San Diego Employment Outlook

Gary Moss, Labor Market Information Specialist

San Diego Workforce Partnership

September 4, 2002

UCSD Career Center

What is the San Diego Workforce Partnership?

*   Assists employers, laid-off workers, workers in transition.

*   Seven career centers throughout the county, available to all   
     (http://www.sandiegoatwork.com/)

*   Develops research and labor market information

*   Occupational Outlook Report

*   Cluster studies: identify regional economy market drivers,
     industries

*   Youth Connect Network

*   Special Events

*   Government and Community Affairs

San Diego Forecast

*   Statistics in this report are 6 to 12 months old (Sept 2001 –
    March 2002)

*   County population projected to grow by 37% from 2.85 million
     to 3.9 million by 2020.

*   Temp jobs are expected to grow by 35% in 2002.

*   97% of the 73,000 businesses in SD County have less than 100
     employees.

*   About 90% of all businesses have less than 50 employees.

*   In last 5 years, about 200,000 jobs were created in San Diego
     County, but the jobs creation rate is slowing.

*   California Employment Development Department predicted   
    211,000 new jobs in San Diego between 2000 and 2002.

*    There were 35,000 new jobs in 2001, but only 25,000 in 2002. The majority of these new jobs have been created in the business services, medical services, biosciences, financial services, and software development clusters.

*   San Diego is “the home of small business.”

*   Slower but positive growth in 2002.

*   Population is growing, unemployment is increasing.

Hot Industries

Health services

 

Biosciences:

pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers

Software:

still a hot bed, mainly B2B software development.

Communications:

still growing. Telecom and wireless, satellite communications (defense)

Construction:

Big growth area. Currently 77 projects going on downtown. Blue collar to management positions open, including architectural design; 55 hotels planned within next 5 years. Ongoing residential development.

Tourism

 

Education:

Teachers are still in demand.

Entertainment

 

Growth Occupations

*   Computer support specialist

*   Computer engineer

*   System analysts

*   Software engineers

*   General managers

*   Senior executives

*   Nurses

*   Security personnel

*   Biotechnical researchers

*   Database administrators

*   Bio-informaticians

*   Medical informaticians

*   Computer animators

*   Web site designers

*   Fitness/wellness coordinators

*   Planners

*   Events/meeting planners

*   QA technicians

*   Broadcast technicians

 

What Employers Want

*   Basic Skill Requirements

*   Math

*   Reading

*   Writing

*   Computer Skills

*   Good Workplace Attitude: Survive in short term, prosper in long
    term.

 

*   Soft Skills Requirements

*   Life-long Learning, continuous education

*   Customer service

*   Problem-solving

*   Communication

*   Interpersonal skills

*   Team player

 

What Job Seekers Want

*   Up and coming jobs

*   Great companies

*   Hot industries

Resource Links

*  Gary Moss, Labor Market Information Specialist

    San Diego Workforce Partnership

    619-744-0354

    gary@workforce.org

 

*  San Diego Workforce Partnership
    http://www.sandiegoatwork.com

* America’s Job Bank

    http://www.ajb.dni.us

 

*  California Careers Information

    http://www.californiacareers.info

 

*  Cal Jobs

    http://www.caljobs.ca.gov/

 

*  EDD Labor Market Information

    http://www.calmis.ca.gov

 

*  U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

    http://www.bls.gov