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While the state’s unemployment rate was 5.9 percen in March, according to the Department ofWorkforcwe Solutions, that’s still lower than that month’s national rate of 8.5 A number of large employers have moved operation s to Albuquerque, are expanding or plan to open facilities here in cominfg months. The most visible have been companiesx related to the renewable energyindustry (see relates story this page), as well as , whicnh hired 300 for its new operation in , and , which is buildingb a new customer servicee center in Rio Rancho and has temporaryy space up and running now.
Randall Davis, transition managed for HP, said the company planas to hire up to 600 by the end of the year even beforse the new facilityis completed. HP planse to have 1,800 full-time employees in Rio Ranchok over the next 15 years and an annual expected payrollof $54 million. Fidelity Investments has abou t 300 people working at its new building in Mesadel Sol, soutj of the . The company has said its long-ter plans call for increasing thatto 1,200.
But Jennifef Engle, spokeswoman for the company, declinef to speculate on additional hiring at this The company is still filling some The film andmedia industry, lured by New Mexico’es tax incentives, continues to grow here and attrac t new companies. , which opened its new headquarter in Albuquerque recentlyat , has hired about 85 peoplse here and moved 15 more from its other sites. There are still some positions open in productio and Web operations as well as Productions are bringing plenty of work for New Mexiciofilm crews.
Recently, the International Alliance of Theatrical and StagdeEmployees (IATSE) Local 480 and the state film offic e hosted seminars to help constructiom workers learn how to transition to work on film Many crew jobs come through but there are multiple jobs in the industry that don’yt require going through the union, said Jon business agent for IATSE. There are other unions, as well as resourc e lists for casting calls and othedjobs (see links in box). “We have literall y hundreds of members who started as got to know their way arounxdthe set, go to know the production people, pickee up days, and are now full-time working Hendry said.
Several retailers are also expandint inNew Mexico, despite the recession’s impacrt on that sector. Sunflower Farmers Market, basedf in Boulder, Colo., will open four storeds in the next 18 months and hire 400 Three of the stores will be in Albuquerque and one will be inSantz Fe. And another Colorado company, America’s is opening six franchise storews in Albuquerque and one inSanta Fe. The first stores open this month.
The company’s franchisee for this area, Patrick will hire 24 people to staff the is hiring about 420 peopl e to staff a new supercenter openiny this summer in northeast Government remains the top employer inNew Mexico, thanks in large part to the presence of the nationa laboratories, military bases, federal agencies with substantial operations here (includinbg the , the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the ) and privatwe contractors who do work for the USAJobs.gov, the official job site of the U.S. lists more than 1,000 jobs in New Mexico, varying from humahn resource specialiststo physicians, biologists and vehicle maintenance workers. The 2010 Census is also hirinh inNew Mexico.
Tribal governments have also consistentlyadded jobs, even during the economic downturn, accordinh to monthly employment reports from the New Mexiclo Department of Workforce Solutions. Many of New Mexico’s tribal governments cannot fill all the available jobs with tribal members and employ people from outsidse theirspecific pueblos. Many of these are in hotels andcasinoes (see story on Tourism, page but not all of them.
And although the statse of New Mexico implemented a hirinvg freeze latelast year, therde are some jobs that have been exempted from that Personal & Home Care Aides 6,190 Retaikl Sales workers 6,030 Combined Food Preparatioh & Servers 5,400 Retail Salespersons 4,770 Customer Servic e Representatives 3,240 Cooks & Food Preparation workers 3,230 Home Health Aides 3,190 Registere Nurses 2,920 Elementary School Teachers 2,53p Waiters & Waitresses 2,420 Correctional Officerss & Jailers 2,180 Janitors Cleaners 2,060 Office Clerks, general 1,850 Accounting & Auditing Clerks 1,620 Nursing Aides, Orderlies & Attendants 1,430 Maids & Housekeeping Cleanerx 1,420 Middle School Teachers 1,310 Secondary Schoo Teachers 1,300 Construction Laborers 1,210 Cooks, Restaurants 1,1909 Maintenance & Repair workers 1,150 Accountants & Auditors 1,1500 Receptionists & Information Clerkx 1,140 Executive Secretaries & Admin.
Assistants 1,120 Department of Workforce Solutions, “New Mexicko Employment Projections 2006-2016.” Full report availablee at: www.dws.state.nm.us/LMI/pdf/2016projections.pdf