Current data, as reported by the writers and career professionals at ResumeWriters.com. Last updated 09/30/03. Data updated monthly. (About our data.)
 

The above data is on a 0-10 point scale. A rating of "10" would mean finding a new job in that industry right away is extremely likely. A rating of "0" would mean finding a new job in that industry right away is almost impossible.  The "+" and "-" represent the change in ranking from the previous month.

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September 30, 2003

By Brian McCullough, Head Writer, ResumeWriters.com

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The job market composite held relatively steady this month, and actually registered a slight improvement, month on month. But this improvement was largely thanks to a few key industries that made large moves, thereby compensating for what was general weakness across most of our other industries:

Banking and Brokerage continues it's strong recovery. We've lately been noticing a lot of clients finding success, especially in the retail banking sector.

Biotech and Science registered a strong jump, as we are seeing more and more clients finding jobs in especially the biotech arena. Three years ago or so, Biotech was the definition of a "hot" industry, and we used to see Biotech clients all the time. This sector has been largely dormant for the past few years, and we are unsure if this means we are seeing a turnaround in the industry. All we know is that we are seeing significant numbers of clients searching for jobs in biotech, and having considerable success finding work.

Education and Teaching saw a large move this month. Just a few months ago, state and government budget cuts seemed to be terrorizing plenty of career teachers who heretofore had felt their jobs were safe. Either those cuts have not happened, or they are not occurring with the ferocity that our clients were fearing. Our education clients seem to be having normalized success finding work, both in the public school sector and in the university/institution sector. Another factor in this might be seasonal, so we'll have to wait and see before we can make any sort of judgment one way or the other..

Finally, Healthcare and Medical saw a very strong move upward. Again, our clients seem to be finding success across the board in this industry, especially in Hospitals and private practice-type doctors offices.

As for the down side, most of the moves were incremental with few real story sectors. The Automotive industry still seems to be very weak, but this comes after several years of weakness. Our clients in this industry seem always to be anticipating new rounds of layoffs.

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