RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Triangle employers are still ready to hire tens of thousands of workers across a range of industries, from healthcare to banking to biotech to software.

Even though job creation slowed nationally last month, job boards across the Triangle indicate there’s no slowdown in hiring.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics unveiled its latest jobs report on Friday, counting 194,000 jobs added nationwide in September. That’s down from 336,000 jobs added in August and a significant drop from the 488,000 originally forecasted. Still, notable gains spread across leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, retail trade and transportation and warehousing. However, public education jobs slipped significantly, even adjusting for seasonal back-to-school hiring trends.

And even as unemployment claims recently fell by 38,000 in the largest weekly drop since late-June, several factors continue to muddle the job market recovery. Rising COVID cases, vaccine mandates and school reopenings were the backdrop of September’s jobs report.

Large employers in the Triangle are beginning to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine or risk termination. SAS, IBM and Red Hat—which employ thousands of people across the Triangle—are now mandating vaccinations, and more companies are likely to follow suit in the coming weeks. The impacts of vaccine mandates haven’t come into view quite yet.

Job fairs across Triangle look to match those seeking work with companies

WRAL TechWire’s weekly Jobs Report compiles 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 the job boards since last week’s Jobs Report:

National Job Search Sites

Here’s an overview of the number of local jobs posted on national job boards compared to last week, as of Sunday afternoon.

  • Adzuna:
    • ⇓ Wake County: 41,297 jobs (-2,075 from a week ago)
    • ⇓ Raleigh: 24,406 (-771)
    • ⇑ Durham County: 10,330 (+1,227)
  • Dice.com (using the 5-mile radius filter):
    • ⇑ Raleigh: 18,541 (+360)
    • ⇑ Durham: 18,327 (+422)
    • ⇑ Chapel Hill: 18,093 (+436)
  • Glassdoor: ⇑ 42,560 jobs in the Research Triangle Park area (-50)
  • Indeed (5-mile radius filter):
    • ⇑ Raleigh: 16,247 (+261)
    • ⇑ Durham: 9,955 (+132)
    • ⇓ Chapel Hill: 3,502 (-705)
  • InHerSight: Pages upon pages of jobs across the RTP area
  • LinkedIn (using the “exact location” and “0-miles” filters):
    • ⇓ Raleigh: 26,967 (-732)
    • ⇑ Durham: 14,408 (+1,444)
    • ⇑ Chapel Hill: 2,636 (no change)
  • Remote Tech Jobs: Several remote jobs offered by Triangle-area employers
  • ZipRecruiter (5-mile filter):
    • ⇑ Raleigh: 34,674 (+2,757)
    • ⇑ Durham: 14,293 (+215)
    • ⇓ Chapel Hill: 3,587 (-85)

Startup Job Search Sites

Aside from the boards above, job seekers can also find local startup jobs at SimplyHired (250 startup jobs near Research Triangle Park), LinkedIn (6,907 results in and around Raleigh), Indeed (328 startup jobs in/near RTP), and AngelList (job openings in Raleigh, Durham and across North Carolina).

Here’s a look at local and regional job sites, listed in alphabetical order:

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. AMA Triangle provides professional training, free career webinars and a job board offering free resume placement for marketing professionals.

As of Sunday afternoon, AMA Triangle’s job board shows 91 marketing jobs in Raleigh, 40 in Durham and 15 in Chapel Hill (using the 25-mile radius filter).

A few new jobs were posted last week:

  • North Carolina State University seeks an academic communications and marketing specialist in Raleigh.
  • Hillrom‘s Cary office is adding a senior software engineer specializing in video communications.

American Underground

Durham-based startup hub American Underground regularly posts job openings on its job board. Job seekers can filter their search by job function, location, company, industry and job title. As of Sunday afternoon, the site shows 309 jobs at 37 companies.

Dozens of jobs were posted in the last seven days:

  • Workforce software provider CloudFactory is looking to hire an IT service delivery lead in Durham.
  • EnMass Energy, a supply chain procurement and operations platform, is hiring two UX product design managers in Durham.
  • FeedStation, an e-commerce software provider, seeks a C#/.NET developer and a senior C#/.NET developer in Durham.
  • Kinston-based private jet company flyExclusive is hiring a maintenance controller and a maintenance administrator.
  • Edtech startup LearnPlatform is hiring a full-stack engineer and a product analyst in Raleigh (or remote).
  • LiveRamp, a California-headquartered SaaS firm, added several remote jobs including commercial lead, senior SRE engineer, software engineers, solutions engineer, big data infrastructure engineer, DevOps engineer, technical account manager, stats forecasting software engineer, account executive of agency partnerships, content writer, senior customer success manager, senior full-stack engineer, senior product manager and senior talent acquisition partner.
  • Insurtech startup Noyo is hiring a remote operations analyst.
  • Durham digital consultancy Pathos Ethos added listings for two junior designers, two junior digital marketers, two PHP/WordPress developers and a project manager.
  • AI startup Polaris Quantum Biotech is hiring an account manager in Durham (or remote).
  • Insurtech startup Policygenius is hiring a director of growth marketing and a growth marketing manager in Durham.
  • Web development consulting firm Savas Labs seeks a business development coordinator in Durham.
  • Durham-based payments software provider Spreedly is hiring a senior software engineer and a product manager (remote options).
  • Design and development firm Thoughtbot posted a remote job for a designer.

