Report: Health care, social assistance jobs most abundant
Openings in health care and social assistance dominated the state’s job market in the third quarter of 2013, according to an analysis of online job postings by the Maine Development Foundation.
The review of more than 55,000 online job listings found that the top five industries seeking workers were social assistance, hospitals, insurance carriers and related businesses, food and drink establishments and services, and ambulatory health care services.
The top five jobs in demand were for retail salespeople, customer representatives, wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives and frontline supervisors of retail workers.
For job postings with a specific degree listed, the report found the top-requested degrees by employers included business administration and management, computer science, social work, clinical counseling and applied psychology, and engineering.
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