New York and the surrounding areas have a mythical presence in the American psyche, representing the ultimate playground for the American Dream. Citizens have long dreamed of making their way to this pinnacle of business and culture to find their fate and build a life they love – and not without reason.
Thinking about a big career change? Break a leg! The arts and entertainment industry has been trending upward in the last 5 years with expectations of continued growth.
Technology is changing the world, and businesses that don’t keep up will not survive. It’s a fantastic time to enter the IT industry, and skills are in increasingly high demand as every company realizes the need to have both in-house and external tech talent at the ready.
Whether or not you identify as a “shopaholic,” you probably interact with the retail industry daily. And an industry with so much exposure naturally requires an equal number of competent workers.
If you’ve ever bought something online or shopped at Costco, you’ve interacted with the wholesale trade industry. This often invisible industry underpins both e-commerce and brick and mortar shops, and by necessity, it is a highly reliable industry for jobseekers.
Finance jobs have underwritten the American Dream. From the prototypical yuppie to the established professional, financial services offers a goldmine of employment tropes – and this is not without reason. Financial activities rate amongst the top 10 best careers for employment prospects, with an expected growth of 8.3% in job opportunities by 2028.
Leisure and hospitality – an industry predicated on delivering joy to consumers is increasingly adapting to competition from on-demand services and the talent challenges faced by all industries in 2019.
So you want to be self-employed? Sounds great – controlling your own schedule, driving your own mission or purpose, and building your own business. But does that mean you’ll be living the American Dream, or running on the gig-economy hamster wheel?
We’ll always need educators, and with massive progress in educational technology schools are becoming better equipped than ever before. It’s a great time to consider a new job in education, with a large segment of the education workforce approaching retirement and more positions open to new talent who will step into roles already empowered by new technologies.
Transformation: the buzzword you see everywhere. As technology becomes embedded in everything we do, it is imperative for industries to keep up. This is creating a veritable new world of employment and learning opportunities for jobseekers. For those currently working in or seeking to transition to jobs in the professional services realm, this is great news: this industry is one of the fastest to adapt to technological transformation.
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