Greenwich and Fairfield County in the southwestern region of Connecticut offers business a dynamic workforce that is one of the most productive, advanced in skill level and best educated in the nation.
In productivity alone, the output per worker in Connecticut is almost 30 percent higher than the national average. The Connecticut figure for manufacturing productivity is also well above the U.S. average.
Greenwich’s number of employed - 35,278 - meanwhile represents more than half of the population of 61,000 and the unemployment rate of 2.4 percent if roughly half the national average.
About a third of the employed pool - or 11,359 workers - live in Greenwich. Another 5,600 commute from Stamford, 2,368 from Norwalk and 1,622 from Rye, NY. Others come from Bridgeport, Fairfield, Danbury, Manhattan and New Rochelle, NY and Darien, each community contributing less than 1,000.
From Greenwich, 5,239 commute to Manhattan and 3,678 to Stamford.
At least 56 percent of the population is classified as management or professional or engaged in a related occupation, 26.4 percent in sales or office activity and nearly 10 percent in the service area.
The category breaks down further into 21.5 per cent in finance, insurance, real estate or rental-leasing, 17.9 percent in professional, scientific and management fields and 14. percent in education, health and social services.
A list of the fastest-growing occupations in the state published by the Connecticut Labor Department meanwhile shows the top five as personal financial advisors, personal and home care aides, network systems and date analysts, radiation therapists and physician assistants.
Resources for Greenwich Area Employers and Job Applicants
Local Greenwich
Atlas Staffing
Pickwick Plaza
Greenwich, CT 06830
203.629.0117
No Web site
Brennan Employment Agency
1 West Elm Street
Greenwich, CT 06830
203.869.2801
No Web site
Datapath Search Corporation
32 Sherwood Place
Greenwich, CT 06830
203.869.3536
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Fastech Resources
32 Sherwood Place
Greenwich, CT 06830
203.861.4100
No Web site
Greenwich Chamber of Commerce
245 East Putnam Ave., Suite 121
Greenwich, CT 06830
203.869.3500
Fax 203.869.3502
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Mary Bolger Personnel
125 Greenwich Avenue, 2nd Floor-Suite 4
Greenwich, CT 06830
203.869.6466
No Web site
PeopleSource Inc.
34 East Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
203.629.9596
No Web site
Utilized Senior Energy
99 Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
203.629.8031
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Woodridge Systems
209 Bruce Park Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
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Local-Regional-Connecticut
The Business Council of Fairfield County
One Landmark Square, Suite 230
Stamford, CT 06901-2679
203.359.3220
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Connecticut State-Wide
Connecticut Department of Labor
200 Folly Brook Blvd.
Wethersfield, CT 06109--1114
860.263.6505
Fax 860.263.6529
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Connecticut State Employees Association
760 Capital Ave.
Hartford, CT 06106
860.951.3528
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Connecticut Job Corps Center
455 Wintergreen Ave.
New Haven, CT 06515
203.397.3775
Fax 203.392.0299
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General National Resources
Job Bank USA
Box 331,
1417 Sadler Road
Fernandina Beach, Fl. 32034
678.318.1775
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U.S. Department of Labor
Frances Perkins Building
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20210
1.866.4.USA-DOL
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Vault.com
150 West 22nd St.
5th Floor
New York, NY 10011
212.366.4212
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Executive Recruitment
National Association of Executive Recruiters
c/o Hall and Associates Ltd.
One East Wacker Drive, Suite 2600
Chicago, Illinois 60601
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Association of Executive Search Consultants
12 East 41st Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10017
212.398.9556
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Hunt-Scanlon
700 Fairfield Avenue
Stamford, CT 06902
203.352.2920
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International Executive Search Federation
7-10 Adam Street
The Strand,
London
WC2N6AA
Web Site
Careerbuilder.com
http://www.866.438.1485
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CTJobs.com
866.562.4628
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FairfieldCountyJobs.com
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FairfieldJobs.net
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WestchesterJobs.net
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Monster.com
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Sologig.com
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