What are the Hot Jobs of Summer 2015?

Last month we posted Hiring: All Signs Point to Growth, but are you wondering which industry groups top the employment growth charts? And which industries rank the lowest? Staffing Industry Analysts released the Hottest U.S. Job Markets: July 2015 Update earlier this month that answers these very questions.

Of 11 major industry groups, here’s how they ranked according to their composite growth score (CGS factors in the average monthly job growth over the prior 12, 6 and 3 months, as well as the level of acceleration or deceleration in growth observed over each of those periods).

1. Professional and business services (74)
2. Education and health services (72)
3. Trade, transportation, and utilities (67)
4. Leisure and Hospitality (64)
5. Construction (62)
6. Financial activities (47)
7. Manufacturing (43)
8. Information (43)
9. Other Services (41)
10. Government (37)
11. Mining and Logging (15)

As you can see, of the 11 major industry groups, ‘professional and business services’ ranked highest in employment growth with a CGS of 74, and Mining and Logging ranked lowest with a CGS of 15. Within these major industry groups, 247 specific industries were ranked individually. Among all of the industries, here are the top 5 industries with the highest employment growth:

1. Retail – Warehouse clubs and supercenters (78)
2. Nonresidential electrical contractors (76)
3. Computer systems design and related services (76)
4. Management consulting services (76)
5. Residential specialty trade contractors (74)

The 5 industries with the lowest employment growth were:

1. Support activities for oil and gas operations (9)
2. Agricultural, construction, and mining machinery (17)
3. Oil and gas pipeline construction (19)
4. Oil and gas extraction (21)
5. Wholesale – Recyclable materials (21)

It’s also important to understand how many jobs there are in each of these industries. While some industries may have a high growth score, there may not be that many jobs overall in the industry. And then there may be some industries that do not have a very high CGS, but still employ a lot of people. So which industries boast a high CGS AND have a high overall employment number in summer 2015?

So what does this tell us? Any of the following would be a good place to look for jobs: healthcare jobs in hospitals, temp jobs at temporary employment agencies like Placers, jobs servicing the elderly and disabled, medical jobs at doctor’s offices, IT Jobs in all industries – and of course retail and restaurant jobs. Each are hot, hot, hot this summer 2015!