WRAL TechWire’s weekly Jobs Report compiles the latest information from the region’s top job boards, offering a breakdown of how many jobs are posted, which companies are hiring, and what positions are most in-demand. Here’s more from WRAL TechWire on the latest changes in the labor markets in our local economy.  Below, we’ve gathered the latest upcoming job fairs, student-centric resources, and a list of Twitter accounts that track local job openings.  Here’s what’s new since the last WRAL TechWire Jobs Report.

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – By many measures, the job market in the Triangle appears to have slowed, in some cases, by as much as an approximately 10% dip in job openings since a month ago, the latest data analyzed by WRAL TechWire shows. But is this a seasonal blip to be expected or a sign that the local economy may be slowing as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates and the venture capital market may be changing?

It may be too soon to tell, though there are some early signs that the balance of power at tech companies may be tipping back toward employers.  And today’s WRAL TechWire Jobs Report takes a look what’s happening right now in our local economy, with regard to job openings and postings.  See below.

(Note: The month-over-month totals are compared to our June 13 report, and the year-to-date totals compare to our Jan. 3 report. We’ve made some changes in methodology as of July 2022 in how we’re tracking jobs posted to Indeed.  The Adzuna Raleigh listings are now also only showing job postings with a stated location in Raleigh, which may contribute to the decline in this week’s report compared to prior reports and prior month totals.)  

Triangle jobs market is cooling but hiring will continue, economists say

Local Positions on National Job Boards

Every week, we track the total number of Triangle-area positions posted on major job websites.  Here is the latest data, as of 12 PM on Monday, July 11.

  • Adzuna:
    • Wake County: 47,533 (⇓-6,374 month-over-month; ⇑+5,002 year-to-date)
      • Raleigh: 15,479 (⇓-16,729MoM; ⇑+5,604 YTD)
    • Durham County: 13,375 (⇓+194 MoM; ⇑+3,621 YTD)
    • Johnston County: 3,015 (⇓-250 MoM; ⇓-184 YTD)*
  • Dice.com (using the 5-mile radius filter):
    • Raleigh: 17,632 (⇓-1,103 MoM; ⇑+2,261 YTD)
    • Durham: 17,560 (⇓-996 MoM; ⇑+2,380 YTD)
    • Chapel Hill: 17,288 (⇓-1,064 MoM; ⇑+2,299 YTD)
  • Glassdoor: 41,916 jobs across the Research Triangle Park area (⇑+2,946 MoM; ⇑+7,068 YTD)
  • Indeed (Editor’s Note: Until July 2022, we tracked using a location filter of up to 5-miles, as of July 2022, we now track using exact location, and will resume month-over-month tracking in August):
    • Raleigh: 23,460
    • Durham: 13,714
    • Chapel Hill: 4,596
    • Johnston County: 3,606
  • LinkedIn (using the “exact location” and “0-miles” filters):
    • Raleigh: 26,970 (⇓-2,390 MoM; ⇑+105 YTD)
    • Durham: 12,913 (⇓-739 MoM; ⇓-1,574 YTD)
    • Chapel Hill: 3,234 (⇑+409 MoM; ⇑+804 YTD)
    • Johnston County: 16,305**
  • ZipRecruiter (5-mile filter):
    • Raleigh: 41,384 (⇓-8,419 MoM; ⇑+8,162 YTD)
    • Durham:  15,652 (⇓-1,270 MoM; ⇑+794 YTD)
    • Chapel Hill: 946 (⇓-8 MoM; ⇓-2,698 YTD)
    • Johnston County: 401 (⇑+10 MoM; ⇑+22 YTD)*

*Note: The year-to-date data for Johnston County tracks from Jan. 31, 2022, when we began to track job postings in the county for the WRAL TechWire Jobs Report.  **Editor’s Note: We’ve updated the methodology for which we track job openings on LinkedIn based anywhere in Johnston County, as of July 2022.  https://wraltechwire.com/2022/07/08/the-strong-us-jobs-report-may-mean-more-interest-rate-hikes-coming-unc-professor-says/

Startup Job Search Sites

Aside from the boards above, job seekers can also find local startup jobs at SimplyHired (220 startup jobs near Research Triangle Park), LinkedIn (8,783 job openings that include “startup” in the Triangle region), Indeed (288 startup jobs in/near RTP) and AngelList (job openings in Raleigh, Durham and across North Carolina). And the Durham-based job site InHerSight also lists jobs at local startups among other job postings (159 this week within 25 miles of Raleigh, N.C.).

