LinkedIn career expert Andrew McCaskill joins TheStreet to discuss what he sees as being the top jobs to look for in 2024.
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00:00 Andrew, what are the types of trends that you're seeing?
00:02 Are there types of works or sectors
00:03 that you're seeing a bit more interest in,
00:05 I wonder, for the new year?
00:06 - Absolutely.
00:07 So we just released our new jobs on the rise,
00:09 2024 jobs on the rise,
00:11 and some of the roles and opportunities that we're seeing
00:13 are things like the revenue drivers,
00:15 chief growth officer,
00:16 people that are driving revenue from a marketing standpoint,
00:20 people who are analysts that can take a look at the business
00:23 and see where are our gaps, where are our opportunities.
00:25 All of those things really, really matter.
00:27 So think about the parts of the business
00:29 that actually are driving money.
00:31 Most of those folks are gonna be really
00:33 in a good pole position for getting hired.
00:35 So that could be marketing and all of those things.
00:36 But they're also looking at industries too
00:39 that can be very resilient in economic uncertainty.
00:42 So government agencies are really great.
00:45 So looking at work in government,
00:46 a lot of times retail can be very resilient,
00:49 healthcare, very resilient no matter what.
00:52 And so thinking about information and technology,
00:55 you might say,
00:56 but I keep hearing about all of these layoffs in tech.
00:58 Are you really telling me that IT and technology is hot?
01:02 Absolutely.
01:03 What we're seeing in the market is that
01:05 actually the market is stabilizing.
01:08 We're seeing the stabilization.
01:09 Don't let the headlines fool you.
01:10 Go one step deeper,
01:12 there's some great opportunities out there in the market.
01:14 - And of course, you know,
01:15 the headlines oftentimes focus on a handful
01:16 of key consolidated companies, the household names,
01:19 but that's not necessarily representative of all tech jobs,
01:22 all social media jobs or whatever it is,
01:24 even if they get a lot of attention, right?
01:25 - Absolutely.
01:26 So just because a tech company may be laying off workers,
01:30 you can still get great tech jobs in other industries.
01:34 Like hospitality is hiring for tech.
01:37 You know, you could be,
01:37 government could be hiring for tech.
01:39 Your skills are highly transferable.
01:41 We can't just think about the jobs and roles for us
01:44 as just about that particular industry.
01:47 Look across other industries, there's gold out there.
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