Pacific Staffing Sacramento Employment Trends Q1 2017

Pacific Staffing Sacramento Quarterly Employment Trends

New Year, New Challenges, New Fears in First Quarter

The first three months of the new year offer opportunity for employment and bring new concerns for employers as political change includes some uncertainty for workforce planning in 2017. The Sacramento employment marketplace remains robust as most regional firms polled on hiring in Q1 continue to seek new workers to grow their workforces.

Sixty-three percent (63%) of the top regional employers polled directly by phone are planning to hire in Q1. Pacific Staffing discovered in direct contacts with regional employers between 11/28/16 and 12/20/16 that forty-five percent (45%) of hiring in January, February and March is motivated by employers expanding workforces.

Increased opportunity to find work includes demand to fill shortages of entry and general construction labor, call center, customer service, general office and Sacramento regional companies across the spectrum seeking delivery and route drivers.

Seasonal hiring was indicated by four percent (4%) of reported demand in Q1. Just one firm noted a seasonal layoff in the first quarter of the new year, while thirty-seven per cent (37%) reported no plan to hire anyone in the first three months of 2017.

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Who? What? When? Where

High demand for Class A drivers continues with reported shortages of entry level and general labor for manufacturing and construction work. Customer service, general office/clerical, call center/tech support, sales and product assembly, warehouse and shipping backgrounds are also sought by Sacramento employers in the first quarter of 2017.

Workforce Challenge?

Sacramento regional employers also expressed in anecdotal comments some fear that political change would require new time and investment in changes to healthcare, overtime and minimum wage in 2017. This after spending time and money to implement ACA and other recent changes to workplace benefits and wages. Some employers also expressed some frustration with retention of employees in some cases based on concerns about wage pressure from nearby Bay Area firms.

Sacramento Regional Top Companies Polled by Industry:

38% are Service, 31% are Manufacturers, 16% are Construction and 15% are Retail

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