The graphs included here show the percentage increase in job listings posted to the search engine Indeed.Com over a six-month period. They show that even during the Recession of 2008-2009, Texas employers listed an increasing number of job vacancies resulting from employee turnover, the opening of new businesses, expansion of current companies, and the emergence of new jobs from development in cooperation via formalized partnerships among profit, government, non-profit, and higher education agencies and companies.

The 2009 - 2010 Stimulus Package to Texas that provides ongong impetuis for new job creation to proceed through 2012 amounted to $16 Billion.

StateRecovery.org was launched an informative site for tracking Texas progress from the site of The Council of State Governments-WEST.

While, Texas did lose 46,000 jobs in February 2009, other jobs were added. In fact, that state government (Comptroller's Office) reported that from 2004 - 2009, Texas added over 1,100,000 new jobs. March '09 unemployment stood at 6.5%, lower than the national rate of 8.5%.  

In analyzing the available data, I find that the highest numbers of job listings to be posted by employers in the following list of Metropolitan Areas of Texas, in descending order of number of listings each.

The company listings mentioned below are Internet listings. Remember that not all job openings are listed on the Internet, particularly interestings positions offered by new small business owners. Sustainability employment and green collar jobs may listed on their own job boards in addition to, or instead of, major job search engines like Indeed, SimplyHired, Monster, Yahoo HotJobs, and others.

Still other positions are not listed regularly, but are available in what is known as the "Hidden Job Market." These may be jobs listed only internally within a company, or very new and not yet listed anywhere, or similar.

Major jobs listings are occurring in:

1 Houston

2 Dallas

3 San Antonio

4 Austin

5 Fort Worth

6 El Paso

7 Plano

• San Antonio - Hottest Spot in Texas For Jobs 2009 - 2012.

7,700 new jobs opened in February 2009 alone – during a Recession (2008 - 2009). Nursing job listings increased 1,100%, Total Health & Medical? Up 800% Since July 2005, overal jobs have increased from 400% to off the chart.

Unemployment remained over 2% lower than for the nation, with jobs available in Heath and Medical, Education (huge increases forecast Pre-K – College), Government, Engineering, Computers, Retail, Counseling, Aerospace, and Life Sciences. This is before the use of the Employment & Training related 2009-2011 Stimulus Package Funds even started distribution. Stimulus monies kicked them into high gear.

• Top 20 Hot Jobs in Houston

Follow the link to the complete preview. However, Houston employers posting the highest numbers of listings include:

1. Tenet Healthcare
2. Robert Half Finance and Accounting
3. Medical Connections
4. The Methodist Hospital System
5. LPC Personnel, Inc.
6. St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
7. City of Houston
8. Blockbuster (part-time as well as full-time)

• Top 10 Jobs in Dallas

This city is part of the huge Metroplex of Dallas - Fort Worth and all the intermediate suburbs. Employers listing substantial numbers of open positions in the City of Dallas and within a 25-mile radius include:

Baylor Health Care, Robert Half Finance & Accounting, Raytheon, JPMorgan Chase, Critical Connection, Blockbuster (Part-time and Full-time, Kforce Professional Staffing, Ajilon Professional Staffing, Cybercoders, Medical Connections, Children's Medical Center, and AppleOne.

Over 10,000 jobs are available in the western suburbs of the metro area at:Top 10 Hot Jobs for the Arlington, Irving and Plano Corridor

• Top 20 Hot Jobs in Sherman, Texoma - Old Helldorado

Thirteen counties in Oklahoma and Texas combined to make the Texoma Region. Sports and political rivalries were set aside in order to grow the economy and create new jobs.

• Top 15 Jobs in the North Texas Job Market

• HOT! - Top 10 Hot Jobs in Tyler, East Texas

This metro area received some $5 Million in Stimulus Package funds to help job seekers in a number of groups as well as to extend Unemployment Benefits for an additional 13 weeks to help Displaced Workers wait and prepare for new jobs being created by such institutions as Workforce Development contractor, College of Kilgore and others. Job openings have been increasing since 2005.

