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Top Sites for Employment Trends and Statistics

collegecareerlife — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:27:37 +0000

Successful career planning requires an understanding of employment trends, including which occupations are growing and which are declining. Several great websites offer statistics on job growth, layoffs, and hiring. A few of the best sites for tracking employment trends and statistics:

Vault.com Employment Tracker

Vault’s employment tracker lists significant layoffs and hires from small and large companies in a variety of industries. New hiring and layoff events are listed daily, along with other information such as location of events and specific departments affected.

Indeed.com Stats

Check Indeed.com’s statistics feature to find out if your skills are in demand, what the job market competition is like in your city, or hiring changes in your industry. Indeed reports the top trends based on percentage of matching job postings from thousands of job boards. The job market competition statistic compares the number of jobs to the number of job seekers in each city.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics provides information including state and local unemployment rates, international unemployment rates, employment by occupation, employment projections and mass layoff events. You’ll also find statistics regarding pay and benefits, workplace injuries, and productivity.

Layoff Watch

LayoffWatch.com reports details of major layoff events at companies and organizations in the United States. Reasons for layoffs, quotes from management, and location of layoffs are included in reports.

Career One Stop

Fastest growing occupations, occupations with most openings, and fastest growing occupations are a few statistics reported at Careeronestop.org. The site also offers the detailed statistics for each state.

PayScale

For wage and benefit trends, including compensation by company size and location, visit PayScale.com. The PayScale Index tracks changes in compensation over time. You can also view compensation trends based on city, company size, and industry. PayScale offers several other useful features and tools, including a cost-of-living calculator and personalized salary reports.

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When Your Dream Career is Dying

collegecareerlife — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:00:42 +0000

With changes in technology and culture come shifts in career trends. Some of the jobs that exist today will be obsolete in a few decades, while many future jobs don’t exist yet. Entire industries die and new ones develop. This is all good news if you’ve identified a good career in an up-and-coming field. But what if your dream job is in a dying industry? Read on to learn how can you achieve career satisfaction even when your dream job is disappearing.

Make it a Hobby

Your passion doesn’t have to be your livelihood – and maybe it shouldn’t be. When you have to do something, it automatically becomes less appealing. Work will be stressful, no matter how interesting, and your passion may fade when it’s associated with the stress of a full-time job. Solution: find a job you like and save your passion for a hobby.

Embrace Technology

If you’ve always wanted to be a journalist, you can still be one, but you’ll need additional skills. Web development and programming abilities will improve your chances of landing a job. Technical skills combined with a traditional career can lead to greater job satisfaction and security. Look at job listings in your chosen field to find out what skills are in demand (I recommend the employment trends feature at SimplyHired.com).

Why Do You Really Like the Job?

Maybe your dream career has everything – it’s interesting, fits your personality, and aligns with your values. But it’s also possible that an underlying characteristic of the job appeals to you more than the job itself. Maybe it’s creativity expression, social interaction, or autonomy. Find out what you’re really looking for in a career and search for high-growth jobs that offer it.

Even if you choose a stable job, it’s likely you’ll change careers several times during your lifetime for various reasons. Rapidly changing technology and globalization require a more flexible, adaptive workforce. Don’t feel like you’re stuck in a job once you make a career choice or that you can’t break into a new field. Read the Top Ten Sites for Choosing a Career for great online career planning resources.

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Hiring Trends for 2010 College Graduates

collegecareerlife — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:55:22 +0000

Update: Latest hiring trends for the Class of 2010 (from MSNBC): Dim job outlook brightens for the class of 2010.

Summary:

5 % increase in hiring of 2010 graduates over 2009 graduates
most in-demand majors : accounting, business administration, computer science, engineering, and math
Survey shows only 40% of graduates have offers, compared to two-thirds of graduates in 2007

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Original Article:

College graduates faced a tough job market in 2009, but will 2010 graduates face similar challenges? Although layoffs have slowed down, unemployment is at a 26 year high and a recent survey conducted by Michigan State University’s Collegiate Employment Research Institute doesn’t offer a lot of hope to college seniors. The survey shows that hiring for 2010 graduates is predicted to decline by 2% from 2009.

According to MSU’s survey, large and medium-sized companies plan to decrease hiring, while smaller companies plan to hire more graduates. Statistics and environmental science are the most in-demand degrees, but one-third of employers would consider graduates with any degree. Regions with the most job growth are the South Central, Northwest, and Southwest.

Despite the negative survey results, many companies are thriving. A great example of growth in the technology industry is Intelius Screening Solutions, a leading provider of on-demand employment and drug screening solutions to thousands of businesses throughout North America. The company has experienced growth of 578% over the last five years and has added over 100 people to its workforce.

I spoke with Intelius Screening Solutions General Manager, Todd Owens, about hiring trends for 2010 graduates. Mr. Owens advises recent graduates to focus on growing industries such as healthcare, education, energy, and technology. He also suggests that graduates be open to relocation, since some areas are experiencing job growth. In addition, graduates should look at the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies for ideas on where to apply.

The greatest differentiator for businesses over the coming years will be customer service, says Mr. Owens. Sales, account management and customer service jobs are great choices for recent graduates with any degree. Young workers are ideal candidates for such positions because of their energy and enthusiasm. According to Mr. Owens, new graduates are a great investment for the future because they have a willingness to learn and to take on a variety of roles. He says that this is the best time to be entering the workforce because today’s young, eager, and educated graduates will be well-positioned for the next expansion.

So what should graduates do to improve their chances of finding employment? Surveys and experts indicate that graduates should focus on smaller companies. They should also be open to moving to regions where hiring is improving. Employers are looking for flexibility, so job-seekers need to demonstrate the ability to take on a variety of responsibilities. Read Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World
for more advice for life after graduation.

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