Bio Jobs Hub

Earlier this year, WRAL TechWire and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center 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.

Want a biopharma manufacturing job? Here are 5 key questions, answers about career path

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.

Many 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 others.

Leadership Triangle

Leadership Triangle’s job board is packed with local jobs. The site displays 615 openings at 30 companies as of Sunday afternoon.

Here’s what’s been posted in the last week:

  • Blue Cross NC is hiring for several positions in Durham, including RFP marketing communications specialist, Python developer, episodic care manager, principal strategic advisor, senior strategic advisor in sales and marketing, manager of governance and performance management, senior solutions coach, senior data visualization specialist, senior strategic advisor of governance and performance management, Medicare regional sales executive, senior risk advisor, senior Citrix and packaging design engineer, business systems testing analyst, Salesforce administrator, portfolio analyst, mergers and acquisition finance principal, and health insurance sales consultant.
  • Capitol Broadcasting Company (WRAL TechWire’s parent company) in Raleigh is hiring an associate producer, an SEO analyst, a manager of membership services, a podcast managing editor, an ad operations coordinator, a baseball director of corporate partnerships, a baseball receptionist and a baseball operating manager.
  • Coastal Credit Union seeks a card services business systems analyst, a BSA officer and a project requirements analyst in Raleigh.
  • Compass Center for Women and Families is hiring a coordinator of enhanced client services and a court advocacy and community response manager.
  • Medicago in Durham added openings for a quality assurance senior associate, a manufacturing specialist and a senior supervisor in quality control biochemistry.
  • North Carolina Central University in Durham posted several positions, including human resources specialist, research technician, assistant/associate professor (for the department of human sciences), project manager engineer, accounting technician, administrative support associate, paralegal, comptroller and quality enhancement plan director.
  • Research Triangle Park added an opening for a multimedia designer.
  • Self-Help Credit Union is hiring a commercial lending appraisal officer, a content developer writer and a mortgage loan officer in Durham.
  • Truist added several jobs across its Triangle-area locations. Open positions include relationship bankers, senior relationship bankers, a financial services specialist, a universal banker, a cybersecurity senior engineer, a premier banker and a premier advisor.
  • Village of Wisdom is hiring an operations manager in Durham.

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.

NCBiotech also touts jobs through its Bio Jobs Hub program.

Dozens of jobs were added to NCBiotech’s board over the last week (since Oct. 4):

  • Fermentation research scientist/associate at BioResource International in Durham
  • Accessioning unit manager and research technician at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute in Durham
  • Research associate at Duke University’s Benfey Lab in Durham
  • Small animal surgeon and postdoctoral fellows in heart and muscle regeneration at Duke University’s Bursac Lab in Durham
  • Postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University’s Cell Death Laboratory in Durham
  • Supply chain documentation specialist, manufacturing manager, IGIV-C technicians, instrumentation technicians, process engineer, purification technician and IGIV-C material control technician at Grifols in Clayton
  • Business development manager at Hiray Pharma Solutions in Durham
  • Clinical operations manager at the Institute for Medical Research in Durham
  • Development engineer at KNOW Bio in Durham
  • Merck & Co. added several jobs in Durham, including associate director of engineering, VMF maintenance shift manager, technician, maintenance technician, senior quality assurance specialist, compliance technician, operations director, associate warehouse technician, operations technician, lead operations technician, senior operating technician, oncology sales specialist, associate specialist, senior specialist in deviation management, associate technician, senior operations specialist and senior specialist in validation engineering.
  • Workforce development director at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in RTP
  • Business development coordinator and operations manager at Powered Research in Durham and RTP
  • Director of clinical operations and clinical outsourcing manager at Precision BioSciences in Durham
  • Grant writer at Redbud Labs in RTP
  • Durham-based Shattuck Labs added several openings, including clinical supply project manager, director of clinical pharmacology and pharmacometrics, scientist, senior director of clinical operations, senior scientist, director of upstream process development, supply chain director, director/senior director of portfolio management, analytical development scientist, analytical development senior scientist, associate director of clinical research and senior director of clinical research.
  • Research manager at UNC Chapel Hill’s Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease

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.

