The year 2012 will end on a good note according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) survey for December 2012. The LINE survey showed that the hiring rate increased in the service sector for the last five months of 2012 when compared with the previous year. Economists predict that the job market will improve in 2013. This is good news for job seekers.
Here is a list of what job seekers can look forward to in 2013:
- Researchers say the U.S. economy is expected to grow by 2.7 percent in 2013.
- Economists predict the unemployment rate may drop to 7.5 percent.
- National Association for Business Economics project an average of 165,000 jobs will be added per month in 2013.
- The strongest sectors for hiring in the first quarter are expected to be wholesale and retail trade, leisure and hospitality and professional and business services, according to Manpower’s 2013 first quarter employment survey.
- According to staffing services company Robert Half International, mobile applications developers will see on average a 9 percent increase in salary.
This is all good news and encouraging for job seekers. Use this information to your advantage. Knowing what industries will be hiring in the first quarter of 2013 will give you insight on developing a strategy that will make the best use of your time when searching for employment.
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