The number and type of jobs open vary all year long. In any given week a business may have job openings for several reasons. All companies need to replace workers who leave for other jobs, retire or are fired. The highest turnover is for jobs which have low pay, low status, few training requirements, and a large number of young or part-time workers. Growing companies expand and need more workers.
Many job openings are in small and growing companies.
In fact, over half of the jobs available in the Milwaukee area are in businesses with less than 50 employees. Many job openings are in service firms , such as hospitals and nursing homes, business offices, and social service agencies. Health care fields are expanding in part because of the growing number of elderly people and increased use of new medical technology to diagnose and treat health problems. Demand for child care workers has increased as more single parents enter the labor force. Restaurants make up almost half of retail job openings.