Resume Writing in Sacramento
We are Sacramento Resume Writers and Personal Branding Strategists.
Established in Sacramento, CA since 2005, Resumes on the Move is not your average resume writing service. We specialize in more than crafting custom resumes with exceptional organization and style. In the job hunting market, there are strategies and tactics that we have found work much better than others as it relates to the different industries you want to pursue. We assist you in focusing your needs and developing a personal branding strategy that can propel you to the next level.
With experience in the job markets throughout California, in the northwest and southwest territories, as well as along the eastern seaboard, we are able to integrate strategies appropriate for regional cultural differences relevant to getting you noticed, professionally. We guarantee confidentiality at all levels from mid-level managers to top executives and believe that helping you define your personal brand is a private conversation that does not need an audience.
Employment Opportunities and the Job Market in Sacramento
As Al Pacino’s character stated in the movie, City Hall, “All good things on this Earth flow into the City…”
With easy access to the mountains, ocean, and desert country – take it from us – this city has many good things…
As the nickname, “The City of Trees” suggests, Sacramento has a lot of trees in their city. We are immersed in all four seasons and have many offerings for entertainment, historical culture, and recreation. The American River and the Sacramento River converge not too far from downtown and the restored 19th Century section named, “Old Sac.” Populated with many historical landmarks and is a haven for river rafting enthusiasts and bicycle fanatics of all ages.
Sacramento is California’s State Capitol and is made up of urban and suburban upwardly mobile professionals, skilled trades, and service workers combined with state and county infrastructure workers and federal employees. Well known award-winning schools and world-class hospitals bring a diverse cross section of people from all over. Sacramento also advertises an exceptional quality of life, diverse leisure opportunities, and a great location with easy access to interstate freeways and the local Sacramento International Airport. From service personnel to executive management, job hunters exist at all levels.
Top Statistics for Sacramento, California – January 2012
Unemployment Rate: 10.9% | -0.3
Labor Force: 18,462,300 | -12,700
Employment: 16,442,700 | +27,800
Unemployment: 2,019,500 | -40,600
Non Farm Jobs: 14,173,800 | -5,200
Mass Layoffs: 23,787 | -29,244
UI Initial Claims: 305,011 | +23,869
Population in this four-county Sacramento Metropolitan Area has grown from 1.63 million persons as of July 1995 to 2.17 million persons as of July 2011.*
Within the incorporated city limits, statistics show Sacramento City population in July 2009 to be 466,687 with a +14.7% population change since 2000.
In 2011, Sacramento lost 1,300 private sector jobs – that were reported – which spurred a greater number of job seekers to look outside the area for employment opportunities than typically commutes to the Fairfield, Vacaville, and down the Capitol City Corridor into the San Francisco Bay Area.
General Demographics
Median resident age is 32.8 years and California’s median age is 33.3 years.
Estimated median household income in Sacramento was $47,107 in 2009 (increasing from $37,049 in 2000), is lower than the median household income throughout the state at $58,931.
Major Companies and Organizations in the Sacramento Area
- AMPAC Fine Chemicals
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Securitas Security Service USA
- FedEx (126 operating branch locations)
- UPS (115)
- Subway (64)
- Starbucks (59)
- H&R Block (23)
- California Exposition and Fair
- Sacramento Kings
- Sacramento Regional Transit
- Disabled American Veterans
- Sacramento Bee
- California Square Dance Council
- California State University, Sacramento
- American River College
- UC Davis Medical Center
- Environmental Protection Agency
- California Department of Transportation
- Sacramento Municipal Services Agency
- Employment Development Department
- Department of Corrections
- Department of Water Resources
Facts and statistics on this page have been gleaned from numerous sources including some of the following:
http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/
http://sacramentoforecastproject.org/
http://www.city-data.com/
