10 Industries With The Most Job Postings: Indeed.com

In this relatively jobless economic recovery, it can often feel like no one is hiring. But some industries are, in fact, looking to expand their workforce.

According to job search aggregator indeed.com's tracking of industry employment trends, 11 industries posted more job listings in May than during the previous month. Indeed.com watches job postings across 13 industries, such as health care, media and retail, using over 10,000 job sources worldwide, including listings from private companies and websites like CareerBuilder.com.

With a quarterly increase of 33 percent, the transportation industry has the fastest-growing demand for workers, and manufacturing is also on the rise with a 20 percent increase. But it's health care with 862,890 jobs postings last month that is by far the most dominant job creator.

Others, however, haven't been so lucky. Due to the current housing crisis, real estate saw a quarterly percentage decline in job postings of 16 percent, or a 11 percent year-over-year decline. With troubles of its own, the only other industry to see a decline is financial services and banking.

Despite real estate's poor numbers, construction saw a surprisingly strong job listing increase in May, But construction job postings still can't keep up the number of construction workers looking for work. Last month, nearly 6 million clicks on indeed.com were associated with people looking for construction jobs.

Below are the top ten industries with the most job postings according to indeed.com.

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Number of job postings in May: 114,958 Quarterly change: 15 percent

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Number of job postings in May: 114,958
Quarterly change: 15 percent

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[brrrrk]

06:18 PM on 07/11/2011

I noticed that IT was number 3 on the list. I would say that this is only true if you happen to be in your 20's and 30's and are willing to work for chicken feed. Those with real experience need not apply. Just my two cents, and what I've seen.

[Howard Scott Pearlman 20]

03:10 PM on 07/08/2011

Where's Liposucktion Operation Assistant .... with America's fatter society you know that should be on the list.

[LogicalMathMan]

01:55 PM on 07/08/2011

What? No farming? Surely, we need to feed the masses with cheap labor.

[weekendpartier]

10:17 AM on 06/14/2011

GEE: from this article I get the strong impression that America is BACK, baby! YEAH, WE'RE ROLLING! YEa h h.... sarcasm.

[demilieu]

02:10 PM on 06/12/2011

Ugh.

[Mister Grumpy]

03:40 PM on 06/11/2011

Where's Repo Men on the list?........ you know there has to be a high demand for that job................

[SuburbiaAwaken]

04:52 PM on 06/15/2011

lol

[pjgoodwitch]

10:19 AM on 07/01/2011

You got that right, for sure! All these people with no jobs and no money keep buying more on credit and buying more than what they can pay off in 100 years! The repo man must have his job cut out for him.

[Mister Grumpy]

03:35 PM on 06/11/2011

Low income workers having to work into their eightys just to survive, and those working on wall street and the banking industry are retiring in their fortys.............

Welcome to the new America.......... where the wealthy get richer and the poor get screwed........

[pjgoodwitch]

10:17 AM on 07/01/2011

Wall street and banking are not doing so well right now. The banking and finance industries are in a slump. Although, you're right that there may still be a handful of wealthy financiers and bankers.

But it's the health care professionals that are doing well right now. Although they're not considered part of the super-wealthy, they are super-wealthy compared to today's average American, who is either unemployed or under-employed.

[AlPal3]

09:42 AM on 06/11/2011

Workers need unions to protect their rights. Period. Signed, THE TRUE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE

[pjgoodwitch]

10:29 AM on 07/01/2011

Unions are good if there are jobs to unionize. Even if there were jobs, corps would want to save money and send them overseas.

[CDL1]

08:09 PM on 06/10/2011

This list was made to inspire people to keep hoping. Some of it partially true "healthcare an IT" depending on where you live. The rest of it is a fantasy. The Pubs won't be satisfied until employment means only hiring peak performers, running them into the ground until they're broken, then replacing them for new peak performers. Once fired those Obsolete employees will be left to die in the street. Those still employed won’t fare much better in a Pub ruled society. They’ll be working at a subsistence level, making just enough to continue working without being able to save for the future or improve their position in society. Without gov assistance all it will take is an accident or a health complication to send someone to the streets.

There is one industry not mentioned on this list that I’m sure is booming, the prison industry. Prisons will be the new plantations of 21st century America. It will only be a matter of time until we have a new aristocracy and a rigid class system fixed at birth. There is a way out, Canada.

[Ron Bananas]

08:21 AM on 06/11/2011

...and the private prison industry is traded on Wall Street for profit. Prisoners are paid 25 cents an hour by these private corporations who accept work from other companies and make huge profits by working the prisoners. Slavery.

[GloriaAttarRNBSN]

12:16 PM on 06/14/2011

Prisons aren't really booming with the release of so many offenders because of overcrowding. Perhaps electronic monitoring companies are booming?

You're correct about the glut of healthcare jobs being regional. When I entered nursing school eight years ago, all I heard about was the nursing shortage. For the next four years I heard about it. When I graduated, not even the hospital I was working for as an RN Intern was hiring. Yeah, the shortage is a regional thing for certain.

