June Talent Marketplace Insights From WANTED Analytics

"Where the Jobs Are: College Graduate Edition"


QUEBEC CITY, QC--(Marketwired - Jun 12, 2015) - WANTED Technologies (TSX VENTURE: WAN), a leading provider of real-time market intelligence and analytics for staffing and talent sourcing professionals, today released a close look at the June jobs market with a focus on where the jobs are for recent college graduates.

Based on their 10 billion pieces of data on the labor and jobs markets, each month Wanted Analytics takes a deep dive into one segment of the job market to identify regional and industry trends and skills gaps. Corporate recruiters and governments agencies use WANTED's data on a regular basis to recruit top talent, strategically locate and list positions and conduct competitive intelligence. With a flood of newly employable college graduates entering the job market, the following are the cities with the most jobs available for new college graduates.

Top Five Cities for Entry Level Jobs Requiring a Bachelor's Degree (This data is for the past three months, a period of time that saw a total of 127,480- jobs posted online in those cities):

  • New York, NY
  • Chicago, IL
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Houston, TX
  • Atlanta, GA

The most in-demand entry-level jobs requiring a bachelor's degree in those same cities combined are:

  • Market Research Analysts (top five in all cities except Houston)
  • Registered Nurses (top five in all cities except NYC)
  • Business Analysts (in demand in all top five cities)
  • Public Relations Specialists (New York, Chicago, and Atlanta)
  • Marketing Managers (top five in all cities except Houston)

WANTED Analytics' leadership in hiring and workforce intelligence is the culmination of more than 10 years amassing a massive volume of talent supply, demand and trend data from around the world. In addition to newly expanded data sets from Brazil, India, Japan and Germany, WANTED's international coverage includes Australia, Belgium, China, France, Russia, Singapore, the U.K. and a host of other key global talent markets.

About WANTED Technologies Corporation
WANTED Technologies helps organizations make intelligent workforce decisions by combining real-time and historical data across hiring demand and talent supply. WANTED Analytics™ is the company's cloud-based talent recruitment tool that transforms corporate HR into a strategic operation by providing detailed competitive information about employment trends, economic conditions, talent supply and demand, likely recruiting difficulty by market, and other pertinent job market statistics. WANTED Analytics™ is also used for similar purposes by professionals in the staffing, RPO, media, and government sectors.

WANTED Technologies (TSX VENTURE: WAN) was founded in 1999 with offices in Quebec City, Canada and New York City. The company currently maintains a database of more than one billion unique job listings spanning more than 10 years and 11,000 occupational categories.

WANTED is also the exclusive data provider for The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine Data Series®, the monthly economic indicator of Hiring Demand in the United States.

The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Any statement that appears prospective shall not be interpreted as such.

Contact Information:

Ashley Rowe
212-206-6241