The housing industry and the communities of apartment, complemented employ thousands of people, whether of administrative, published, operation or maintenance of facilities.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — As the nation’s unemployment rates slowly recover, the apartment industry continues to see strong demand for new employees in order to keep up with a growth rate that is expected to increase as people opt to rent apartments.
Approximately 35 percent of U.S. households are renter households, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. That number is up 4 percent from 2004. It is likely to climb even higher as the number of renter households increases anywhere from 360,000 to 470,000 annually over the next decade. Ultimately, that increase will translate into the creation of more well-paying jobs in the apartment management industry, which has come through the recent recession relatively unscathed by the layoffs and downsizing that have plagued other businesses.
“The reality is that at no point in time have we seen a significant reduction in the number of apartment units in the United States,” said National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI) President Maitri Johnson, CAPS. “Every year we keep adding to the apartment stock, and we keep adding jobs. That has not been the case with many other industries during the past few years.”
The multifamily housing industry employs more than 1 million people, not including the thousands of others working in industries that provide products and services to apartment communities. Large national apartment management companies may hire as many as 2,000 new… continue reading
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