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  • Ohio looks to fill 94,000 jobs with highly skilled workers
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    According to Ohio's job search website, now may be a good time for those who attended a career training college to find work, with the state listing more than 94,000 vacancies for positions that range from the medical industry to the small business sector.

    As the state struggles to fill those positions with highly skilled workers, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown has called for the passage of his bipartisan Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success (SECTORS) Act, that would help candidates seek out IT training for work in their region of Ohio.

    "It’s a story I’ve heard time and time again throughout Ohio: biotech firms, high-tech manufacturers, and small businesses are hiring for open positions, but can’t find the workers with the right skills to fill them," Brown said in a statement.

    Brown said the SECTORS act is aimed at filling the "middle-skills" gap for jobs that require more than a high school diploma, but less than a four-year college degree.

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that professionals with a two-year postsecondary degree have the potential to earn $500 more per week than those with a high school diploma or less.

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  • Citibank survey finds growing confidence among U.S. small businesses
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    A new survey by Citibank has found that small business owners in the U.S. have more confidence in their organization's ability to grow and add more workers with business management training and other professional staff this year.

    The survey found that 26 percent of small business executives plan to increase their permanent full-time employees this year, which is a 12 point increase from the same time last year.

    "The survey revealed an increase in hiring intentions from small business owners – the largest we've seen in two years," said Raj Seshadri, head of Small Business Banking at Citibank. "Whether it's confidence in consumer spending or planning for growth, our survey shows momentum for small businesses in 2012. The prospect that small businesses are stabilizing or expanding in 2012 is a positive step in the right direction."

    Other key findings of the survey include increased long-term optimism in the small business sector, with 56 percent saying they expected their companies to be larger and more successful over the next five years.

    According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 2.5 million jobs were created in the U.S. by new business establishments in 2010.

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  • Silicon Valley sees job growth for highly skilled workers
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    It appears as if California's Silicon Valley is on the road to economic recovery, outpacing the rest of the country in job growth for those with computer networking training and other highly skilled professionals.

    According to the 2012 Silicon Valley Index job report, the region added 42,000 technology-related positions last year, which is an increase of nearly 4 percent and 3 percent more than the rest of the U.S.

    Russell Hancock, president and chief executive officer of the nonprofit Joint Venture Silicon Valley, told The Associated Press that all major sectors of the region increased hiring last year, adding jobs in cloud computing, mobile devices, mobile applications, social media and the internet.

    "We were the last to succumb to the national recession, and we appear to be the first emerging out of it," Hancock added.

    However, Hancock said the hiring "bonanza" for highly skilled workers hasn't trickled down to those with less education yet. He said that will only happen when those with the right science, engineering and business management training also start to find more work.

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that employment opportunities for computer network and database administrators are expected to grow by 23 percent through 2018.
     

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  • New report points to skills gap for business and professional services jobs
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    Now may be a good time for professionals to expand their education at a career training college, after a recent survey of smaller companies by the National Federation of Independent Business found a skills gap among workers in the professional and business services.

    The report found that the gap between slow growth in hiring and a more brisk upturn in job openings points to a mismatch between those who are looking for work and the types of jobs that are available. More than a third of entrepreneurs surveyed said they had difficulty finding candidates with the proper training to fill positions over the last several months.

    Troy Davig, senior U.S. economist at Barclays Capital, told WLTX News in South Carolina that recent improvement in the jobless rate should be taken with a "grain of salt."

    "It's a good news, bad news story," Davig told the news agency. "If you have the skills, fine, opportunities are growing. The labor market is obviously not exploding, but there are plenty of indicators that point to momentum."

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that professionals with an advanced postsecondary degree can earn $500 more than those with a high school diploma or less. 

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  • Apps economy creating thousands of new tech jobs
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    According to a new survey by TechNet, the so-called "app economy" has helped create hundreds of thousands of jobs for those with an online computers and IT degree and applications software experience.

    The report found that the demand for applications for mobile phones, online social media and computer tablets has opened up 466,000 new positions over the past four years.

    Michael Mandel, the economist hired by TechNet to put together the report, told The Associated Press that the numbers suggest there will be even more job growth as the economy continues to rebound.

    "This is a telescope into what the future looks like,"  Mandel told the news source. "This is one part of the economy that is actually expanding and hiring. Once you point people in that direction, they can realign their compass pretty quickly."

    Tech Net estimates that approximately 3.5 million people are now working in technology-related jobs, including sales, marketing, human resources and other administrative positions.

    Metropolitan areas that are seeing the largest demand for tech jobs include New York City, San Francisco and Seattle.

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that employment opportunities for computer software and applications engineers are expected to increase by 34 percent through 2018. 

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