Believe it or not, there is actually good news in the job market and companies are hiring in several major industries. In fact according to job aggregator Indeed, several industries are currently hiring several hundreds of thousands of workers. While hiring is down compared to last year’s numbers, there are still plenty of jobs available for job seekers throughout the U.S. The industry trying to hiring the most employees is the Information Technology sector with over 395,000 job openings. The professions within IT that are most searched for include Project Managers, Business Analysts, Graphic Designers, Program Managers, Technical Writers, and a multitude of Engineers (Software Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Process Engineers, and Java Developers to name a few). And the cities with the highest number of job seekers include New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston and Dallas.
Healthcare
The industry who is actually hiring the most employees is Healthcare, with over 580,000 unfilled positions available. There is only an 8% decline in positions available since last year making Healthcare the strongest industry in terms of not being drastically affected by the current economic climate. Positions people are interested in applying for include Medical Assistants, Dental Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians, Social Workers, Phlebotomists, and Pharmaceutical Sales Reps. And similar to the IT industry, the cities with the highest number of job seekers include NY, Atlanta, Houston, Chicago and Dallas. The Education Industry is almost on par with the Healthcare industry in terms of not losing ground from last year. Education has only suffered a 9% decline in the number of jobs available since 2008, also making it a very strong industry that is holding up against the economic downturn.
Retail
Other industries have mixed results in terms of raw numbers of jobs available versus a decline in last year’s numbers. The Retail sector actually has almost 300,000 positions available, but it is down 45% since last year’s job numbers. The hardest hit sectors have been the Real Estate and Accounting industries which saw declines of 58% and 53% respectively since last year. Although Accounting jobs have taken a dramatic dip in percentage terms, there are still over 100,000 jobs available, so it may not be as dire as the percentage would imply. The good news overall is that companies are definitely still hiring and some sectors such as Healthcare and Education are actually holding up quite well. So if you’re looking for a job, don’t give up!
