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Healthcare employment, IT employment and related technical fields require continuing education and careful trend tracking for those who want to stay competitive in the job market. There are many ways those new to a technical industry can stay on top of trends and developments so they don't get left behind in the job market.
If you're looking for pharmaceutical employment, for example, add commercial trade magazines and professional journals to your subscriptions to job bulletins and pharmaceutical employment RSS feeds. Trade mags cover the latest developments and can keep you posted when new technology and requirements become part of the industry mainstream.
Another way you can monitor industry trends is by attending trade shows and conventions. Even government employment conventions can be useful for networking, information sharing and trend spotting. If you're looking for a job in a technical field, industry trade shows could be your best source of information on new hiring trends, or even current openings in your field. Healthcare employment professionals often use trade shows to recruit, and IT employment opportunities are often found simply by asking the right questions at a trade show vendor booth.
Another way to monitor industry trends is to look at what's happening in the government sector. Union workers might not think they have much in common with their government employment counterparts, but in technical fields, time and again it's the government leading the way with early adoption or innovation in highly specialized careers.
How do you watch government agencies to spot their trends? Take another trip to the newsstand; government agencies publish the same kinds of periodicals that union workers are used to reading--but with a government angle instead of a union-oriented one. Official News, Industrial Hygiene News, and Governing Magazine are just a few of the titles you can find when searching for government trade publications.
Industry trends affecting IT employment, union workers, and other skilled professionals can also be tracked through Internet forums, blogs and comment sections devoted to specific industries. Go trend spotting on local forums, or find plenty of information through industry blogs such as the Healthcare Intelligence Network (www.hin.com) or the Data Center Network blog at Cisco.com.
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