And despite the recent widespread
layoff announcements at some of these big companies,
government data does show that the labor market remains strong
with unemployment hovering near record lows.
So whether it's by choice or necessity,
many Americans will be looking for a new job this year according to surveys.
So for those looking to switch careers job searching website,
indeed did just compile its annual list of the best jobs
for the year in 2023.
And joining me now is scott Dabrowski, career trend expert and indeed scott.
It's great to have you on the show here. And what are the top jobs for this year?
Well, you're exactly right.
A lot of people searching for work right now,
whether they want to or whether they're finding
themselves in a position where they have to.
So we wanted to put out a list of the 25 best jobs
to have this year based on what matters most to job seekers today.
So number one on this year's list is full stack developer, number two,
data engineer, number three, cloud engineer,
number four psychiatric nurse and number five Senior product manager.
And of course the list does go on and on.
But it's interesting to see that four of the five rolls at the
top are in tech and one of them is in health care.
Very interesting scott. And so how do you compile this list?
Is it work life balance that makes these ones, the top jobs,
you know, this year we looked at various factors.
Um we have a bunch of studies real time analysis here and indeed we
have our finger on the pulse of what really matters to most people.
And we also acknowledge that what matters,
the one person is not always the same as someone else,
but overwhelmingly there are three factors that
really matter most to people today.
Number one opportunity, they want to be able to find the jobs.
So we're looking at jobs that have seen the most growth on.
Indeed over the past three years,
Number two people want to get paid and they want to get paid fairly or competitively.
So we're looking at jobs that are paying at
least what the average US worker makes or more.
And then number three, which is a new factor this year,
we're looking at flexibility.
We know remote work willingness to work wherever you
want and flexibility is a huge factor Right now.
So we also looked at jobs that had at least 10% of their job openings,
they had to be flexible type of work.
Well, that makes sense.
Certainly,
I think that the pandemic has kind of eased us into that reality to some extent,
Scott.
What about the top paying jobs? Is that something that you looked at?
Because I think a lot of people
looking at their credit card debt right now,
looking at their own financial goals and thinking, well, you know,
if I can make more money, maybe I should take a new opportunity.
Yeah, that is certainly a big reason into why people transition careers.
And again, there are jobs from a variety of sectors on this year's top 25 list.
Tech does dominate the list with 44% of the jobs, many in health care,
many HR type of jobs you see on your screen there,
many of them also really command very handsome
salaries that are well above the national average.
In fact, the top five roles, there are more than two,
twice as much the national average.
So what it really goes to show is that a lot of technical skill sets,
especially for tech roles, but also healthcare rolls
and rolls that really focus on retaining employees within organizations.
Those really dominated this year's top 25 list and they pay very handsomely
scott very quickly in about 30 seconds. Quick tips.
Top tips for jobseekers, how do they get noticed?
Yeah, quick tips. First off. Look for hybrid evolving roles right now.
So a job title that you might have today or that you had yesterday,
it could carry a completely different roles.
So be very open to roles and job titles you haven't seen before.
Um You know, use sites like indeed for instance where you can go in,
put the days you want to work preferences, size of the cup,
company flexibility options and boom bam via
automation and ai you're gonna get delivered
the jobs that match your preferences and then of course network network network,
whether your friends, family, former colleagues
that still goes, referrals are still a huge source and how people get hired
such good advice scott, Dombroski, career trend expert and, indeed, scott.
Thank you.