Manpower’s national survey of about 11,500 employers shows that nationally hiring pace will remain steady through the first quarter, but regional and industry forecasts are mixed.
Health care continues to be one of the fastest growing fields in Ohio. For Ohio, seven of the top 10 fastest job growth sectors feature health care, according to the Ohio Bureau of Labor Market Information: home health care services, outpatient care centers, community care facilities for the elderly, ambulatory health care services, medical diagnosis laboratories, residential mental health facilities, and tech consulting services.
John Palmer, spokesman for the Ohio Hospital Association, said the leading services for hospitals with job needs are mental health, cyber-security and telehealth.
“There are three important factors driving the need for growth of health care workforce: more insured patients, the aging baby boomer population and the integration of more technology with medical care,” Palmer said.
Registered nurses remain one of the most in-demand jobs in the state, according to Ohio’s Office of Workforce Transformation and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
The state's newly updated In-Demand Jobs List reported that there are a little under 130,000 RNs employed in the state, an estimated 8,848 job openings and a projected annual growth rate of 1,839 new RN jobs.
This data is part of the state’s recent effort to track “in-demand jobs,” defined as one that pays at least 80% of the state median wage ($14.10 or more per hour), and has an annual growth in the number of jobs higher than the statewide average of 36 or annual job openings greater than 584.
Some of the other most in-demand jobs in southwest Ohio on the list include software developers, market research analysts, construction workers, medical assistants and manual laborers and material movers.
For the construction industry, about 73% percent of employers in the Midwest plan to increase their headcount in 2020, the Association of of General Contractors said in their 2020 outlook for the Midwest. Hiring prospects remain relatively stable in comparison with the previous quarter and this time one year ago.
“Contractors are very optimistic about demand for construction in 2020,” said Stephen Sandherr, the association’s chief executive officer. “At the same time, many construction executives are troubled by labor shortages and the impacts those shortages are having on operations, training and safety programs, and bottom lines.”
About 83% of business surveyed were having a hard time filling some or all of their positions, while 6% were having no difficulty and 11% had no openings.
About 47% said it will continue to be hard to hire and 25% said it wil become harder to hire in 2020. Just under half said they increased base pay rates from 2018 to 2019 because of difficulty filling positions.
About the Author