Dallas, Chicago and Louisville Show Double Digit Employment Gains in July, Reports New CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index

CARLSBAD, CA/RICHARDSON, TX (July 31, 2012) – Managerial recruitment activity fell by 1.2 points in July, following a rebound in June, according to the new CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index. The Index, which measures managerial hiring activity online, has stabilized over recent months and has been trending above 100 points since February 2012. 

“We are hopeful that hiring activity will increase in the fall as companies continue to reduce their uncertainty about the economy,” says Tony Lee, publisher, CareerCast.com.

While the job market remains tough and hiring is still not back to its pre-recession levels, there was minimal loss of hiring activity in July, with downturns in only three cities, Boston (-5%), Hartford (-3%) and Minneapolis (-2%).

“Although Boston saw a 5% loss in employment activity in July, hiring was at a record high in June (+16%) and July could be a stabilization following last month's rapid growth,” says Jay Martin, COO, JobSerf.

The three cities with an increase in hiring this month were Dallas (+14%), Chicago (+14%), and Louisville (+10%). The top hiring companies in the Dallas area are mainly centered in the healthcare industry: Baylor Health Care System, Capital One, Texas Health Resources and HCA Healthcare. In Chicago, residents can look to McDonald's, Sears, Accenture, and University of Chicago for job opportunities. The strengthening of Louisville's economy and a surge in real estate investment are key factors in the improvement of that region's job market.

The CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index per capita hiring levels for U.S. cities in July are:

1. Washington, D.C. – 168
2. Boston – 150
3. San Francisco – 117
4. Seattle – 108
5. Chicago - 100
6. Baltimore – 95
7. Atlanta – 95
8. Denver - 87
9. Nashville – 84
10. Dallas - 81
11. New York City - 80
12. Houston – 78
13. Philadelphia – 77
14. Pittsburgh – 70
15. Indianapolis – 68
16. San Diego - 66
17. Cleveland - 66
18. Hartford – 65
19. Louisville - 65
20. Minneapolis – 63
21. Milwaukee - 60
22. Phoenix - 59
23. Cincinnati—59
24. St. Louis – 59
25. Tampa – 54
26. Los Angeles – 52
27. Miami – 50
28. Detroit – 48
29. Memphis – 48
30. Riverside – 26

The CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index is an exclusive barometer showing managerial hiring activity based on the number of jobs posted online nationally. The Index reveals the differences in job listings by month, and offers valuable trends and forecasts using proprietary employment data hand-counted by a team of researchers.

To read the full report and get more information on the best and worst cities to find a job, visit www.careercast.com/career-guidance/employment-trends.

About JobSerf
JobSerf, Inc. (www.jobserf.com) is a privately held Texas-based corporation that pioneered the job search outsourcing (JSO) industry with its revolutionary ‘Find & Apply' service.   The company's patent-pending process provides for an affordable means to both ‘find & apply' for jobs on behalf of clients.  For more information, visit the website at www.jobserf.com.

About CareerCast.com

CareerCast.com, created by Adicio, is a job search portal that offers extensive local, niche and national job listings from across North America, job-hunting, career-management and HR-focused editorial content, videos and blogs, and provides recruiters with the ability to post jobs directly to more than 800 niche career sites. CareerCast.com also compiles the Jobs Rated Report (www.jobsrated.com), where 200 jobs across North America are ranked based on detailed analysis of specific careers factors.