Growing number of new postings show Triangle’s job market remains hot

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – The Triangle’s job market is staying resilient through the COVID-19 pandemic, with local hiring activity ramping up in recent weeks. And new data indicates that many more jobs are coming as the number of startups swells accross the region as well as the state.

WRAL TechWire’s weekly jobs column keeps readers posted on local job and internship opportunities. Every Monday, we round up the latest information from the region’s top job boards, offering a breakdown of how many jobs are posted, which companies are hiring and for what positions. We’ve also included upcoming job fairs, student-centric resources and a list of Twitter accounts that track local job openings.

Let’s highlight what’s new on local job boards since last week’s roundup.

NCWorks

NCWorks is a statewide job search portal run by the North Carolina Department of Commerce, which has nearly 100 career centers located across the state. Users can filter NCWorks’ database by keyword, location, occupation group or specific occupations, minimum acceptable salary, education level, job sources and date posted. NCWorks also has a mobile app on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

The site’s COVID-19 job board lists companies hiring to fill immediate technical and healthcare needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

North Carolina military veterans, transitioning service members and spouses can find additional resources on NCWorks’ separate veterans portal.

NEW JOBS:

NCWorks saw more than 2,400 positions were updated over the past week, with 116 new jobs posted on Sunday, March 14 alone.

Wake County-based employers with the most job openings include:

Wake County Public School System (1,391 jobs)
WakeMed Health and Hospitals (536)
NC State University (510)
Pharmaceutical Research Associates International (393)
UNC Health Care System (382)
UNC Rockingham Health Care (380)
Lenovo (309)
INC Research (220)
Credit Suisse (211)
Gilead Sciences (204)
Advance Auto Parts (155)
Allscripts (147)
City of Raleigh (130)
Harris Teeter (119)
PRA Health Sciences (117)
Duke University Health System (112)
Food Lion (111)
CVS Health (110)
IQVIA (109)
Wells Fargo (104)
First Citizens Bank (101)
Lowes Foods (101)
McDonald’s Corporation (101)

AMA Triangle

AMA Triangle, the fifth-largest chapter in American Marketing Association’s nationwide network, aims to be a go-to resource for all things marketing in the Triangle—serving more than 470 members. AMA Triangle provides professional training, free career webinars and a job board offering free resume placement for marketing professionals. Every month, it hosts a free “Transitions Mastermind” program for job seekers and those seeking advice on career improvement.

NEW JOBS:

AMA Triangle’s job board currently features 55 marketing jobs within a 100-mile radius of Raleigh, 30 results within a 100-mile radius of Durham, and 25 results within a 100-mile radius of Chapel Hill.

Here are the positions that have been added over the last week:

Cary: Digital marketing consultant for Verizon
Durham: Marketing intern for Schneider Electric’s GreenStruxure partnership
Knightdale: Senior manager of strategic marketing at Schneider Electric

American Underground

Durham-based startup hub American Underground regularly posts job openings on its job board. Job seekers can filter their search by skills, position level (c-suite, co-founder, entry-level, mid-level or senior-level), job type (full-time, part-time or intern), job classification (1099 or W2), and work location (on-site, flexible or remote).

NEW JOBS:

Since last week’s roundup, one new listing was added to AU’s job board: Strategic account manager at Durham-based digital advertising startup Adwerx. The company also has listings for a digital marketing specialist, a mid-market account executive and a site reliability/infrastructure engineer.

Here are some other listings posted over the last few months:

Pattern Health, a health tech startup that recently made news headlines for raising $1.5 million in new funding, is currently seeking an inside sales representative, a senior DevOps engineer, a security and compliance manager, a director of marketing and a director of business development.

Book publishing startup Written Word Media is hiring a customer service and content specialist.
Web design firm Pathos Ethos is hiring in several positions, including product manager, contract WordPress developer, back-end developer, front-end developer, mobile developer and director of engineering.
Digital storytelling startup Looma is on the hunt for a lead designer to fill a role as its first internal design hire.

American Underground-based CureMint, a startup with a procurement software platform for dental organizations, is also looking to add new talent to its team. It has openings for several positions (read more and apply here):

Senior software engineer
Mid level software engineer
Senior product manager
Mid level product manager
Marketing specialist

Bio Jobs Hub

WRAL TechWire and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center recently launched a Bio Jobs Hub platform focused on biopharma manufacturing—one of North Carolina’s largest industries, employing over 26,000 people. Typical biopharma jobs include process technicians, maintenance and/or instrumentation technicians, quality assurance and quality control associates, process development scientists and process engineers. This industry also offers competitive entry-level salaries, from $42,000 to $60,000.

Scientists, skilled laborers and recent graduates can use the Bio Jobs Hub resource to find career and training opportunities in their area. Users can search by location, job category/activity and region.

$2.3 billion in biomanufacturing expansions is driving demand for more workers across NC

NEW JOBS:

Dozens of biopharma companies are hiring in the Triangle, including large employers like Biogen in Research Triangle Park, bioMérieux in Durham, GSK in Zebulon, Merck & Co. in Durham, Novo Nordisk in Durham and Clayton, Pfizer in Sanford, and many more.

NCBiotech

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s extensive jobs board lists open jobs and internships from local life science companies and research organizations. Users can filter by job category, employment type (full-time, part-time and contractor), keywords, postal code and radius.

