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Posted By: Staff Editor In: Business Professional
Find local employer trends in Philadelphia at PhillyJobs.com.
Spotting local employment trends is as easy as looking at employment news headlines. It’s easy to find news stories and features online on hot careers—a quick look at CNN.com’s Living section reveals plenty of facts and figures about hiring. Did you know Maxim Healthcare Services wants to hire 500 before the end of the year? Employment news like this is encouraging to anyone with a health care degree, but that’s not the only industry that has opportunities waiting for qualified applications.
Watching the news is helpful, especially if you’re contemplating a career employment change or going back to school to get qualified in a new area. Even if you don’t have your certifications or schooling finished, you may find plenty of local companies eager to get employment applications in critically understaffed areas. The key is to monitor the job board closely for trends in your area of expertise, but also to look for companies that seem unrelated, but have similar needs.
For example, if you’re anticipating getting IT certification in the next six months, a hospital or dental group might not be the first place you think of applying to. But these organizations need IT help, too. There are plenty of glamour jobs in the IT field, but the competition for those jobs can be fierce. Why not get your feet wet at a company that has equal need?
Local employment trends often mirror national ones, but sometimes the unique needs of the local area create job markets that don’t exist elsewhere. Anyone who comes from a community with a military base in it knows that some specialties are automatically more in demand thanks to the existence of that base. If you’re looking for career employment, consider the markets created by the dominant corporations and independent businesses in your area. College towns demand both health care experts and IT professionals, while areas heavy on factory and industrial technology need inspectors, environmental experts, and professional food service contractors, just to name a few.
Looking beyond the surface of the job market is the key. Don’t miss a golden opportunity— they are easily overlooked by those who don’t take a second look at a seemingly unrelated industry. That second look often reveals plenty of ways to get your foot in the door without shorting yourself on experience in your skill sets.
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