The Lane Report -- Employment June 1998

EMPLOYMENT - June '98

'98 Job Market Posts Healthy Gains

This year's college graduates find themselves in the enviable position of entering the job market at a time when the nation's strong economy is producing an abundance of opportunity. In fact, statistics from the JOBTRAK Index, which monitors job postings at more than 750 college and university career centers across the nation, reflect almost a 32 percent increase in job openings posted in April 1998 as compared to openings posted at the same time last year.

Of the 24 categories listed by JOBTRAK, only five reflected a slowdown in growth; the remainder report exceedingly healthy increases of two- to three-digit percentage points.

Where the Jobs Are...

	Percentage of jobs posted	Number of jobs posted compared to 1997 statistics
Sales & Marketing	17.2%	+ 34.0%
Business & Management	15.7%	+ 47.9%
Computers and Information Science	13.7%	- 12.2%
Accounting & Finance	11.0%	+ 31.6%
Engineering	9.6%	+ 17.6%
Clerical & Secretarial	4.9%	+ 25.0%
Communications/Medical	4.4%	+ 51.8%
Public Affairs & Social Services	4.2%	+ 86.8%
Education	4.2%	+ 66.8%
Law	2.5%	+104.6%
Health & Life Sciences	2.1%	+ 63.0%
Physical Science	0.9%	+ 35.3%
Graphic & Commercial Arts	0.6%	+ 43.6%
Construction Technology	0.4%	- 16.0%
Architecture & Interior Design	0.3%	+ 93.3%
Agriculture & Natural Resources	0.3%	+ 74.1%
Psychology	0.3%	- 11.3%
Fine & Applied Arts	0.2%	- 32.8%
Library Science	0.1%	+ 26.7%

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