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2012: Good Expectations?

12.01.2012: Looking at hiring trends, growth opportunities – and how to stand out in 2012

Where Are They Hiring in 2012?

Questions:

Where are the hottest, quirkiest hiring sectors for professional and managerial levels? Where is the fastest-growing (although generally non-executive) career? Which are the top five highest paying careers in medical sector?
And, is Space Tourism really a growth industry?

Answers:

According to The Daily Galaxy’s Future Forecast report, the top markets in 2012 that will attract a six-figure (US dollars) salary include:

  • Computational Biology – computer science, biology and math.
  • Brain Analysts
  • Data Technology. Data technologists build real and virtual structures.
  • Simulation Engineering

And not in the executive range, but definitely a growth industry:

  • Boomer Caregiving. Retiring baby boomers will need help with errands, chores and home care. From 2004 to 2014, home health aide will be the fastest-growing career, with 56% growth and about 350,000 new openings, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Those top five highest paying medical opportunities? Here they are:

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Internist
  • Gynecologist
  • Oral Surgeon
  • Orthodontist

And some maybe quirky industries you may not have considered, but which are showing dramatic growth:

  • Space Tourism
  • Roboticists

Fernando Mengoni/sxc
 

Growth Markets

New commercial opportunities may emerge from some diverse areas, according to a brief summary of recent global market reports.

For example:

  • The December 2010 report ‘India’s Broadband Market – Growth Opportunities’ (Dion Global Solutions) suggests that nearly 40% of Indian households will have broadband connection by 2014, and mobile broadband will drive the growth in the Indian broadband sector.
  • The global chemical industry may have a positive future, based in part on economic growth in the emerging economies, according to an August 2011 report from industry experts, titled ‘Specialty Chemicals – A Global Market Overview’. Fast growth is forecast for emerging nations in Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East, Emerging Europe and Latin America, with major growth in China, India and Brazil, and noteworthy growth in countries such as Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.
  • According to Select Biosciences, the global pharmaceutical market is expected to reach US$1,020 billion by the end of 2012. “Robust growth in the pharmaceutical markets of emerging world economies has outpaced the overall growth of the global pharmaceutical market,” according to the company’s June 2011 report, ‘Emerging Pharmaceutical Markets 2012’.

Rob Owen-Wahl/sxc

Standing Out in the Crowd

Tell us your success stories – what makes your company stand out?

We’ll soon send you a short survey, which will form the basis of a new whitepaper on the multi-cultural workplace. This topic affects all our businesses, so we welcome your input.
And, if you can’t wait for the survey, share your stories with us now – see Hamilton’s article (below) for an example of a great success story.
Tell us your challenges, new ideas and innovative solutions. 

NEWSFLASH!

New IRC article: How Herbalife (South & Central America) found high-quality executive recruitment support – with superb communication, detailed project management and a hands-on partner in DRH-Talent Search (IRC-Brazil), a member firm with IRC Global Executive Search Partners.
‘Treating You Right’ Case Study’: published January 2012.

 

 

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