Job Activity: January 2025
Posted by EDI Staffing on February 10, 2025
As we continue into 2025, we’re tracking and sharing our job activity by industry, flexibility, state, skills, and department to anticipate workforce needs and better support our clients.
Here’s a quick snapshot of what our team worked on in January:
Industry
Last month, our sales and recruiting teams worked on placing candidates in opportunities with our clients across 14 different industries.
- Manufacturing & Industrial: 26.5%
- Retail & Consumer Goods: 20.6%
- Food & Beverage: 8.8%
- Healthcare & Medical: 5.9%
- Consumer Tech: 5.9%
- Technology & IT: 5.9%
- Financial Services: 5.9%
- Regulatory & Government: 2.9%
- Employment Services: 2.9%
- Sustainability & Environment: 2.9%
- Construction & contracting: 2.9%
- Aerospace & Defense: 2.9%
- Supply Chain & Logistics: 2.9%
- Automotive: 2.9%
On-Site vs Remote
Last month, the majority of roles we worked on were on-site (69.4%), while hybrid (21%) and remote (9.7%) positions made up about a third of our January recruitment activity.
States
Although we work nationwide, we worked on placing talent across 19 states last month.
- NC (16.9%)
- CA (15.3%)
- MA (13.6%)
- NJ (11.9%)
- GA (5.1%)
- IL (5.1%)
- PA (5.1%)
- DC (3.4%)
- NY (3.4%)
- VA (3.4%)
- WI (3.4%)
- AZ (1.7%)
- BC (1.7%)
- FL (1.7%)
- IN (1.7%)
- MD (1.7%)
- MI (1.7%)
- NH (1.7%)
- TX (1.7%)
Top Skills
January was for all things tech. The top 10 skills our clients looked for last month were the following:
- SQL
- EDI
- Automation
- Cloud
- Agile Project Management
- Accounting
- Cybersecurity
- SAP
- Python
- AWS
Department
Besides electronic data interchange and information technology, which make up nearly half of our January efforts, we provide candidates across other areas of business as well. Last month, we worked on roles across 7 departments.
- IT, Software, & EDI (49.1%)
- Engineering & Manufacturing (17.7%)
- Business & Project Management (15.7%)
- Accounting & Finance (7.8%)
- Marketing & Comm. (5.9%)
- HR & Admin (2%)
- Sales & Account Management (2%)
From the dominance of on-site roles to the increasing demand for technical skills like cybersecurity and EDI, our team helps businesses stay ahead by always connecting them with the top talent.
Looking to find work or hire talent? Contact us!