A few new jobs were added to the site last week:

  • Biopharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences seeks an R&D IT technology lead and an innovation advocate in Raleigh.
  • IT consulting firm 360 Cloud Solutions is hiring NetSuite consultants, a recruiter, a developer, a solutions sales consultant, and a financial planning and analysis consultant.

NCWorks

NCWorks, the statewide job search portal run by the North Carolina Department of Commerce, 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.

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

NCWorks reports thousands of available positions. More than 2,100 people added or updated their resumes at the site in the past week, as of Sunday afternoon.

Here are the top 10 Wake County-based employers with the most job openings:

  • Wake County Public School System: 2,949 jobs
  • WakeMed Health and Hospitals: 2,076
  • Deloitte: 1,356
  • UNC Health Care System: 1,304
  • NC State University: 1,272
  • Food Lion: 935
  • Microsoft: 790
  • Facebook: 644
  • UNC Rockingham Health Care: 629
  • IBM: 598

IQVIA already hiring for dozens of roles at new ‘Innovation Laboratories’ facility

Here are the top companies/organizations by job openings in Durham County:

  • Duke University: 3,186
  • IBM: 1,616
  • Duke Careers: 939
  • IQVIA: 701 (side news: the company recently opened a new lab facility and is hiring for 100 jobs in Durham)
  • Microsoft: 691
  • Cree Wolfspeed: 677
  • Durham Public Schools: 592
  • Fidelity Investments: 562 (side news: Fidelity recently announced plans to add 1,500 entry-level jobs in North Carolina by the end of this year)
  • Laboratory Corporation of America: 536
  • Cisco Systems: 524

Fidelity is looking for talent, not a degree, as it seeks to fill 1,500 new jobs

And here are the top employers in Orange County:

  • UNC Health Care System: 1,252
  • UNC-Chapel Hill: 654
  • UNC Rockingham Health Care: 600
  • UNC Health: 534
  • Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools: 357
  • Food Lion: 225
  • ARAMARK Corporation: 138
  • Orange County Schools: 134
  • Harris Teeter: 97
  • Piedmont Health Services: 97

Raleigh Founded

Raleigh Founded, a startup incubator and coworking space, has its own job board. Job seekers can filter results by company, company size or industry.

The site currently lists 304 positions at 30 companies, as of Sunday afternoon.

Here’s what’s new on the site over the last seven days:

  • Raleigh agtech startup EarthOptics is hiring a field technician.
  • Edtech startup LearnPlatform is hiring a full-stack engineer in Raleigh (remote option).
  • Levitate, a client communications software platform, is hiring a customer success manager and a sales development representative in Raleigh.
  • LifeWork Collaborative Foundation, a nonprofit that supports skilled late-career workers, is hiring an interim CFO in Raleigh (or remote).
  • Product design and development firm MedPharm is hiring two analytical scientists in Durham.
  • Digital consultancy Pathos Ethos is hiring two junior designers, two junior digital marketers, two PHP/WordPress developers and a project manager in Durham.
  • Raleigh tech startup Pendo added listings for a senior accountant, a stock administrator, a global payroll and equity manager, and a commercial account executive.
  • Rasgo, a data science platform, is hiring a remote senior software engineer.
  • Veeva Systems, a cloud software provider, is looking to add a senior front-end software engineer and a senior Java software engineer to its Raleigh office.
    • The company also has several remote job openings, including senior collaboration solution engineer, HR and compensation analyst, business consultants, associate IT integration engineer, associate release engineer, automation engineers, commercial counsel, content marketing manager, data analyst, data engineer, development leader, data science director, quality solutions strategy director, sales operations director, financial business systems analyst, IT integration engineer, IT project manager, lead product designer, marketing analytics manager and supervisor, principal and senior software engineers (multiple roles), product designers, QA engineers, proposal manager, QA manager, regulatory manager, sales managers, sales support analyst, senior automation infrastructure engineer, senior collaboration solution engineers, senior data scientists, senior DevOps engineer, senior identity access engineers, senior IT infrastructure engineer, senior IT SOX analyst, senior SOX compliance analyst, senior stock plan analyst, senior sustaining engineer, senior systems engineer, software architects, solutions consultants (multiple roles), strategy leader, sustaining data ops engineer, UI architect, communications director, case processing efficiency specialists, creative services associate director, digital marketing senior director and web infrastructure developer, digital marketing manager, product and program management directors, field marketing manager, product managers (multiple roles), product marketing associate, product operations analyst, technical writers, senior product alliances manager and marketing VP.

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.

Triangle Region Job Board

Leadership Triangle, Raleigh Founded and American Underground recently teamed up to create the Triangle Region Job Board, which synthesizes all of the openings posted on the organizations’ job boards. (Those openings are listed under their respective subheadings above.)

