The San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City Metroplex is a huge combination metro area in Northern California, located around San Francisco Bay in the counties of San Mateo, San Francisco, and Marin.

California was hit with some large job losses in 2008 - 2009, but even on March 28, 2009, Indeed.com listed 39,800+ job openings within 25 miles of San Francisco. While jobs are available, competition may remain keen through 2012. On the other hand, many states are benefiting from the the 2009 Stimulus Package that has included provisions for new jobs and workforce training dollars to the individual states, passed on down to the counties. A total of 396,000 jobs are to be secured or saved in California by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by 2011 alone. See also the state site at: http://www.recovery.ca.gov/.

At the end of February 2009, the unemployment rate in this metro area ran just above the national average of 7.6%, but there were still 1000s of job openings in the three counties associated with the area: Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo. The first job listings increases after the Stimulas Bill was passed coincidentally included only two sectors; Healthcare and Education.

Once colonized and owned by the Spanish conquistadores and explorers, Southern California was opened to other settlers during the 1849 Gold Rush and grew quickly with the advance of the railroad. Situated n a large bay at the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco also became a major sea port for commercial travel and freight, lining California with the Far East, Southeast Asia, and Oceana.

The City of San Francisco is large by itself, having undergone the turbulent tomes of the 1960s - 1970s and survived the odysseys and tragedies of the Haight-Ashbury District. The wonderland of freedom and free love for teens and young adults that fled the conservative establishment of other parts of America became a pit of perversion and drug-related deaths and lost its glamour in a matter of months.

Urban renewal followed in the 1980s - 1990s and the local government placed more energy into the city's economic planning organization to ensure continued growth into the 21st Century. By the end of 2007, 800,000 individuals were recorded by census figures in the full metro area.

The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency had actually been founded in 1948 and remained active into the 2010s to ensure job and business growth.

It seems that San Francisco has had many instances of quick and massive growth. The Gold Rush days of the 19th Century certainly brought a lot of people to the area in search of fortune and a new life.

In the 20th Century, the years form 1965 - 1981 saw the total office space in San Francisco double with a tremendous onslaught of business growth. This brought the total area of business space in town to 55,000,000 square feet.

The 21st Century has shown some demographic changes in San Francisco as well, specifically in surges of population migration in and out of the area.

For the first time in decades, the city lost several thousand people throughout the first adminstration of President George W. Bush, 2001 - 2005. However, beginning in 2004, migration into the city began to increase somewhat, largely from international peoples, particularly the Chinese.

Over 50% of the total population fo San Francisco speaks an additional language besides English and, in order of frequencey, these include Chinese dialects, Mexican Spanish, Taggalog (Philipine Language), Russian, and Vietnamese.

1. Biomedical Engineers - This job title is forecasted to experience the largest percentage increase from 2006 - 2016, an increase of some 61%
2. Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts
3. Medical Scientists
4. Computer Software Applications Engineers - This job title will require the largest number of new employees to 2016.
5. Biochemists and Biophysicists
6. Natural Sciences Managers
7. Industrial Engineers
8. Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
9. Biological Technicians
10. Chemical Technicians
11. Chemists
12. Skin Care Specialists
13. Technical Writers
14. Computer Systems Software Engineers
15. Network and Computer Systems Administrators
16. Database Administrators
17. Tile & Marble Setters
18. Computer and Information Scientists, Research
19. Multimedia Artists/Animators
20. Financial Analysts

The major categories of jobs included int his list include Healthcare, Biotechnology (health, alternative energy, business), and Computer Science/Information. In During February 2009, job listings on Indeed.com increased in in numbers only in Healthcare and Education.

• Retail Sales & Customer Service
• All Food Service Workers, including Wait Staff
• Registered Nurses (RNs)
• Cashiers & Related Attendants
• Personal/Home Health Aides
• Janitors and Cleaners, Except Housekeepers
• Executive Secretaries, Administrative Assistants, and Office Support
• Managers – General, operations, most industries; especially green businesses
• Accountants, Auditors, and Assistants – Particularly Forensic Accounting

The following list of Top 10 Largest Employers was deterimed by San Francisco Business Times in 2008.

1. City & County of San Francisco Governments
2. University of California, San Francisco
3. Wells Fargo & Co. - banking and finance.
4. State of California Government
5. California Pacific Medical Center
6. San Francisco Unified School District
7. United States Postal Service (USPS) - losing some jobs through 2nd Quarter 2009.
8. PG&E Corporation - energy and utilities.
9. Gap Inc. - retail clothing.
10. Kaiser Permanente - healthcare.

During March 2009, Indeed.com's top cities for job postings and searches in Healthcare & Education included the following metro areas and job titles:

HEALTHCARE

1. Atlanta GA
2. New York City
3. Houston TX
4. Chicago IL
5. Boston MA
6. Dallas TX
7. Phoenix AZ
8. Los Angeles CA
9. San Diego CA
10. Philadelphia PA

Job Titles: Medical Assistant, Dental Assistant, Social Worker, Pharmacy Technician, Phlebotomist, Pharmaceutical Sales Representative, Medical Receptionist, Pharmacist, Dental Hygienist, Medical Administrative.