Here are the jobs hiring now in Alabama - AL.com

Who’s hiring in Alabama?

It’s a compelling question as the state continues to dig out of the job crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. The Alabama Department of Labor on Thursday said 529,550 people have filed initial claims for unemployment benefits since mid-March. In the week before the pandemic lockdown began, slightly more than 1,800 applied.

Alabama’s unemployment rate for April was 12.9 percent, the highest in almost four decades and almost 10 percentage points higher than the previous month.

Before the pandemic, the department usually released a list of the five occupations with the most online wanted ads showing up on the state’s free online jobs database, as well as corporate and traditional job boards. An analysis in April showed that more than 9,000 ads were placed for occupations that month.

That number itself is distressing, as ads are down more than 21 percent over the previous April. A similar analysis in July 2017, for example, sifted through 40,000 online ads.

The most sought after position for this April was registered nurses, a usual mainstay on the list. Registered nurses earn a mean wage of $29.26 per hour, according to the ADOL.

Coming in second were retail salespersons, followed by sales representatives - meaning wholesale and manufacturing, except for technical and scientific products. Wholesale and manufacturing sales reps make about $32.13 an hour, the department said. Next was customer service representatives, followed by software developers.

Software positions are also a familiar sight on the boards, though their importance may have jumped in the pandemic period, given the rise in telecommuting since the lockdown.

Overall, 20 percent of job ads have salaries in the $50,000 to 75,000 range, the department said, while 16 percent have salaries of $75,000 and above.

The top three employers posting ads in April were UAB Medicine with 736, followed by Auto Zone Auto Parts and Ascension Health. Other companies hiring through online ads included UAB, Hibbett Sports, the University of South Alabama, Dollar General, Lowe’s, Encompass Home Health and Southeastern Grocers.

The most requested certification in online job ads was for security clearance at 11.1 percent, ADOL said.

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