Job Openings Triple in Leawood, Kansas

Inside the I-435 Outerbelt around Kansas City KS lies the southern suburb of Leawood, just a few blocks west of the Missouri-Kansas state line and two miles east of Overland Park. To the near north in Johnson County lies Shawnee, Kansas, voted one of the Best Places to Live in America in 2008 by Money Magazine.

In April 2010, 21,000 jobs were listed for Leawood KS, the fastest growing city in the state, declared by Bloomberg Business week early.

By November 2014, however, the city had over 61,000 jobs advertised. Listings continued to increase though 2015. The most open jobs are clustered in Leawood, Overland Park, Kansas City on both sides of the state line, and other nearby cities and suburbs,

The suburb's population was 27,656 in 2000 and 31,000+ (an over 12% increase) in 2009. Local population estimates are 40,000 residents by 2020, with new jobs needed to support them. Jobs are incresing in the job postings across the Internet.

Leawood is also a Green City, with a citizens coalition to increase conservation and sustainability. It's motto is Growing Green Together.

Leawood was founded namelessly when a Mr. Oscar Lee retired from an Oklahoma police force and moved to Kansas in 1922. It was a quiet, pleasant village until after World War II. At that point, housing developments of small bungalows of 600 - 800 square feet went up all over the nation. In 1948, the Kroh Brothers constructed one such housing development in Leawood to attract returning soldiers and their families as well as other new residents. Thus, population growth was foot.

The Kroh Brothers built the new Leawood's initial 500 new homes, provided the town's first planning tools, created a fire and police force, initiated street repair, and upgraded the whole town. Leawood was actually first housing-subdivision development incorporated as an official city in Johnson County, Kansas. It's been growing ever since, with a boom of sorts in the 2000s.

61% of residents work in Mgmt & Professional; 27% in Office/Sales and Service, 6% in other Services. High Demand Jobs include:

1. Occupational Therapists
2. Physical Therapists
3. Physical Therapy Assistants
4. Registered Nurses (RNs)
5. Sonic Drive Ins – Crew and Management positions
6. Sales Representatives
7. Taco Bell Assistant Managers
8. Taco Bell Shift Leaders
9. Store Managers – small stores, coffee shops, convenience outlets
10. Account Executives
11. Specialty Software Sales Representatives
12. Administrative Assistants
13. Salespeople
14. Project Managers
15. Software Developers

1. IBM
2. HCA Healthcare
3. Providence Medical Center
4. Taco Bell
5. Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics - Kansas City, Missouri
6. University of Kansas Hospital
7. Truman Medical Centers - Kansas City, Missouri
8. Deloitte
9. St. Lukes Hospital
10. US Air Force and the National Guard
11. Carondelet Health - Kansas City, Missouri
12. Garmin
13. Critical Connection
14. Aerotek
15. Medical Connections
16. Pizza Hut
17. Brookdale Senior Living
18. Adventist Health System
19. Burns & McDonnell
20. HCR Manorcare

The largest employers of worlers in Leawood are located nearby in the cities of Kansas City, Lawrence, Lenexa, Overland Park, and Shawnee Mission. IN addition, these are among the largest 100 employers in Kansas:

1. Sprint Nextel Corp
2. University Of Kansas Medical Center
3. Examone World Wide
4. General Motors Fairfax Assembly
5. Shawnee Mission Medical Center
6. Unified Government Of Wyandotte County
7. University Of Kansas
8. Black & Veatch Corp
9. Exam One
10. Loan Processing
11. Quest Diagnostics
12. UPS
13. Associated Wholesale Grocers
14. Deffenbaugh Industries Inc.
15. Deffenbaugh Field Services
16. Lawrence Finance
17. Nebraska Furniture Mart Inc.
18. YRC Worldwide Inc.
19. Lawrence Emergency Medical Association - Lawrence KS

• BMSI Institute
• Central Baptist Theological Seminary - Shawnee
• Cutting Edge Hairstyling Academy - Kansas City
• Johnson County Community College - Overland Park
• Kansas City Kansas Community College
• La Baron Hairdressing Academy - Overland Park
• National American University Campus - Overland Park,
• Ottawa University Kansas City - Overland Park
• Park University
• Penn Valley Community College
• Street Design School International Hair Styling - Overland Park
• St Luke's College - Kansas City
• Technical Education Center - Kansas City
• TechSkills Medical - Kansas City
• The Art Institutes - Overland Park
• University of Kansas University of Missouri - Kansas City
• Wright Career College - Overland Park

National Park Service - Harry S. Truman National Historic Site

Truman wished to be remembered as "The People's President" and named his programs the Fair Deal. Above all in the Presidency, he felt that if a President turned away from the people, it was the worst of times.

The National Park Service maintains one of President's Truman's homes., complete with the grapes growing in back. Online at the link, one may find collections of memorabilia, photographs, quotations, speeches, copies of personal correspondence and several other groups of historical and human interest.

• Airline History Museum
• Adam Legler Barn Museum
• Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
• Heart of America Golf Course
• Ironhorse Golf Club
• Johnson County Museum-History
• Leawood Challenge Course
• Legacy West Park
• Lenexa Historical Society
• Live Healthy Challenge
• Meadowbrook Country Club
• National Archives at Kansas City - Central Plains Region
• National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial – Don’t miss the Over There Cafe
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Family History Records