2009 Hiring Predictions - Straight from Cheezhead
30th December, 2008 - Posted by Robin Ogden -
Just finished reading 2009 hiring predictions on Cheezhead - here’s a brief:
“The industries set to see the most number of new jobs are professional and business services and information technology, as 28 percent of IT employers and 23 percent of professional and business services employers plan to add full-time jobs. The transportation and utilities industry will increase by 20 percent, sales by 16 percent, healthcare by 14 percent, financial services by 13 percent, retail by 7 percent and hospitality by 5 percent.”
Posted by Robin Ogden
Tags: career information, college grad interviewing, industries hiring, job search, job search help, job search tips, where to find a job
Posted on: December 30, 2008
Filed under: job openings, job search, work
1 Comment
Dan Erwin
January 8th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Robin: When you dig deeper into hiring predictions, one of the fascinating conclusions was articulated by Knowledge@Wharton today. Companies want people with people skills. Their January 7 post was oriented to finding money for innovation, but the post went on to develop that idea. The ability to communicate well and other “soft skills” are just as important as technological expertise. This differs not in the slightest from research at the Dallas Fed dating back to 2003 when they found that people skills are at the top of the talent hierarchy and predicted it would stay there. So no matter how few years of work, we’re all going to need a technology PLUS people skills for significant success and money in our pockets. The Wharton report was oriented to both Bachelor degreed people and MBAs. Technology expertise without people skills no longer provides much in the way of employability or security.
A recession is a great time to conduct a deep self-audit and take every advantage to develop those skills.
Leave a reply