(March 12, 2009) Best to know the top 8 areas for jobs in 2009 when placing your clients.
In 2009, the job market will be full of contrasts: some industries will be eviscerated while others face shortages of workers. The good news is that despite the recession, there are still real jobs to be had. The bad news is that you may have to change fields to find one.
The trick to job hunting in 2009 will be to figure out how your skill-set can translate across industries, says Elaine Varelas, a managing partner at Boston-based outplacement firm Keystone Partners, so that you're not confined to searching one sector of the economy. "People are frustrated because it's taking them a while to assess the job market," she says. "They'll have to figure out other things they can - and want - to do." Successful job-seekers will be the ones who can figure out how to take skills learned in one kind of job and translate them into assets in others.
Here are the top eight areas where work can be found in 2009:
1) Nursing & Medical Services
2) Computing & Engineering
3) Education
4) Green Jobs
5) Energy
6) Infrastructure
7) The New Finance
8) Self-Employment & Small Business
9) Retirement, Reconsidered
10) Telecommuting.