As of Sunday afternoon, the site shows 1,902 listings from 86 companies. The latest Triangle-area openings come from the following employers:

  • ArchiveSocial (Durham)
  • Blue Cross NC (Durham)
  • Capitol Broadcasting Company (Raleigh, Durham and Holly Springs)
  • Citrix (Raleigh and remote)
  • CloudFactory (Durham)
  • Coastal Credit Union (Raleigh)
  • EarthOptics (Raleigh)
  • EnMass Energy (Durham)
  • FeedStation (Durham)
  • LearnPlatform (Raleigh and remote)
  • Levitate (Raleigh)
  • Medicago (Durham)
  • MedPharm (Durham)
  • North Carolina Central University (Durham)
  • Pathos Ethos (Durham)
  • Pendo (Raleigh)
  • Policygenius (Durham)
  • Research Triangle Park (RTP)
  • Savas Labs (Durham)
  • Self-Help Credit Union (Durham)
  • Spreedly (Durham and remote)
  • Truist (locations across the Triangle)
  • Veeva Systems (Raleigh and remote)

Work in the Triangle

Work in the Triangle, a Wake County Economic Development program, shares new openings daily through its Twitter feed, @WorkTriangleNC. And the search continues to be intense for talent to fill thousands of open jobs both inside and outside the Triangle tech sector.

Every Tuesday, Work in the Triangle’s #TriangleTuesdays hashtag lists hot jobs.

Posts from last Tuesday (Oct. 5) included openings from:

Scroll through the #TriangleTuesdays hashtag on Twitter for more details on the openings.

New Jobs at Mycovia Pharmaceuticals

Last month, RTP-based Mycovia Pharmaceuticals told TechWire that it’s hiring for several positions in project management, market access, insights and analytics, marketing and quality assurance. The late-stage biopharma company is developing drugs to meet women’s health needs.

A Mycovia spokesperson says it plans to add around nine employees through the fourth quarter of 2021. Its current headcount is 21.

Open positions include:

  • Commercial project manager
  • Director of trade and patient support
  • Senior director of pricing and contract analytics
  • VP of value access and trade
  • Senior director of insights and analytics
  • Senior product manager
  • Senior director of marketing
  • Quality assurance manager

Read more and apply here.

New Jobs at Terra Dotta

Chapel Hill-based edtech company Terra Dotta told TechWire in late-August that it’s continuing to hire in the greater RTP area and anticipates another 10 new hires across sales, product development and marketing before the end of the year. The firm already has about 35 employees in the Triangle area.

Its latest openings are for a product marketing manager and a professional services manager. Read more and apply here.

The boost in hiring comes as the company just made the Inc. 5000 list and is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Terra Dotta CEO Anthony Rotoli says, “This level of growth isn’t as common in a more mature company, but we are actively hiring to continue a high growth trajectory and support the international program and global engagement priorities of higher education, both in North Carolina and nationwide.”

Upcoming Job Fairs and Career Events

CRO Career Conversations: Oct 13. 8, 5:30-7 p.m. (online)

In this virtual event, attendees will hear from contract research organization (CRO) industry professionals as they discuss their career paths and responsibilities.

NC TECH Virtual Job Expo: Oct. 20, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (online)

The North Carolina Technology Association’s virtual job fair will connect employers to job seekers looking for work in a tech role or to support a tech company. The event is free for candidates and job seekers.

NC Graduate & Professional School Information Fair: Oct. 27, 12-6 p.m. (online)

This virtual career event will connect employers with students from Davidson College, NC State University, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Wilmington and Wake Forest University.

NC Master’s & Doctoral Virtual Career Fair: Nov. 4, 12-4 p.m. (online)

Duke University, NC State University, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro and Wake Forest University will convene hundreds of advanced degree alumni, candidates and postdocs to meet with companies looking for new talent.

NC State’s Data Science Virtual Career Expo: Nov. 9, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. (online)

NC State students and alumni who are interested in pursuing a career in data science can join this virtual career expo to meet employers and learn more about the field.

Startup Internship Meet and Greet: Nov. 10, 4 p.m. @UNC Chapel Hill, Polk Place

Innovate Carolina and Central Carolina Community College are hosting an event for students to network and explore internship opportunities with local startups.

NC State’s Spatial Connect Virtual Career Fair: Nov. 17, 1-5 p.m. (online)

Students interested in geospatial analytics and spatial data science can join this virtual career fair to learn more about the field and network with employers.

Wake Tech Community College Business & IT Spring 2022 Career Fair: Feb. 9, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. (online)

In February 2022, Wake Tech will host an online job fair for business and information technology students looking for new career opportunities.

More 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:

Twitter Accounts to Follow

Here are some locally run Twitter accounts that regularly share job openings in the Triangle: