The Cash Trio

It’s monumental to know when the “hot job” pendulum swings to a new area – particularly if your job or industry is out of favor.

In the not to distant past we had the swing of the dot-bombs, companies were being started almost every minute of each day. Then came the swing of the pendulum, companies folded, jobs went away, and now ten years later many of those buildings remain vacant.

Then we entered the 21st century and the hot industries were bio-tech and health-care. The Silicon Valley saw a growth of schools training people in the medical field; even the EDD started training people for the medical field. Unfortunately, after a few years, the number of people looking for healthcare jobsfar outstripped the needs of the industry and today many of these people are now seeking a new hot field.

The new buzzword for jobs in 2009-10…and maybe beyond…is “GREEN JOBS”. The administration has injected mammoth sums of capital for companies in a variety of connected fields – like energy storage, smart-grid, photo-voltaic solar, small wind. These funds are allowing these companies to expand and also helping new companies to get a start. According to CNN Money (11/18/2009), the government stimulus money has made 110,185 jobs in California. In discussions with Paul Davis, V.P. of Client Services here at the AA-Careers job hunting center, this year 25% of new customers are looking for vocation changes, and over 20% of them are taking clean tech jobs. The career positions cover the complete rante from accounting to software system developers to customer service and marketing.

According to an article done by a major career website, hiring in the 2009 period in “Green” jobs increased nationwide by 13 %, and that will increment once again in 2010. Clean Edge.(October 2009) states “President Obama and Chinese President Jintao have both made clean-tech development and deployment a cornerstone of their leadership, targeting the creation of millions of new clean-tech jobs”. “Many believe we are just at the beginning of the clean-tech job creation era.” It could be the largest growth area since the advent of the computer and the Internet.

The top 5 sectors for clean-tech job growth, according to CleanEdge are:
1. solar thermal
2. Bio fuels & Biomaterials
3. Conservation
4. Smart Grid, and
5. Wind Power.

Making vocation transitions has never been simple. Many people using the old “Tombstone Style” resume have very limited success and tend to give up, using statements such as “they are only hiring people with prior experience”. Paul Davis and his staff at AA-Careers have been very successful for years using specific, targeted resumes which contain more and highly specific information regarding the client’s ability to make the company money or save them money, based upon past accomplishments. Think about your own accomplishments and how could they apply to the new rapidly growing “green” jobs.

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