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by Shannon Cuthrell, WRAL TechWire contributor and Matt Talhelm, WRAL reporter — June 13, 2022 .
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Over the last month, local job openings have declined on most of the major job boards WRAL TechWire tracks for our weekly Jobs Report. But even as speculation grows that the inflation-ridden economy is headed for a recession, there is one bright spot: The demand for technology jobs is continuing to grow.
Still, an economic slowdown most likely means less hiring even as millions of openings remain across the country. “I expect that talk of a recession will continue in coming months,” writes N.C. State economist Dr. Michael Walden in a new column.
The Triangle is no exception, but the overall numbers are slipping. LinkedIn shows 5,277 fewer positions across the Triangle than it did in mid-May, while Indeed.com dropped another 2,679 and ZipRecruiter dropped 4,890. Adzuna was somewhat of an outlier, as the job board shows 2,600 more local jobs than it did a month ago.
One site deviated from these trends: Dice.com, a job board for tech-specific positions, shows decent growth in the Triangle region—reflecting the universally high demand for technology talent. Dice.com’s openings in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill are up by nearly 600 positions since mid-May. And compared to our count in early January, the site has added more than 10,000 local jobs this year.
Though the pace of job openings appears to be slowing in recent months, the numbers remain up year over year. Since January, most major job boards have added thousands of positions across the Triangle area. (See the breakdown below.)
The demand for talent is still high, with tens of thousands of local jobs remaining unfilled. Today’s Jobs Report features openings spanning a range of employers, from banks to universities to biotech firms to health care systems.
Rod Frankel’s team at Frankel Staffing Partners recruits employees to fill professional positions in offices across the Triangle.
“There are new positions out there,” Frankel said. “There are companies that are hiring.”
Frankel said he’s not seeing a slowdown in hiring.
“We have to be thankful for the businesses that are continuing to grow, the small businesses that are continuing the entrepreneurial spirit and are continuing to hire,” Frankel said.
After months of surging numbers of openings, some of the job boards are showing a sign of a slowdown in the creation of new positions.
“I think those days are going to be over in the coming months,” Walden said. “Hopefully, it’ll be a short period of time, but we’re in that period of time where some belt-tightening is going on.”
Businesses are doing the same as families and considering their risks if a recession hits.
WRAL News asked Walden to explain what that belt-tightening means for the job market.
“Probably the ability to change jobs and get a better job quickly in the coming months is going to be much less lucrative and much less possible than it was in the last year,” Walden said.
Duke Fuqua Business School professor Campbell Harvey and Frankel echoed Walden’s sentiments about changing jobs in the coming months.
“Now is definitely not the time if you don’t like your job just to quit and look around,” Harvey said.
“You need to be very certain before making a decision about leaving your current company,” Frankel said.
WRAL TechWire’s weekly Jobs Report compiles the latest information from the region’s top job boards, offering a breakdown of how many jobs are posted, which companies are hiring, and what positions are most in-demand. We’ve also included upcoming job fairs, student-centric resources, and a list of Twitter accounts that track local job openings.
Below, we’ll review what’s new since last week’s Jobs Report.
Every week, we track the total number of Triangle-area positions posted on major job websites. Here’s a look at the totals as of Sunday afternoon. Note: The month-over-month totals are compared to our May 16 report, and the year-to-date totals compare to our Jan. 3 report.
*Note: The year-to-date data for Johnston County is not available because we added it to the lineup after January 2022.
Aside from the boards above, job seekers can also find local startup jobs at SimplyHired (246 startup jobs near Research Triangle Park), LinkedIn (13,737 results in and around Raleigh), Indeed (289 startup jobs in/near RTP) and AngelList (job openings in Raleigh, Durham and across North Carolina). InHerSight also lists jobs at local startups.
Here’s a look at local and regional job sites, listed in alphabetical order:
AMA Triangle, the fifth-largest chapter in American Marketing Association’s nationwide network, aims to be a go-to resource for all things marketing in the Triangle. The organization provides professional training, free career webinars and a job board offering free resume placement for marketing professionals.
As of Sunday afternoon, AMA Triangle’s job board shows 68 marketing jobs in Raleigh, 37 in Durham and 27 in Chapel Hill (using the 25-mile radius filter). However, no new jobs were added to the site over the last week. Here’s a recap of the previous week’s listings:
Durham-based startup hub American Underground regularly posts job openings on its job board. Job seekers can filter their search by company, location and job function. As of Sunday afternoon, the site shows 180 jobs at 56 companies. Fourteen job openings were posted over the last week:
Last year, WRAL TechWire and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center launched a Bio Jobs Hub platform focused on biopharma manufacturing — one of North Carolina’s largest industries, employing over 26,000 people.
