Released on: January 10, 2008, 4:49 pm

Press Release Author: ManufacturingCrossing

Industry: Human Resources

Press Release Summary: According to a government report released last week, the
United States lost more than 31,000 manufacturing jobs in December 2007.

Press Release Body: Manufacturing Professionals Will Face Tough Job Searches in 2008

Pasadena, CA, January 7, 2008 -- According to a government report released last
week, the United States lost more than 31,000 manufacturing jobs in December 2007.
The total number of manufacturing jobs lost in 2007 surpassed 210,000.

Analysts are predicting that these numbers may be signs of an impending recession
and that the task of job seekers searching for new manufacturing jobs will continue
to become tougher in the new year. With so many jobs lost and so few new jobs
available, thousands of people will face uphill battles in their job searches.

"Now, more than ever, manufacturing professionals will be facing tough challenges,"
said A. Harrison Barnes, CEO of the job-aggregating company EmploymentCrossing.
"There are new manufacturing jobs becoming available every day, but those looking
for jobs in this industry can not afford to rely on traditional job-search tools
like major online job boards. They must be able to find out about the jobs that
others don't know about, whether through word of mouth or directly from the websites
of the employers themselves."

Not all the news is bad for job seekers in the manufacturing industries. Companies
as diverse as Spherion and Peterbilt Motors are filling manufacturing positions,
even with the overall decline in available manufacturing jobs. Professionals
seeking these jobs will simply need to become shrewder and will rely more on
up-and-coming sources such as EmploymentCrossing that bring together jobs from
employer websites and job boards, rather than relying on traditional job boards that
rely on employers to post jobs.

For additional information on trends in the manufacturing industry, visit
EmploymentCrossing.com and ManufacturingCrossing.com. More specific resources for
manufacturing professionals seeking jobs in particular fields can be found at
OperationsCrossing, QAQCCrossing, EngineeringCrossing, BlueCollarCrossing, and other
relevant EmploymentCrossing sites.

About EmploymentCrossing:
EmploymentCrossing.com is a job-aggregating website. Monitoring more than 8,000
employer websites and job boards for jobs each day, EmploymentCrossing brings
together hundreds of thousands of job listings from every industry from all over the
Internet. Additionally, EmploymentCrossing features more than 30 industry-specific
job-search portals, including ManufacturingCrossing.com, OperationsCrossing.com,
QAQCCrossing.com, EngineeringCrossing.com, BlueCollarCrossing.com, and others for
various industries.

Web Site: http://www.manufacturingcrossing.com

Contact Details: Contact:
Mary Waldron, Editorial Coordinator
ManufacturingCrossing
626-243-1821
maryw@employmentcrossing.com