Looking for more positive signs of the job market opening up? Check out this past Saturday's New York Times article on the increase of online job postings. According to the report, job postings rose more than 50 percent in 2010 over Web postings in the year 2009. The folks at Simply Hired, the primary source of information for the Times article, point to this upswing as a reason for optimism.
Certain industries currently offer more promise than others. Surprisingly, manufacturing job postings were up 94% in December 2010 as compared with December 2009. Other sectors with higher postings include automotive, transportation-related, legal and financial services industries. There also appears to be good news for techies: web postings have skyrocketed for jobs containing keywords like HTML5, Mobile App, Android, Twitter, jQuery, and cloud computing (see WSJ story here).
Geographically, some of the best regions for finding a job are Washington, DC; West Palm Beach, FL; Baltimore; Boston; Milwaukee; Minneapolis/St. Paul; Oklahoma City; San Francisco Bay Area; and Denver.
If these industries or regions are not your first choice, you might consider becoming a bit more flexible in your search. You also might re-evaluate your skills to determine how you can capitalize on those growing job markets. Your goal always is to optimize your chances of getting your job.
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