Here’s a look at local and regional job sites, listed in alphabetical order, below.

AMA Triangle

AMA Triangle, the fifth-largest chapter in American Marketing Association’s nationwide network, aims to be a go-to resource for all things marketing in the Triangle. The organization provides professional training, free career webinars and a job board offering free resume placement for marketing professionals.

As of Monday, the AMA Triangle job board shows 104 roles within 25 miles of Raleigh and another 81 roles, some of which could be overlapping, within 25 miles of Durham.

American Underground

Durham-based startup hub American Underground (Editor’s Note: American Underground is owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, the parent company of WRAL TechWire) regularly posts job openings on its job board. Job seekers can filter their search by company, location and job function. As of Monday, the site shows 156 jobs at 56 companies, with four jobs posted in the last week:

  • Program specialist, Aledade Care Solutions (remote)
  • Senior backend engineer, Elevate (remote)
  • Senior puzzle editor, Elevate (remote)
  • UX/UI designer, Upswing (remote)

Bio Jobs Hub

Last year, WRAL TechWire and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center launched a Bio Jobs Hub platform focused on biopharma manufacturing — one of North Carolina’s largest industries, employing over 26,000 people.

Typical biopharma jobs include process technicians, maintenance and/or instrumentation technicians, quality assurance and quality control associates, process development scientists and process engineers. This industry also offers competitive entry-level salaries, from $42,000 to $60,000. https://wraltechwire.com/2022/06/22/from-afghanistan-to-sanford-a-former-state-department-exec-finds-his-passion-in-biotech/ Scientists, skilled laborers and recent graduates can use the Bio Jobs Hub resource to find career and training opportunities in their area. Users can search by location, job category/activity and region.

Many biopharma companies are hiring in the Triangle, including large employers like Biogen in Research Triangle Park, bioMérieux in Durham, GSK in Zebulon, Merck & Co. in Durham, Novo Nordisk in Durham and Clayton, and Pfizer in Sanford.

Leadership Triangle

Leadership Triangle’s job board is packed with local jobs. The site lists 1,063 jobs in either Raleigh or Durham with 1,602 openings overall at 30 companies as of Monday at noon.

Here’s what’s been posted in the last week:

  • Blue Cross NC posted several openings in Durham this week, including a senior IT problem management analyst, a senior data analyst, two director roles, a manager role in governance and performance management and a vice president of behavioral health, among other roles.
  • Capitol Broadcasting Company (WRAL TechWire’s parent company) is seeking a director of sales and a temporary operations and events assistant.
  • Fidelity Investments posted 44 new roles that could be based in the company’s Durham facility during the last week.
  • North Carolina Central University posted several positions based from the Durham-based campus this week.
  • Self-Help Credit Union seeks a special assistant to the president.
  • Truist, a week after posting about a dozen roles, has posted more than three dozen additional openings that could be based in the Triangle or in North Carolina.
  • William Peace University in Raleigh seeks a user support specialist and an assistant director of academic and career advising.

NCBiotech

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s extensive jobs board lists open jobs and internships from local life science companies and research organizations. The organization recently updated the user interface with a fresh design. Job seekers can filter their search results by position title, job function and location. NCBiotech also touts jobs through its Bio Jobs Hub program.