[globalguy]

08:02 PM on 06/10/2011

1). McDonald's 2). Wal-Mart 3). Starbucks 4). Hotels 5). Waiters

So sad that these are our best new job creations...

UNDER employment is in many ways worse than UNemployment...

[Americanium]

07:12 PM on 06/10/2011

The moment I saw that Career Builders was quoted as a source in the is story I knew it had to be a fake issue. I'd say close to 40% of the jobs advertised on that site are scams..

[Mister Grumpy]

03:38 PM on 06/11/2011

Yep........... Since I posted my resume on Careerbuilder I've been swamped with emails from people who want me to cash checks and then forward them the money after taking my cut........ I even forwarded a couple of the emails to the FBI knowing they were scams, but the FBI isn't interested.........

[pjgoodwitch]

10:27 AM on 07/01/2011

I was tempted to take one of those jobs. Even though I have a graduate degree, and supposedly should be smart and be able to know better!

Consider America as part of the third world!

[pjgoodwitch]

10:31 AM on 07/01/2011

Why do they keep posting these false articles that lie! There are no jobs in any industry anywhere.

[Sharon-GA]

05:36 PM on 06/10/2011

Well, let's see: Health care: News here is 430 jobs to be cut from one hospital; Retail: Great, seasonal, part-time, minimum wage or barely above; hire but only use when volume can justify having you work--maybe 9 hrs/week--can you support yourself on that?--and no benefits... Construction: Are you kidding me?!!? Housing market in the dumper. New homes not being built. People are holding onto their money instead of remodeling homes that have lost as much as 50% value. Hospitality: People are not traveling and staying places as much or as often, or eating out as much--and if so, eating at less expensive places. IT: Guess that depends on where you live, but that's been a downward spiraling industry for some time now. Education: In GA they are furloughing teachers. Manufacturing: Again, are you kidding me? We build very little here anymore...any manufacturing jobs are few and far between with 100s of people applying for every opening. In whose dreams did this information come from?--while the rest of us are living a nightmare.

[EGM80]

05:57 PM on 06/10/2011

You may want to consider moving out of Georgia. Your view is a bit skewed because the state is in such poor shape. Moving from Atlanta was one of the best decisions I ever made!

[CDL1]

07:46 PM on 06/10/2011

Move up to Seattle. Our economy isn't exactly at peak performance right now, but there are lots of decent jobs available.

[LogicalMathMan]

01:57 PM on 07/08/2011

I've been considering Seattle. Thanks for the heads up. Also, I love the rain.

[peacekitten]

04:56 PM on 06/10/2011

just imagine what our jobs market would look like if the money being spent on illegal wars were to be invested in infrastructure.  we have not made a serious investment in this in seven decades.  these would be good long term jobs because it's going to take decades to repair and then it will need to be maintained.  

and education.  what if we invested in education instead of war, or giving money to the banks because they were irresponsible with the money they already had?    what if we were to hire teachers, good, well educated, qualified teachers to teach children and give them the skills to make a better world?

what if we manufactured the things we need here at home, instead of taking advantage of slave labor?  according to the anti-slavery organization, free the slaves, it would take just about $13 billion to buy the freedom of all the 27 million slaves world wide.  what if people got paid a fair wage for making things?  when those whose hands actually do the work are being taken advantage of, the money spent by a consumer doesn't go down.  it goes into the hands of people who do not invest it in paying fair wages, making a safe workplace or a quality product.  it goes into the hands of a select few who spend it buying a government so that the slaves and near slaves that enrich them have even less power.  

the wage problem isn't from the bottom up it's from the top down.

[weekendpartier]

10:19 AM on 06/14/2011

RIGHT ON! But we had to go after the Taliban and osama bin ledin - BUT we did NOT have to invade Iraq - it's time to leave both wars now.

[Welshish]

11:59 AM on 06/19/2011

You speak the truth as I see it also, peacekitten!
Fanned!

[okornot]

04:50 PM on 06/10/2011

I just received two job rejections last week. Both were $7-8hr seasonal temp positions. Its no surprise that my REAL line of work (media prouction) is not on that list.

I guess this is supposed to inspire a glimmer of hope - until you go to apply for a job in one of those fields.

[dratster]

11:56 AM on 06/11/2011

---(media prouction)

Could it be that spelling and grammar are partially responsible for the rejections....

[pjgoodwitch]

10:39 AM on 07/01/2011

Where's the question mark?

[nothingchanges]

04:46 PM on 06/10/2011

A pertinent piece of information is missing from this article.................

How many of the jobs posted, are paying less then the "going rate"?

With 26% unemployment in the construction industry, I find it hard to fathom why they would be listing so many jobs............unless it was to find someone willing to work for less then their current employees are making now?

I would be very interest to know exactly what is going on in regards to "Help Wanted" ads in this regard. How many are "real" and how many are "scams".