Typical biopharma jobs include process technicians, maintenance and/or instrumentation technicians, quality assurance and quality control associates, process development scientists and process engineers. This industry also offers competitive entry-level salaries, from $42,000 to $60,000.
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Scientists, skilled laborers and recent graduates can use the Bio Jobs Hub resource to find career and training opportunities in their area. Users can search by location, job category/activity and region.
Many biopharma companies are hiring in the Triangle, including large employers like Biogen in Research Triangle Park, bioMérieux in Durham, GSK in Zebulon, Merck & Co. in Durham, Novo Nordisk in Durham and Clayton, Pfizer in Sanford, and others.
Leadership Triangle’s job board is packed with local jobs. The site displays 1,653 openings at 30 companies as of Sunday afternoon.
Here’s what’s been posted in the last week:
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s extensive jobs board lists open jobs and internships from local life science companies and research organizations. The organization recently updated the user interface with a fresh design. Job seekers can filter their search results by position title, job function and location. NCBiotech also touts jobs through its Bio Jobs Hub program.
The site lists 362 openings as of Sunday afternoon. Here is what’s new over the last week:
Note: This list does not include openings posted by recruiting/staffing firms.
The North Carolina Technology Association (NC TECH) has an interactive job board that you can use to find your next career opportunity. Users can search by keyword, location, category, type (full-time or part-time) and experience level.
Four local jobs were posted last week: Labcorp is looking to hire a principal IT architect and a sales operations data analyst in Raleigh, as well as an associate IT project manager and an Oracle DBA in Durham.
NCWorks, the statewide job search portal run by the North Carolina Department of Commerce, has nearly 100 career centers located across the state. Users can filter NCWorks’ database by keyword, location, occupation group or specific occupations, minimum acceptable salary, education level, job sources and date posted.
North Carolina military veterans, transitioning service members and spouses can find additional resources on NCWorks’ separate veterans portal.
Nearly 2,000 resumes were updated on the site this week, as of Sunday afternoon. NCWorks reports thousands of available positions across the Triangle area.
In Wake County, the top employers with the most job openings on NCWorks are*:
Here are the top companies/organizations by job openings in Durham County:
The top employers in Johnston County are:
And here are the top employers in Orange County:
*Note: This data was gathered through NCWorks’ Labor Market Information portal, which aggregates public job listings. NC Commerce confirmed with TechWire that this search pathway has a thorough process to remove duplicate job listings. Check employers’ websites directly for the latest information.
Raleigh Founded, a startup incubator and coworking space, has its own job board. Job seekers can filter results by company, company size, industry and job function. The site currently lists 159 positions at 30 companies as of Sunday afternoon. About a dozen new jobs were posted over the last week:
Leadership Triangle, Raleigh Founded and American Underground teamed up to create the Triangle Region Job Board, which synthesizes all of the openings posted on the organizations’ job boards. (Those openings are listed under their respective subheadings above.)
As of Sunday afternoon, the site shows 3,223 jobs at 100 companies. The latest Triangle-area openings (excluding remote jobs) come from the following employers:
Work in the Triangle, a Wake County Economic Development program, regularly shares new openings through its Twitter feed, @WorkTriangleNC. The program recently launched a job board on its website, with 10,681 active openings as of Sunday afternoon. Of those, 8,666 are technology jobs, 1,181 are advanced manufacturing positions, 351 are in cleantech and 483 are in life sciences.
Every Tuesday, Work in the Triangle’s #TriangleTuesdays hashtag lists hot jobs in the area. Here’s a recap of last week’s openings (from June 7):
Scroll through the #TriangleTuesdays hashtag on Twitter for more details on the openings.
Job openings abound at the Triangle’s leading technology employers. Here’s how many are available as of Sunday afternoon:
Below is a list of employer-submitted job openings. If you’d like to submit your job openings for this segment, reach out to us here.
Chapel Hill-based edtech company Terra Dotta plans to boost its headcount by 25% in 2022. Its current job openings include:
Here’s our latest roundup of upcoming job fairs and other resources to help people looking for employment:
BioNetwork Virtual Career Fair: Aug. 3, 3–6 p.m. (online)
The North Carolina BioNetwork will host an online career fair for process technicians seeking jobs at biotechnology, pharmaceutical or chemical manufacturing companies. More information here.
NC State Engineering Career Fair: Sept. 20–21 (in-person and virtual)
In this hybrid career fair, NC State engineering students can meet with employers seeking talent across a range of industries. This is a two-day event: The first day will be held in person, while the second will take place virtually via Career Fair Plus. More details here.
If you’re a student looking for an internship or entry-level position at a local company or organization, your university has resources to help you get started. Quick links below:
For Johnston County job seekers: The newly launched JoCo Careers website helps job seekers find companies hiring in Johnston County. (More TechWire coverage here.)
Here are some locally run Twitter accounts that regularly share job openings in the Triangle:
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