ATLANTA -- A new report by the global staffing company Manpower shows a strengthening job market in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta region in the first quarter of 2012.
"It's the?ninth straight quarter of positive news here in Atlanta," said Beth Herman, Manpower's Metro Regional Director.?"We're the 4th strongest in the U.S."
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey shows 18 percent of employers plan to increase current staff levels next quarter and six percent?expect to reduce staff.?That translates into a net employment outlook of 12 percent, the second highest in three years.
"IT, engineering, and finance continue to be areas that run 3-1/2 to 5 percent unemployment," Herman said.?"At the same time, skilled trades, call centers, administrative assistants here in Atlanta are absolutely in demand."
The vast majority of companies, 71 percent,?plan to maintain their current staffing levels.
"We used to say cautious optimism," Herman said. "I think that's becoming more and more plain optimism."
Herman said job-seekers have to make sure they have a clean resume, practice your interviewing skills and stay positive.
Even through the holidays, she said?the should?keep calling and writing and looking.
According to the state department of labor, the unemployment rate for metro Atlanta dipped to 9.9 percent in October, down from 10.2 percent in September.
That's lower than the state unemployment rate but higher than the national rate of 8.6 percent.
New state unemployment numbers for November are expected to be released on Thursday.
Source: http://downtown.11alive.com/news/news/94103-jobs-report-shows-strong-start-2012-atlanta
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