2017 Job Search Trends - Copeland Coaching

2017 Job Search Trends First, can you believe its December 11th?! Wow, this year has really gone by fast! Lets look at whats happened in the job search world in 2017! Each year, Indeed.com takes a look back at how job searching has changed in the last year. And, they ought to know. Founded in 2004, Indeed holds the title as the worlds largest job website. They get over 200 million unique visitors each month from over 60 countries. As you probably have, those millions of people use Indeed to search for jobs. And, Indeed has saved all that data about the millions and millions of job searches. Theyve analyzed it to share insights with us for this year by country. Some of what they found is widespread. People around the world are looking for jobs related to technology and to flexibility. And, it makes sense. Who doesnt want a work-from-home job? In the U.S., searches for hurricane relief are up 682% and searches for no experience required are up 1,114%. I have to imagine that searches related to experience have to do with young employees feeling the strain of entry level job postings that require many years of experience. In Canada, tech, finance, and full time searches grew. But, older programming languages including Perl, Ruby, and Delphi dropped by 48%. This is just a reminder that to stay relevant in technology jobs, youve always got to be learning and evolving. In Ireland, some of the hot searches were: part-time, talent acquisition, summer internship, and new store opening. But, searches around the construction industry dropped by 65%. In the Netherlands, furniture maker grew by 245%, while nurses dropped by 72%. Belgium has seen a jump in people looking for java related jobs by 422%. Searches are also up for government related jobs and student jobs. In France, the number one rising search is for happiness. French workers searched for jobs related to happiness by over 200% of what they searched for in 2016. And, PR manager jobs were down by 49%. In Germany, folks were searching for: part-time job, education, optometrist, and cyber security. In India, people were searching for more jobs related to digital marketing (80%), government jobs (60%), and tech-related jobs (98%). Interestingly, as the government promoted Ayurveda medicine, searches for the holistic system jumped, while searches for pharmaceuticals dropped. In Australia, the search term 457 visa sponsorship rose by 91%. This coincided with the government cutting back on its skilled foreign worker program. Its both interesting and a little nuts to see how changes in government or in business can so quickly refocus us and our job searches. I cant wait to see whats in store for 2018! To learn more about Indeeds trends (and a few I left out), check out their entire piece here. I hope these tips have helped you. Visit CopelandCoaching.com to find more tips to improve your job search. If I can be of assistance to you, don’t hesitate to reach out to me here. Visit CopelandCoaching.com to find more tips to improve your job search. If I can be of assistance to you, dont hesitate to reach out to me here. Also, be sure to subscribe to my Copeland Coaching Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher where I discuss career advice every Tuesday! If youve already heard the podcast and enjoy it, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Happy hunting! Angela Copeland @CopelandCoach