It’s essential to recognize 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 hour 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 bare.

Then we entered the “oughts” and the hot industries were bio-tech and health-care. The SF Area saw a growth of schools training people in the medical field; even the EDD started training people for the medical field. Unfortunately, after a couple of years, the number of people looking for healthcare jobsfar exceeded the needs of the industry and today many of these individuals 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 tremendous sums of funds for companies in a variety of connected industries - like energy storage, smart-grid, photo-voltaic solar, 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 created 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 job openings cover the complete rante from accounting to engineering and testing developers to administration and merchandising.

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 grow 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 deepest growth area since the advent of the computer and the Internet.

The top 5 areas for clean-tech job activity, according to CleanEdge are:
1. CPV solar
2. Bio fuels & Biomaterials
3. Conservation and Recycling
4. Smart Grid, and
5. Small Wind.

Making job transitions has never been easy. Many people using the old “Historical Style” resume have little or no success and tend to give up, using excuses such as “they are only hiring people with prior experience”. Paul Davis and his staff at AA-Careers have been extraordinarily 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 past accomplishments and how could they apply to the new rapidly growing “green” jobs.

Stay tuned for more hiring trends with AA-Careers new job hunting blog!