NEW JOBS:

Over the past week (since March 8), 25 new jobs were added to NCBiotech’s board, including:

Scientific consultant/grant writing specialist at Eva Garland Consulting in Raleigh
GeneCoda’s client is seeking a regulatory affairs client liaison
Research technician for the Duke Human Vaccine Institute’s Division of Structural biology
Manufacturing technician at Impact Stars in Raleigh
Entry-level technician at MedKoo Biosciences in Morrisville
Laboratory coordinator, downstream process development supervisor and protein purification research assistant/associate at Curie Co. in Durham
Quality supervisor, laboratory supervisor and metrologist at Alcami in Durham and Morrisville
EHS and biological safety manager at Pfizer in Morrisville
IT support engineer at Durham-based Precision BioSciences
FAccessioning technician at Foundation Medicine in Morrisville
CTI clinical trial biostatistician, clinical project manager, senior statistical programmer, senior developer and proposal writer at CTI Clinical Trial Consulting’s Raleigh office
Senior manager/associate director of small molecule quality at TG Therapeutics in Raleigh (or remote)
Laboratory technician at Shattuck Labs in Durham
Frankel Staffing Partners is looking for an experienced quality assurance specialist and an associate device engineer for two RTP-based clients

NC TECH

The North Carolina Technology Association (NC TECH) has an interactive job board you can use to find your next career opportunity. Users can search by keyword, location, category, type (contract, full-time, part-time or temp to full-time), experience and education level.

NEW JOBS:

Here’s a recap of what’s been posted over the past month:

Financial systems administrator at Cypress Creek Renewables, a solar energy company. The position will be based in Durham.
.NET application developer at Western Carolina University, with a remote work option available. For the telework option, candidates must be located within an eight-hour drive of WCU’s campus in Cullowhee.
Associate account manager at publishing software provider BlueMatrix
Senior software engineer at adtech startup Kevel (formerly Adzerk)
Lead cloud engineer/VP, functional business analyst, cloud engineer/assistant VP, java developer/assistant VP and senior full-stack engineer/VP at Deutsche Bank’s office in Cary
Project engineer at RTP-based supply chain software provider Optricity Corporation

Raleigh Founded

Raleigh Founded, a startup incubator and coworking space, launched a jobs board and research page in January. You can filter your search by company, company size and industry.

NEW JOBS:

Raleigh Founded’s job board currently lists 136 positions at 25 companies (as of March 14). Here’s what’s new since last week:

Raleigh startup Pendo, which is quickly ramping up its hiring this year, posted about a dozen openings in the last week: Enterprise account executives (remote), associate sales engineer, demo engineer, director of customer education, multimedia content manager, senior marketing manager, director of success operations, senior talent sourcer, technical account manager, general counsel, sales development manager, accounting manager, director of community and engagement, and growth marketing manager.

Other new job listings posted within the last 10 days include:

Account manager at Rezdy, a booking and distribution platform
Senior project manager and tools engineer at Veeva Systems, a cloud software company
Facilities engineer at Durham-based pharmaceutical development firm MedPharm

Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster

This isn’t a job board per se, but the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster’s list of job search sources is a helpful resource for job seekers in the clean energy sector. The list has links to career opportunities from the organization’s members and partners.

Work in the Triangle

Work in the Triangle, a Wake County Economic Development program, shares new openings daily through its Twitter feed, @WorkTriangleNC.

NEW JOBS:

The organization runs a weekly #TriangleTuesdays Hot Jobs alert. Last week’s posts featured jobs from Duke Energy, PNC Bank, Bank of America, Seqirus, Wells Fargo, BB&T, Credit Suisse, Lenovo, SAS, Capitol Broadcasting (WRAL TechWire’s parent company), First Citizens, NC State, Red Hat, Wake Med, Blue Cross NC, First National Bank, KPMG, UNC Health and RTI International.

Find more by scrolling through the #TriangleTuesdays hashtag on Twitter.

Upcoming Job Fairs

Virtual Career Fair for Individuals with Disabilities: March 23, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (online)

North Carolina’s Office of State Human Resources is hosting a virtual career fair to help individuals with disabilities find their next job or internship in the public sector. Job seekers can chat with state agency employers via text chat sessions. Registration is free for job seekers.

NC State Poole College of Management Small Business Internship Fair: March 26, 1-4 p.m. (online)

This virtual event will connect business students to small businesses, startups and nonprofit organizations that are seeking talent for summer internships and projects.

Wake Tech Virtual Business & IT Career Fair: March 31, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. (online)

This virtual career fair will connect Wake Tech students with local companies that are hiring business and information technology professionals. NOTE: This event is specifically for Wake Tech associates and college transfer students/alumni pursuing business and IT careers.

NC TECH’s Virtual Tech Job Expo: April 21, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (online)

At NC TECH’s virtual Tech Job Expo, employers can connect and network with professionals seeking jobs and internships in tech. Tickets are free for candidates and job seekers.

Job Resources for Local Students

If you’re a student looking for an internship or entry-level position at a local company or organization, your university has resources to help you get started. Quick links below:

Duke University: Student Affairs Career Center
Durham Technical Community College: College Central Network
NC Central University: Eagle Career Network
NC State University: Career Development Center, Career Help During COVID-19 and Jobs at NCSU
UNC Chapel Hill: University Career Resources and Careers at UNC Chapel Hill
Wake Technical Community College: College Central Network and Career and Employment Resources

Student Internship/Career Program Deadlines

Triangle Women in STEM Launch Award: March 26

Triangle Women in STEM’s new Launch Scholarship program will provide a one-time cash award of $2,500 to help a graduating college woman transition into her career at an RTP-based company or research institution.

Startup Job Search Sites

Aside from the boards above, job seekers can also find local startup jobs at SimplyHired (241 jobs are available near Research Triangle Park), LinkedIn (1,034 results in and around Raleigh), Indeed (251 startup jobs in RTP), and AngelList (job openings in Raleigh, Durham and across North Carolina).