I just heard from a friend that she was laid off today. She has worked for the past ten years for the same major hospital here in Tulsa. It was all due to the current phase of the hospital's plans to restructure and strengthen it's financial picture (ie; cut jobs).
I guess this is what we can expect from the new Democratic Health Care Plan (Obama Care) in the way of jobs creation.
A little something with your morning cup. Regular commentaries on the job market (local and national), the job search, and the factors driving them,...as well as a place for the author to vent.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Tulsa Job Market Up
Yes, Tulsa's job market does seem to be heating up. The link from today's blog title reports forecasts call for increased hiring after 2nd quarter 2011. Me, I'm kind of old school. I still look at the Sunday Employment Ad's to draw my conclusions.
This week, the Tulsa World's Employment section on Sunday was up to seven pages. Not only that, but there was a definite increase in the number of display advertisements, both this week, and in prior weeks. What that means, that not only are more jobs being advertised, but employers are serious about hiring. The cost of display advertisements exceeds the typical line ad by a factor of 3 or 4. Employers running display ad's have to be serious about wanting to be seen, and filling those positions, otherwise they would not spend the extra money.
Good news-now let the work begin!
This week, the Tulsa World's Employment section on Sunday was up to seven pages. Not only that, but there was a definite increase in the number of display advertisements, both this week, and in prior weeks. What that means, that not only are more jobs being advertised, but employers are serious about hiring. The cost of display advertisements exceeds the typical line ad by a factor of 3 or 4. Employers running display ad's have to be serious about wanting to be seen, and filling those positions, otherwise they would not spend the extra money.
Good news-now let the work begin!