Job Hunting Trends for 2010…
30 November 2009The pendulum around “what’s hot” in job hunting swings regularly.
In the not to distant past we had the swing of the dot-bombs, companies were being started almost every moment of each day. Then came the swing of the pendulum, companies folded, jobs vanished, and now ten years later many of those offices remain empty.
Then we entered the 21st century and the hot industries were bio-tech and health-care. The San Francisco Area saw a growth of schools training people in the medical field; even the EDD started training people for the medical field. Unfortunately, after a few years, the number of people looking for jobs far exceeded the needs of the industry and today many of these individuals are now seeking a new hot field.
The new buzzword for jobs in 2009-10…and maybe beyond…is “GREEN JOBS”. The government has injected extensive sums of capital for companies in a variety of connected areas – like energy storage, energy grid, PV solar, wind. These amounts are allowing these companies to expand and also helping new companies to get a start. According to CNN Money (11/18/2009), the government stimulus money has made 110,185 jobs in California. In discussions with Paul Davis, V.P. of Client Services here at the AA-Careers job hunting center, this year 25% of new clients are seeking career changes, and over 20% of them are taking clean tech jobs. The career positions cover the complete spectrum from finance to engineering and testing developers to project planning and sales.
According to an article done by a major career website, hiring in the 2009 period in “Green” jobs increased across the US by 13 %, and that will gain once again in 2010. Clean Edge.(October 2009) states “President Obama and Chinese President Jintao have both made clean-tech development and deployment a cornerstone of their leadership, targeting the creation of millions of new clean-tech jobs”. “Many believe we are just at the beginning of the clean-tech job creation era.” It could be the largest growth area since the advent of the computer and the Net.
The top 5 industry sectors for clean-tech career activity, according to CleanEdge are:
1. CPV solar
2. Bio fuels & Biomaterials
3. Conservation
4. Smart Grid, and
5. Wind Power.
Making vocation changes has never been easy. Many people using the old “Tombstone Style” resume have no success and tend to give up, using statements such as “they are only hiring people with prior experience”. Paul Davis and his staff at AA-Careers have been extremely successful for years using specific, targeted resumes which contain more and highly specific information regarding the job hunter’s ability to make the company money or save them money, based upon past accomplishments. Think about your past accomplishments and how could they apply to the new rapidly growing “green” sector.
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