and begin to pore over the help wanted ads in your newspaper.

There seem to be a lot less ads to circle than there used to be when you weren’t job hunting. Whats the best way to approach the job hunting process.. Perhaps with a little research, that doesn’t include the morning paper?
Your Ohio Unemployment web site can help you with your job hunting, as well as several other places and things, not the least of which is a run down of which companies are actually hiring, what kinds of skills are most marketable in Ohio and what job is going ot be the most secure going forward?

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If you or someone you know is looking for work, then finding out where the best jobs are, what it will take to be qualified for those and writing a resume geared toward that kind of job isn’t going to hurt..  We certainly don’t’ mean dummy up a resume, but we do mean, write one that includes, if you’re seeking IT work, even the most small of IT jobs or volunteer jobs that you’ve had in IT, so that your experience shows.

Ohio jobs which are currently hiring the most prolifically are those which are in computer related fields and those seem to be the skills that many companies are seeking.

In Ohio, the job projections seem to reflect this kind of trend as well. Ohio Employment projections seem to be that there is a long term shift happening, which will take place between 2006 and 2016, taking Ohioans from goods producing jobs, to many more service type industries fopr their employment.

During this time period, the service producing industries are supposed to account for about 15 million new jobs, while the goods producing, that is to say, factory producing type labor, will account for an overall job loss.

What this says to Ohio’s unemployed, is that if you are to achieve any level of job security, then moving into a goods producing industry at this time isn’t going to give you that secure job.  Try to gear your searches more toward internet technologies, service type industries such as hotel management, hotel services, or perhaps cable or satellite television installations, both of which seem to be offering employment opportunities in the Ohio area, as evidenced by the number of positions available for those services on multiple Ohio based job finding services.

In the long run, checking out employment trends, which jobs are on the rise and which are on the way out, and applying for those which seem to be in it for the long haul, is going to keep you, your family and your job secure for a longer period of time.

Metro areas

Akron · Canton · Cincinnati · Cleveland · Columbus · Dayton · Findlay-Tiffin · Ironton · Lima · Mansfield · Steubenville · Toledo · Youngstown-Warren
Largest cities

Akron · Canton · Cincinnati · Cleveland · Columbus · Cuyahoga Falls · Dayton · Elyria · Hamilton · Kettering · Lakewood · Lorain · Mansfield · Mentor · Middletown · Parma · Springfield · Toledo · Youngstown

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