Major Industries Job Trends January 2009
March 2, 2009 
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Healthcare and Information Technology saw the most job postings in January 2009, with Retail, Accounting and Financial Services and Banking rounding out the top 5.
All of the major industries were down when compared to the numbers of Jobs posted in January 2008. Education and Healthcare were the two major industries with the least decrease. All other major industries showed a 43% or greater decrease in job postings in January 2009.
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It is definitely amazing to see how much our economy has effected the job trends. Thousands upon thousands of people were and are still currently being affected by this economy and the tough times. When I went to apply for jobs in January I had no luck at all as well as in February. It took me three months just to find a minimum wage paying job in the retail industry, whereas a couple years back I would have had no trouble finding a job in this industry. In my opinion the best field to always find jobs in is the health care industry because even in the tough times of our economy the jobs in health care continue to rise instead of cease like in real estate.
The job trends are certainly on the decline and with the recession getting worse the chances of reversing the trend in the future looks bleak. I was to join an IT firm in August of this year but I am worried about my future there.