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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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@01D15E9E.B71F98C0" 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> Wednesday, February 03, 2016 14:04<br>
<b>To:</b> Amelia Yim <Amelia.Yim@sonoma-county.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Job Market Tracker January ’16 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">Attached is the Sonoma County Economic Development Board’s 2<sup>nd</sup> issue of the
<b>Job Market Tracker </b>with newly available data and insights for the month of
<b>January 2016. </b>Included is our monthly analysis of real-time online job postings, aggregated from over 25,000 sources, as well as a
<b>bonus feature</b> highlighting trends in the <b>Tech industry</b> over the past year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you have any questions, feedback, customized report requests, or would like to schedule a meeting</span> please do not hesitate to contact Juan Nieto at
<a href="mailto:juan.nieto@sonoma-county.org">juan.nieto@sonoma-county.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></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 8,900 available job openings during the January 2016 monthly reporting period a 13% increase from January 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Retail Trade industry continues to display the highest number of available job postings with 783 openings, making up 8.8% of available jobs in January with 188 new jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Manufacturing industry more than doubled the number of new job postings from December to January.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tech industry job openings grew 25% to 1,136 available job openings in 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The median salary for the Tech industry was $79,950 in 2015, 46% higher than the $54,850 median salary for all industries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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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