Healthcare Takes Over From Sales for Most Job and Resume Postings

During the fourth quarter of 2005, the category with the most job postings across our network of 15,000 niche career sites was Information Technology. In the first and second quarters of 2006, Sales & Sales Management took over. During the third quarter, the leading category was Healthcare & Medical with 15.39 of the job postings across the entire network.

The switch from Sales & Sales Management to Healthcare & Medical was due to a significant decrease in sales postings at the same time as there was a significant increase in healthcare postings. Sales & Sales Management showed a decrease of 3.89 percent while Healthcare & Medical grew during the third quarter by 5.18 percent, which strongly contributed to its one year growth rate of 4.50 percent.
In addition to Healthcare & Medical leading the way in job postings, it has also taken over in the number of on-line resume postings, Healthcare & Medical surpassed Clerical & Administrative to secure the top spot with 15.29 of all resume posted to our network. Clerical & Administrative dropped to the number two spot for the first time in four consecutive quarters with 13.35 percent.
Geographically, the top metro area for resume postings was New York City. Over the past 12 months, the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island metropolitan region saw 17.12 of the resume postings across the network.
Some other interesting tidbits:

• 45 of resume postings are from candidates who identify themselves as being a member of a minority group.
• Executive candidates are also more heavily concentrated in the Western Region, with the Northeastern Region consisting of the fewest executives.
• Over 50 percent of healthcare candidates have a four year college degree or higher.
• The city with the most healthcare job postings is Phoenix, Arizona.