MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The Twin Cities online labor market is running strong despite economic setbacks from 2005 hurricanes and surging fuel prices, according to figures released recently from the Monster Local Employment Index. Recruitment increased 3 points - from 111 to 114 - between February and March, mainly from demand in community and social services, military and defense sectors, as well as the food prep and servicing industries.

Employers also looked for people to fill spots in the accounting and finance industries, which increased in demand in correlation with tax season and federal accounting requirements. Steve Pogorzelski, president of Maynard, Mass.-based Monster North American, said Minneapolis is one of the hottest labor markets in the U.S., comparable with Denver, Phoenix and Sacramento. “March’s numbers suggest to us that the Minneapolis labor market is a very diverse and solid core of business service companies and high tech industries which isolated it from the boom and bust of other labor markets.”

The health care sector also showed a boom in demand in this first quarter of the 2006. Pogorzelski said the index showed recruitment in health care support rise in 24 of the 28 top markets surveyed. In the Twin cities, numbers in the health care support section grew four points, or 3.4 percent. “As America ages, this will continue to be on high demand in the very long-term future,” he said.

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