Who’s Getting Hired Right Now
Millions of jobless American's are struggling to find work as the unemployment rate stagnates around 9.1%. However, some lucky professionals are finding opportunities less difficult to come by.
If you are a jobless nurse, sales representative or truck driver — there's plenty of hope for you.
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Online job aggregator Indeed.com has sifted through its database to find the occupations that are hiring the most right now. The picture that results doesn't reflect a precise number of available jobs, because an opening can be listed in more than one place and can remain online for a time after it's filled. Also, some occupations include various job titles. For instance, sales manager includes vice president of sales, director of sales, and so on. That said, though, the numbers do offer a strong, broad gauge of who's getting jobs right now.
"The data is an encouraging sign that, despite a struggling economy, opportunities are available in a variety of sectors," says Paul Forster, chief executive and co-founder of Indeed.com.
Registered nurses top the list, with 132,283 job postings at the moment. They include registered nurses (RN), staff RNs, operating room RNs, oncology RNs, and others.
"Health care fared better overall than any other industry during the recession and has had considerably more job postings available on Indeed than other sectors," Forster says. "Registered nurses are one of the largest professions in the health care industry, and employment of nurses is expected to grow by more than 20% by 2018. Demand for preventive care is rising, and an aging baby boomer population will cause a surge in demand for health services."
Others jobs in the medical field that are also hiring like crazy: physical therapists and occupational therapists. They have 53,009 job postings and 46,598 job postings, respectively. "Occupational therapists and physical therapists are in high demand for many of the same reasons as RNs," Forster says. "Occupational therapists and physical therapists also benefit from being able to practice their expertise in a diverse range of areas — assisting different age groups in a variety of work environments, such as schools, offices, homes, and medical facilities."
IT professionals are also in high demand. Software quality assurance engineers and testers and computer software engineers currently have 83,206 and 39,280 listings, respectively.
The demand for computer and software engineers is strong evidence of U.S. employers' need for workers with IT skills, Forster says. "Information technology is taking on an increasingly vital role in all sectors of the economy."
Other bright spots: customer service representatives and sales managers, with 67,958 job listings and 65,925, respectively.
"Job postings are a leading indicator for the job market, offering a forward-looking view of jobs that companies intend to fill," Forster says. "Job postings have increased over the last year in every industry Indeed tracks, but the pace of hiring does remain sluggish."
Who's Getting Hired Right Now?
Here are the jobs with the most postings.
Registered Nurses
Job postings: 132,283
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer
Job postings: 100,917
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers
Job postings: 83,206
Customer Service Representatives
Job postings: 67,958
Sales Managers
Job postings: 65,925
Who's Getting Hired Right Now by Jacquelyn Smith. Retrieved from Forbes