Data from the Alabama Department of Labor reveals that truck drivers and registered nurses are two of the most coveted employees.
The data, stemming from the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information Division, shows that advertisements calling for truck drivers and registered nurses dominate all other job postings.
Along with truck drivers and registered nurses, retail salespersons are also highly sought-after. For the month of July, heavy and tractor-trailer truck driver ads totaled 3,868, ads searching for registered nurses totaled 2,089 and ads for retail salespersons totaled 1,398, combining for a total of 7,355 advertisements.
The data also shows 1,014 ads for truck drivers are more than 90 days old, compared to 471 for registered nurses and 429 ads for retail salespersons.
Other top online job postings were searching for customer service representatives, industrial engineers and maintenance repair workers.
The data also revealed that Averitt (927), UAB Medicine (649), Community Health Systems, Inc. (393), Compass Group (366), and the University of Alabama (354) were the top five employers with the most online job advertisements posted online in July.
Job postings and careers throughout Alabama can be found here.
Don’t miss out! Subscribe today to have Alabama’s leading headlines delivered to your inbox.