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The pendulum around “what’s hot” in career search swings regularly.

In the not to distant past we had the swing of the dot-bombs, companies were being started almost every bit of each day. Then came the swing of the pendulum, companies folded, jobs vanished, and now ten years later many of those offices remain bare.

Then we entered the 2000’s and the hot industries were bio-tech and health-care. The SF Bay 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 professionals 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 “cleantech”. The administration has injected extensive amounts of capital for companies in a variety of connected fields – like batteries, smart-grid, photo-voltaic solar, wind. These sums 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 clients are looking for career changes, and over 20% of them are taking “Green” jobs. The job openings cover the complete spectrum from accounting to software developers to support and sales.

According to an article done by a major career website, hiring in the 2009 period in “Green” jobs increased across the US by 13 %, and that will gain 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 coming of the computer and the Internet.

The top 5 sectors for clean-tech career growth, according to CleanEdge are:
1. PV solar
2. Bio fuels & Biomaterials
3. Conservation
4. Smart Grid, and
5. Wind Power.

Making vocation changes has never been simple. Many people using the old “Historical Style” resume have very limited 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 job hunter’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!