Smart Workforce Solutions

Occupational Trends

Understanding the overall economic and occupational climate will assist you as an employer in planning for your workforce needs. The following resources provide insight into occupational trends and guidance in preparing workforce recruiting plans and HR programs that help your company’s bottom line. You’re just a click away from the latest Missouri employment projections and wage data for hundreds of occupations in 22 categories cross linked to instructional programs.

Projected Occupational Employment in Southwest Missouri

An array of occupations in the southwest corner of Missouri are analyzed by 2000 estimations, projections for growth or decline by 2010, average annual openings in specific occupations, and a long-term outlook rating. More

High Demand Occupations in Southwest Missouri

This downloadable brochure in PDF format highlights occupations in high demands based on level of vocational preparation. The brochure is helpful to both employers planning functions and to job seekers planning for their futures.

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O*NET can help businesses compete! Whether it’s attracting a wider pool of job candidates, training new employees, retaining incumbent workers, developing more effective job descriptions or performance management systems, or getting the latest available occupational information, O*NET can help businesses keep up with the rapidly changing world of work!