The determination to find a new job for the new year is a resolution surpassed perhaps only by the resolve to lose weight. If you re thinking about making a change in 2001, you might like to know which job fields are seeing the most exciting growth and promise. The experts all have their opinions, which we ve listed in a table below. Perhaps even more instructive is a look at some of the trends and conditions that will affect job growth and regression in the coming year. Among the factors that will influence job growth in 2001 are a new administration in Washington, the aging population, the Internet, the trend toward cocooning and increased leisure time, energy shortages and high energy prices, an increasingly diverse population, mergers and acquisitions, stock-market fluctuations, and rapidly advancing technology.
Some trends exert obvious influences.
Thousands of Clinton administration appointees will be looking for new jobs as thousands of Bush administration wannabes clamor to replace them. The aging population means greater demands on the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and leisure industries. It also means openings for college graduates in most sectors because of retiring Baby Boomers. More online shopping, for example, means more jobs in package-delivery services. With more and more young people online, the Internet also is seen as a key venue for reaching the coveted youth market.