• Top 10 Jobs in Austin

Austin is one of the Top 10 Cities for Young Adult Professionals seeking jobs. Most jobs listings in Austin and within 25 miles of the City come from these companies:

1. St. David’s Healthcare
2. Seton Family of Hospitals
3. Dell Inc.
4. Medical Connections, Inc.
5. Blockbuster (part-time/ full-time)
6. Kforce
7. Adecco
8. US Army Medical Corps

• Top 10 Jobs in Temple, Texas - Healthcare Hotspot of the USA (Austin suburb)Industries leading the way in jobs in Temple are Healthcare, and Dining withinTravel and Tourism. Major employers include Scott and White Health and Luby's restaurants. 

• Top 10 Hot Jobs in Fort Worth

Named one of the Forbes Best Cities for Jobs, determined in 2008. Listing the largest number of job vacancies in and around Fort Worth are these companies:

1. Texas Health Resources
2. Blockbuster (part-time/ full-time)
3. Medical Connections, Inc.
4. JP Morgan Chase
5. Baylor Healthcare
6. Robert Half Finance and Accounting
7. Accountemps
8. Kforce
9. Voyage Healthcare
10. Tarrant County College

• Hot Jobs in Texarkana

Spurred on by High Speed Rail plans -- Jobs are opening in a variety of fields in Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas - 2 cities, one metropolitan area that shares a courthouse and post office. Several major railroads have traveled through this commerical crossroads, to be joined by hgih speed rail connections to Tennesee as well under teh Obama Administration 2009 - 2012.

• Top 10 Hot Jobs in Amarillo

In the Panhandle of Texas, job listings have increased scince 2005, with a slight dip through in May 2009. Healthcare, Retail Sales & Marleting, and Food Service jobs at all levels are increasing in the Greater Amarillo Area through its 4-county spread. There's a lot to see and do in this area of the state, including sports, music, festivals, culture, and Cowboy and Railroad History.

• Top 10 Hot Jobs in Corpus Christi

Visit the link above for a full review of the metro area and job opportunties. A differing menu of firms are posting the most jobs in this metro area, including:

1. StaffPointe Medical Search
2. Medical Connections, Inc.
3. Maxim Staffing Solutions, Nurses Division
4. Texas Health Resources
5. Corpus Christi Medical Center
6. US Armed Forces

• Top 10 Hot Jobs in Bryan-College Station Metropolitan Area

Most jobs listings in this metro areas originate from foru employes specializing in Health Care and Education. Many of these jobs are IT related as well:

1. Voyage Healthcare
2. Dupont Hospital
3. College Station Medical Center
4. Texas A & M

• Top 10 Hot Jobs in Midland Texas

In the Midland, Texas metro area, the major job listing posters are:

1. Voyage Healthcare
2. Soliant Health
3. Ector County Independent School System

• Top 10 Hot Jobs in Odessa - Rawhide, Oil, and Healthcare

Odessa and Midland are the two headquarters cities for Oil & Gas projects in the oil-rich and historical Permian Basin. Area universities research its advantages as they develop alternative energy sources for future sustainability. McDonalds' s Ronald McDonald charities provide a mobile healthcare unit that is cutting edge for Texas.  

• Top 10 Hot Jobs in Abilene

Click on the link to find numerous Healthcare Industry and othdr jobs in and around Abilene. The local education system is one fo the best in the country and its colleges have placed in the Best Colleges to Work For list. Leading hiring comanies have been:

1. Hendrick Health System
2. Medical Connections
3. Voyage Healthcare
4. Abilene Regional Medical
5. Critical Connection
6. Deegan, Fernandez & Assoc.
7. The US Armed Services

• Top 10 Hot Jobs in Waco

The leading employers in the Waco area posting job listings inlude healthcare and IT firms:

1. Merritt, Hawkins and Associates (Healthcare)
2. Voyage Healthcare
3. L-3 Communications
4. Medical Connections Inc.

• Top 10 Hot Jobs in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley

Several counties in the southern portion of Texas make up the South Texas market.

Along the Rio Grande, a few of these counties are experiencing high job growth from 2009 - 2012, with interesting opportunities in a variety of fields.

The link above proceeds to a review of several counties in South Texas and the Rio Grande river Basin region, and provides additional links to the area's cultural attractions, history, and tex-mex recipes.

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