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March 2008

2008 Executive Hiring Survey - What's Growing and What's Going

ExecuNet just released their "16th Annual Executive Job Market Intelligence Report" survey of more than 250 employer organizations.

These are the executive job functions that corporate employers anticipate will deliver the highest executive hiring growth in 2008. Note, these are functions, NOT industries.

  • Business Development, 14.8%
  • Sales, 12.9%
  • Operations Management (including Quality,
    Supply Chain and Logistics), 12.9%
  • General Management, 10.3%
  • Finance, 9.1%
  • Engineering, 9.1%
  • Marketing, 8.7%
  • MIS / Information Technology, 6.2%
  • Consulting, 6.1%
  • Research and Development, 5.7%
  • Human Resources, 3.5%

You can download an eight-page summary of the report from ExecuNet even if you are not a member. (The full report requires ExecuNet membership.)

Deb Dib on March 14, 2008 in Executive Career Management, The Executive Job Search | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

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