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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Josh Adams, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dean, Business and Professional Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:#000041"><img width="139" height="29" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D14A29.D31C3210" alt="cid:3364978133_612873"></span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">1501 Mendocino Ave | Santa Rosa, CA | 95401</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">tel (707) 524-1731<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Amelia Yim [mailto:Amelia.Yim@sonoma-county.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 08, 2016 15:29<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Job Market Tracker December ’15 on behalf of Ben Stone<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear readers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Happy New Year! To ring in the New Year we’re releasing the Sonoma County Economic Development Board’s first issue of the
<b>Job Market Tracker</b>. The Job Market Tracker is our monthly report analyzing online job postings aggregated from over 25,000 sources to provide real time insights on the Sonoma County labor market. As we continue developing Job Market Tracker in the coming
months, the report will also include a series of industry spotlights evaluating job market patterns in local clusters such as in Technology, Creative, Tourism, and Healthcare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you have any questions, feedback, or would like to schedule a meeting, we’d love to hear from you! Please do not hesitate to contact Juan Nieto at
<a href="mailto:juan.nieto@sonoma-county.org">juan.nieto@sonoma-county.org</a>. Thank you for your interest and we look forward to working closely with our community partners to expand this project in 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">From the JMT team of Sonoma County Economic Development Board – Juan Nieto, Aadhar Chhabra, Brian Marland, Amelia Yim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#205768">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nearly 9,000 available job openings during the December 2015 monthly reporting period, an increase of over 1,700 postings compared to the same period last year capping a year of strong employment
growth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Retail Trade industry registered the highest number of available job postings with 844 openings, making up 9.6% of available jobs in December.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting industry experienced the fastest growth with a 108% increase in available job openings over the previous period.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Local unemployment remained steady at 4.2% in November 2015, down from 5.3% in 2014.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">- Please see attached for full report -<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Amelia Yim</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Workforce & Public Policy Project Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Sonoma County Economic Development Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">141 Stony Circle, Suite 110<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Santa Rosa, CA 95401<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Phone: (707) 565-7221<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Email:
<a href="mailto:amelia.yim@sonoma-county.org"><span style="color:blue">amelia.yim@sonoma-county.org</span></a>
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