Nashville Teaching Jobs

Those considering a career in education should check out Nashville teaching jobs.

The Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin area's education and health services industry employed 112,500 workers during December 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is a slight decrease from 112,600 workers during November, but a .4 percent increase from December 2008.

Educators working in Nashville can expect to be paid relatively well. According to Salary.com, the average pay for a public school teacher in Nashville is between $41,752 per year and $55,459 per year.

The area's public primary and secondary school system is controlled by Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, which has an enrollment of about 75,000 students representing 84 countries and 77 languages.

According to Wikipedia, more than 99 percent of teachers within the system meet federal standards in at least one subject, and 98.9 percent of classes are taught by a highly qualified instructor. The average teacher experience is 13 years at the elementary level, 11.5 years at the middle school level and 14 years at the high school level.

Another plus - MNPS is home to three of the five International Baccalaureate programs in the State of Tennessee and the system's teachers often earn state and national honors for excellence in the classroom.

The school system's most notable magnet schools are Hume-Fogg, Nashville School of the Arts and Martin Luther King, which Newsweek consistently ranks among the top 50 in the nation. The Nashville area also is home to many private schools.

When it comes to higher education, the Nashville area is home to many colleges and universities. There are about 43,000 students enrolled in post-secondary education institutions in the city, with 74,000 students enrolled in higher education institutions in the metropolitan area, and an additional 13,600 students enrolled within a 40-mile radius.

The City of Nashville itself is home to:

• American Baptist College
• Aquinas College
• The Art Institute of Tennessee - Nashville
• Belmont University
• Draughons Junior College
• Fisk University
• Free Will Baptist Bible College
• Gupton College
• International Academy of Design and Technology
• Lipscomb University
• Meharry Medical College
• Nashville School of Law
• Nashville Auto Diesel College
• Nashville State Community College
• Strayer University
• Tennessee State University
• Trevecca Nazarene University
• University of Phoenix
• Vanderbilt University
• Watkins College of Art, Design & Film

Middle Tennessee State University is located in Murfreesboro, which is a mere 30 miles from Nashville. The full-sized public university has the largest undergraduate population in the entire state.

The Nashville metropolitan area is home to MTSU, Cumberland University, Volunteer State Community College and O'More College of Design. Austin Peay State University and Columbia State Community College are located within 40 miles of the city.

Austin TX Jobs Created by Acquisition

One company's decision to acquire a competitor will result in more Austin TX jobs.

PrintGlobe, Inc., an online printing service and retailer, recently announced that the company has purchased the assets of Absorbent, Ink., a top competitor. The acquisition is expected to create between 10 and 20 jobs by 2012.

"PrintGlobe notched its eighth year in a row of double digit growth," Dan Steinborn, president and CEO of PrintGlobe, told the Austin Business Journal. "In a year when we had one of the worst quarters in our country's history and given the trend of brick and mortar printing businesses failing at a rapid pace, we feel more excited than ever that we are positioned to continue our growth and leadership in the business printing market."

Steinborn founded PrintGlobe in 1991. The company was ranked as one of the fastest-growing in the area on the Austin Business Journal's Fast 50 list during 2006. Absorbent, which was founded in 2000, specializes in branded specialty corporate gifts.

PrintGlobe currently serves more than 30,000 customers, including Apple Computer, Inc., The Gap, Kmart, Microsoft Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Co., Kraft and Co., NASA and Disney Co.

The addition of new jobs seems to be a trend as of late throughout the Austin area's economy, as the city has continued to add jobs on a monthly basis while it's unemployment rate declines.

During November 2009, the Austin-Round Rock area's unemployment rate decreased from 7.2 percent to 6.9 percent, following three straight months of no change. That decrease keeps the area's unemployment rate lower than the national rate of 10 percent.

The Austin area had a total non-farm employment of 780,900 workers during November, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 778,500 workers during October and only a .5 percent decrease from November 2008.

Manufacturing Jobs Pittsburgh

If you're wondering what kind of manufacturing jobs Pittsburgh has to offer, you may want to check out the city and state's advanced materials and diversified manufacturing cluster.

Statewide, that cluster includes most durable goods manufacturing sectors and several non-durable goods sectors. The cluster does not include food production, tobacco, lumber, paper, pharmaceuticals or manufacturers that produce materials for the building industries.

The top five sectors, which account for 15.4 percent of employment in the cluster, include: all other plastics product manufacturing; commercial lithographic printing; iron and steel mills; machine shops; and railroad rolling stock manufacturing.

The top five employing occupations, which account for 17.4 percent of the cluster, include:

1. Team assemblers - paying an average $25,120 per year
2. Supervisors and production workers - paying an average $44,280 per year
3. Machinists - paying an average $32,150 per year
4. All other production workers - paying an average $24,730 per year
5. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers - paying an average $25,360 per year

When it comes to the makeup of the cluster, small businesses account for 83 percent of employer units and 23 percent of jobs, while medium businesses account for 16 percent of employer units and 54 percent of jobs and large businesses account for 1 percent of employer units and 23 percent of jobs.

According to an article by the Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, technological advances have changed the nature of the manufacturing industry throughout the nation. For instance, metal and plastics production are increasingly automated, while there has been an increased demand for powdered metals and chemicals.

While the growth and advancement of technology have resulted in the loss of employment for occupations requiring hands-on or manual work, demand for high-skilled workers has continued to increase.

"In order for Pennsylvania to maintain its manufacturing advantage, its workforce development system must provide programs that enable workers to shift into technology-driven manufacturing jobs and enable employers to increase productivity," the article notes.

"Despite a steady decline in manufacturing employment, the advanced materials and diversified manufacturing cluster still provides nearly half a million jobs with average annual wages 20 percent above the statewide average," the article adds.

As a whole, Pittsburgh's manufacturing industry employed 87,500 workers during November 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 87,700 workers during October and a 10.3 percent decrease from November 2008.

Dallas Medical Jobs, Teaching Jobs Increase by 9 Percent

As the city's unemployment rate continued to decline, Dallas medical jobs and teaching jobs saw the biggest yearly increase in employment.

During November 2009, the Dallas-Plano-Irving area's unemployment rate decreased from 8.3 percent to 7.9 percent, following a decrease from 8.4 percent during October. That places the city lower than the national unemployment rate of 10 percent.

The Dallas area had a total non-farm employment of 2,073,000 workers during November, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 2,065,800 workers during October, but a 2.1 percent decrease from November 2008.

Eight industries saw a monthly increase in employment, including: mining, logging and construction by 1,000 jobs; manufacturing by 900 jobs; trade, transportation and utilities by 3,800 jobs; information by 100 jobs; financial activities by 800 jobs; education and health services by 600 jobs; other services by 100 jobs; and government by 2,000 jobs.

Only two industries managed to add jobs when compared to November 2008, with the education and health services industry seeing the biggest increase in employment. That industry employed 255,500 workers during November, up from 254,900 workers during October and a 9 percent increase from the previous year.

The government industry employed 274,200 workers during November, up from 272,200 workers during October and a 1 percent increase from November 2008.

The mining, logging and construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to the previous year. That industry employed 112,700 workers during November, up from 111,700 workers during October, but a 9.3 percent decrease from November 2008.

Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include:

• manufacturing by 2 percent
• trade, transportation and utilities by 5.2 percent
• information by 5.6 percent
• financial activities by 2.3 percent
• professional and business services by 4.2 percent
• leisure and hospitality by .8 percent
• other services by 8.5 percent