Hot Jobs in 2014
Here are Hot Jobs for 2014 by total postings and growth. I”ve been tracking job posting data for four years. Here are the job posting trends from Aug 2013 to June 2014.
The Dunn Economic Growth Theory (Copyright 2014)
The difference between jobs filled and job postings are job postings are the jobs companies cannot fill internally. In this business climate, many managers must sign off on a new job posting. Hence, the effort is usually significant thus the need must be at least as significant and cost justified. Therefore, this analysis is a actually key macro-economic barometer of where businesses are heading.
Analysis
As always, revenue generating job categories like sales, customer service and retail are strong. However, as the recovery matures other categories like management, health care and IT are coming back.
Job Posting Data from 5/23/14 and 8/17/13
Data Source: Careerbuilder.com public website| 5/23/2014 | 8/21/2013 | 5/14 vs 8/13 | 5/23/2014 | 8/21/2013 |
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| Rank | Job Posting Category | # of Postings | # of Postings | Growth (+/-) | % of Postings | % of Postings |
| 1 | Sales | 111,249 | 113,062 | -1.6% | 9.7% | 10.0% |
| 2 | Management | 102,552 | 104,310 | -1.7% | 8.9% | 9.2% |
| 3 | HealthCare | 75,892 | 78,250 | -3.1% | 6.6% | 6.9% |
| 4 | Customer Service | 74,975 | 74,328 | 0.9% | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 5 | Skilled Labor | 53,449 | 45,788 | 14.3% | 4.7% | 4.0% |
| 6 | Retail | 50,066 | 52,333 | -4.5% | 4.4% | 4.6% |
| 7 | Information Technology | 45,668 | 54,808 | -20.0% | 4.0% | 4.8% |
| 8 | Finance | 43,863 | 41,581 | 5.2% | 3.8% | 3.7% |
| 9 | Entry Level | 37,258 | 35,615 | 4.4% | 3.2% | 3.1% |
| 10 | Nurse | 34,587 | 37,735 | -9.1% | 3.0% | 3.3% |
| 11 | Accounting | 33,757 | 37,378 | -10.7% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| 12 | Engineering | 33,045 | 36,354 | -10.0% | 2.9% | 3.2% |
| 13 | Other | 32,752 | 30,297 | 7.5% | 2.9% | 2.7% |
| 14 | Admin-Clerical | 31,340 | 30,742 | 1.9% | 2.7% | 2.7% |
| 15 | Tranportation | 27,996 | 23,156 | 17.3% | 2.4% | 2.0% |
| 16 | Manufacturing | 25,012 | 23,504 | 6.0% | 2.2% | 2.1% |
| 17 | Installation - Maint | 24,905 | 14,375 | 42.3% | 2.2% | 1.3% |
| 18 | Automotive | 21,937 | 16,429 | 25.1% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| 19 | Professional Services | 21,163 | 22,558 | -6.6% | 1.8% | 2.0% |
| 20 | Marketing | 20,266 | 23,060 | -13.8% | 1.8% | 2.0% |
| 21 | Insurance | 19,571 | 19,511 | 0.3% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| 22 | Banking | 19,527 | 12,480 | 36.1% | 1.7% | 1.1% |
| 23 | Business Development | 16,434 | 19,784 | -20.4% | 1.4% | 1.7% |
| 24 | Consultant | 16,985 | 16,097 | 5.2% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| 25 | Restaurant Food | 16,202 | 17,484 | -7.9% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| 26 | Distribution - Shipping | 14,879 | 11,757 | 21.0% | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| 27 | Design | 14,650 | 15,002 | -2.4% | 1.3% | 1.3% |
| 28 | Training | 12,469 | 11,823 | 5.2% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| 29 | General Business | 12,395 | 12,480 | -0.7% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| 30 | Education | 12,138 | 16,983 | -39.9% | 1.1% | 1.5% |
| 31 | General Labor | 11,978 | 9,371 | 21.8% | 1.0% | 0.8% |
| 32 | Strategy - Planning | 11,692 | 11,093 | 5.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| 33 | QA - Quallity Control | 10,618 | 10,847 | -2.2% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| 34 | Human Resourses | 10,302 | 9,709 | 5.8% | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| 35 | Construction | 9,085 | 7,624 | 16.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| 36 | Hospitality | 8,278 | 6,490 | 21.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| 37 | Warehouse | 7,680 | 7,873 | -2.5% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| 38 | Legal | 7,611 | 7,659 | -0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| 39 | Telecommunications | 6,609 | 7,251 | -9.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| 40 | Science | 6,538 | 6,051 | 7.4% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
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| Totals | 1,147,373 | 1,133,032 | 1.2% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |