Hiring Demand for all Human Resources Jobs

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The most in-demand HR job in the past 30 days was Training and Development Specialists, followed by Personnel Recruiters, Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists. Below are job volumes for each HR related occupation. The only one to see a decline compared to the same 30-day period in 2011 was Employment Interviewers.

In-Demand Human Resources Occupations – Job Volume in Past 30 Days vs 2011

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We also wanted to take a look at the most commonly required skills in HR jobs. How many of these skills do you require in HR job ads? If you are an HR professional looking for work, it may be good to include these on your resume or online social networking profiles.

1. Oral and written communication skills
2. Detail oriented
3. Microsoft Office
4. Problem solving
5. Oracle HRIS
6. Microsoft PowerPoint
7. Project Management
8. Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
9. Organizational skills
10. Legal compliance

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Hiring Demand for Training & Development Managers – 4 Year Hiring Trend

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The most desired skills in job ads for training and development specialists include

1. Oral and written communication skills
2. Microsoft Office
3. Microsoft PowerPoint
4. Project Management
5. Technical Support
6. Detail oriented
7. Organizational skills
8. Problem solving
9. Construction management
10. Program management

Many of these skills make sense, however we were surprised that technical support made this list. After we looked at the job ads, we saw that they are for positions that will specifically train IT and technical employees. Construction management was also unusual, but we found this to be a required skill for jobs specifically focused on engineering, architecture, and other construction training programs. It seems that many employers are looking for specialized Corporate Trainers, and in many times these are for hard-to-fill jobs (like these examples for technology and engineering professionals.) Is this a viable career path for a more experienced professional that can impart their knowledge and years of hands-on work to younger or newer employees? Or perhaps someone that is looking for a career change, but wants to put their skills to use?

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During July, more than 23,000 job ads were available online for Training and Development Managers or Specialists in the United States – a 31% year-over-year in July after reaching a new all-time high in demand during May. This growth in hiring indicates that as organizations create jobs, they are also creating onboarding, training, and development programs to retain talent that they just spent weeks recruiting and interviewing.  – particularly technical positions – they are creating onboarding, training, and development programs to retain talent.

Hiring Demand for Training & Development Specialists – 4 Year Hiring Trend

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Training and Development Specialists are most frequently recruited for jobs located in the Washington, DC area. During July, more than 1,300 job ads in the DC-metro region were for trainers, a 21% increase compared to 2011. Other metro areas with high demand for these skills were New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas. While employers in Washington, DC placed the highest number of job ads for this talent pool, one of the highest year-over-year growth areas was actually seen in Dallas where demand grew more than 62% since July of 2011.

What skills do Corporate Trainers need? We noticed that some of the skills are related to the in-demand jobs, and the types of professionals they will be training. Below is a list of the 10 most commonly required skills in job ads for training and development jobs. You can see that sales experience is #10. It is likely that since sales jobs are in-demand, Trainers will need successful experience in sales in order to effectively train employees. We also see that open source technology is commonly required – a technical skill, which could be required to train IT professionals.

1. Microsoft Office
2. Microsoft PowerPoint
3. Project management
4. Product development/management
5. Time management
6. Facilities management
7. Open source technology
8. Microsoft Word
9. Needs analysis
10. Sales experience

Hiring demand has grown significantly, but the limited talent supply of potential candidates with experience in training and development will create challenges for employers. Our Hiring Scale™ shows that Recruiters across the United States spend an average of 6 weeks advertising jobs and sourcing candidates for these positions. However, this will vary by location depending on local talent supply and demand. Employers in Santa Rosa, California are currently experiencing some of the most challenging overall recruiting conditions. Here, jobs ads stay online for an average of 9 weeks, meaning the time-to-fill for a Corporate Trainer is 3 weeks longer than nationally. Below is a heat map of how difficult Recruiters are likely to find these jobs to be – red depicting the most difficult, and green locations showing where it will be less difficult.

Hiring Scale Heat Map – Training & Development Specialists

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However, the Hiring Scale also shows that the best markets for recruiting these skills are Salem (Oregon), Roanoke (Virginia), and Peoria (Illinois). Recruiters in these locations are likely to see less competition, larger talent pools, and a shorter time-to-hire. (These locations will be depicted in green in the above heat map.)

Are you sourcing candidates for a Corporate Training position? Find out how difficult it will be, based on specific skills require, with the free online Hiring Scale!

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Over the past 90 days, employers placed 11,000 new job ads for Training and Development Managers and Specialists. Although this could be a seasonal trend, hiring declined quickly since May and is now down 15% compared to the same 90-day period in 2010. however, some of the companies that have placed the most job ads over this time period have seen year-over-year increases. Of the 4,400 companies to advertise Training and Development openings, SAIC, General Dynamics, Unitedhealth Group, SAP, Booz Allen, Macy's, Boeing and many others are currently advertising more openings now than during the same time last year.

Hiring Demand for Training and Development Specialists – 4 Years

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Some of the most commonly advertised job titles for these openings include:

• Training Specialist, Manager or Coordinator
• Technical Trainer
• Sales Trainer
• Director of Development
• Development Coordinator
• Corporate Trainer
• Learning Development Manager
• Education Specialist
• Organizational Development Professional
• Field Trainer

Despite a falling volume of job ads for Trainers, our Hiring Scale™ shows that these openings will still be hard-to-fill. Nationwide, there are about 9 potential candidates in the workforce for every job currently being advertised online. Many locations, like Omaha (Nebraska), Chicago (Illinois), Los Angeles (California), Seattle (Washington), and Boston (Massachusetts) will face even more difficult recruiting conditions since demand has actually grown over the past year. In fact, Omaha has one of the most difficult markets currently, with just 5 candidates in the workforce for each opening.

Hiring Scale for Training and Development Specialists in Omaha, NE vs. Nationally

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Hiring Demand for Human Resource Occupations – 4 Years

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We took a look at some of the most commonly advertised job titles and average salary ranges for highly demanded HR functions – General HR Managers, Recruiters, Training and Development Specialists, and Compensation and Benefit Managers.

Companies that are recruiting for HR openings are likely to see moderately difficult conditions, varying by occupation. For example, there are about 15 candidates in the nationwide workforce for every HR Manager job ad placed online. This occupation is likely to be the easiest of these 4 fields to recruit. In comparison, Recruiters are likely to be the most difficult HR related occupation, with 9 potential candidates for every online job listing. Compensation and Benefits and Training and Development occupations will be slightly better, with about 10 and 11 candidates per opening.

Hiring Scale for Recruiters – National Average

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The Hiring Scale™ showed that the easiest places to recruit HR professionals are Jefferson City (MO), Elkhart-Goshen (IN), Fort Walton Beach (FL), Gainesville (GA), and Champaign-Urbana (IL).

Hiring Scale for HR Professionals – Jefferson City, MO vs. National Average

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