- Registered Nurses
- General and Operations Managers
- Physicians and Surgeons
- Elementary School Teachers
- Accountants and Auditors
- Computer Software Engineers
- Sales Representatives and Managers
- Computer System Analysis
- Management Analysts
- Secondary School Teachers.
Source: Career Voyages
In-Demand Occupations
The top three “in-demand” occupations listed on the site are in the health care industry; operations managers, including health care Managers and physicians are just below registered nurses.
Researchers predict that about 587,000 new jobs for registered nurses will open in the United States during the next seven years, in addition to 2.5 million existing positions. But statistics show that only about 200,000 candidates passed the registered nurse licensing exam in 2007, while thousands of experienced nurses approach retirement age.
The strength of the health job market isn’t enough to offset the massive job losses in sectors such as finance, manufacturing and retail. However, demand for skilled workers in information technology and green and renewable energy industries could help stabilize the job market as the need for qualified workers in those sectors should remain strong, recruiting and industry analysis predict.
A survey by ExecuNet, an online career service for executives, found in December 2008 that 40 percent of the respondents reported that they saw signs of rising demand for managerial talent – a strong increase compared to 26 percent reported just a month earlier.
Education should be another strong sector, analysts agree. Qualified elementary and secondary school teachers will remain in high demand.
When it comes to green technology, the hottest job prospects will be in areas such as forestry, wind turbine manufacturing, solar-energy research and development, an environmental engineering, experts say. However, growth and intensity of the job markets in green technology and renewable energy will depend on policies of the Obama administration, proposed tax incentives ad potential government funding.
----Bill Leonard, HR Magazine (March 2009) |