Quick check
Guess first, no penalty. JobRise showed 81,699 open engineering jobs on 2 November 2026. Does that count every engineering job in the world?
On 2 November 2026, JobRise listed 81,699 open jobs in its engineering category. JobRise finds jobs on employer career pages and public job boards. That's a good view of the postings it tracks, but not of the whole job market. Read the number as "tracked by JobRise on this date".
The skills in those jobs matter as much as the count. JobRise files these skills under "Engineering, manufacturing and quality":
- Technical drawings: 15,274 open jobs, from 4,779 companies.
- AutoCAD: 10,774 open jobs, from 3,912 companies.
- Welding: 9,552 open jobs, from 3,816 companies.
- HVAC: 18,234 open jobs, from 8,962 companies.
Open jobs counts the job posts that name the skill. Companies counts how many different employers ask for it. JobRise's rising skills list also includes technical drawings, AutoCAD and welding.
What this means for you: the skills in job posts are the words to use in your CV (the document you send with a job application), and the words to check in AI output.
A worked example
Step by step
Before you repeat "81,699", ask three questions.
Step 1 of 3: Which count is it?
Step 1 of 3
Which count is it?
Open engineering jobs that JobRise tracked on 2 November 2026, from employer career pages and public job boards.
Your turn
Fill the gaps
Fill each gap so the claim matches the data.
What JobRise says
The 81,699 count is of . Technical drawings appears in 15,274 open jobs, from .
Try it
Your steps, about 2 minutes
- 1.Pick one skill from your own trade. Look it up on JobRise's skills page for your country, and note its open jobs and companies with today's date. Write one sentence on what that tells you.2 min