The site lists 220 openings as of Monday at noon. Here is what’s new over the last week:

  • Alcami is looking to hire multiple scientist roles.
  • Cell Microsystems has posted more than ten roles including software engineer, manufacturing associate, scientist, QA engineer, and field scientist.
  • Foundation Medicine is looking to hire a histotechnology, a manager of lab operations, a lab operations assistant supervisor, and a specialist role, among others.
  • MedKoo Biosciences is seeking biochemist and chemist interns as well as non-lab entry level scientists.
  • Merck & Co. is hiring for several positions in Durham.

Note: This list does not include openings posted by recruiting/staffing firms.

NC TECH

The North Carolina Technology Association (NC TECH) has an interactive job board that you can use to find your next career opportunity. Users can search by keyword, location, category, type (full-time or part-time) and experience level. Ten jobs were posted in the last week.

Raleigh Founded

Raleigh Founded, a startup incubator and coworking space, has its own job board. Job seekers can filter results by company, company size, industry and job function. The site currently lists 145 positions at 30 companies as of Sunday afternoon.

Triangle Region Job Board

Leadership Triangle, Raleigh Founded and American Underground teamed up to create the Triangle Region Job Board, which synthesizes all of the openings posted on the organizations’ job boards.

As of Monday afternoon, the site shows 3,162 jobs at 101 companies.

Work in the Triangle

Work in the Triangle, a Wake County Economic Development program, regularly shares new openings through its Twitter feed, @WorkTriangleNC. The program launched a job board on its website earlier this year, with 10,109 active openings as of Monday afternoon. Of those, 8,145 are technology jobs, 1,133 are advanced manufacturing positions, 319 are in cleantech and 512 are in life sciences.

Every Tuesday, Work in the Triangle’s #TriangleTuesdays hashtag lists hot jobs in the area.  Scroll through the #TriangleTuesdays hashtag on Twitter today for more details on the latest openings. https://wraltechwire.com/2022/07/07/balance-of-power-workplace-dynamics-shifting-for-tech-workers-employers-again/

Openings at Top Triangle Tech Firms

Job openings abound at the Triangle’s leading technology employers. Here’s how many are available as of Sunday afternoon:

  • Bandwidth: 33 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company’s career page
  • Fidelity Investments: 694 job openings in Durham, according to the company’s career page
  • IBM: 19 job openings in RTP, according to the company’s career page
  • Kyndryl: 255 job openings in RTP, according to the company’s career page
  • Lenovo: 359 job openings in Morrisville, according to the company’s career page
  • MetLife: 153 job openings in Cary, according to the company’s career page
  • Microsoft: 92 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company’s career page
  • Pendo: 11 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company’s career page
  • Red Hat: 36 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company’s career page
  • RTI International: 117 job openings in Durham, according to the company’s career page
  • SAS: 168 job openings in Cary, according to the company’s career page

BioNetwork Virtual Career Fair

Upcoming Job Fairs/Career Events

Here’s our latest roundup of upcoming job fairs and other resources to help people looking for employment. BioNetwork Virtual Career Fair: Aug. 3, 3–6 p.m. (online) The North Carolina BioNetwork will host an online career fair for process technicians seeking jobs at biotechnology, pharmaceutical or chemical manufacturing companies. More information here. NC State Engineering Career Fair: Sept. 20–21 (in-person and virtual) In this hybrid career fair, NC State engineering students can meet with employers seeking talent across a range of industries. This is a two-day event: The first day will be held in person, while the second will take place virtually via Career Fair Plus. More details here. https://wraltechwire.com/event/nc-state-engineering-career-fair/

Other Resources / Student Support

If you’re a student looking for an internship or entry-level position at a local company or organization, your university has resources to help you get started. Quick links below:

For Johnston County job seekers: The recently launched JoCo Careers website helps job seekers find companies hiring in Johnston County. (More TechWire coverage here.) https://wraltechwire.com/2022/01/10/johnston-county-launches-new-jobs-platform-to-connect-workers-to-local-jobs/

Twitter Accounts to Follow

Here are some locally run Twitter accounts that regularly share job openings in the Triangle: