High-Tech Exec Market Picking Up

Deborah Rothberg Avatar

Updated on:

The high-tech, healthcare and financial service industries are expected to create the most executive-level jobs in the third quarter, according to the latest EER (Executive Employment Report) released July 31 by ExecuNet, a executive job search and networking firm.

Across all industries, the demand for executive talent is the greatest in the health care, banking and high-tech industries over the next three months.

The West Coast, followed by the South and Southeast, are expected to lead in executive-level job growth. Sales, business development, finance, general management and operations management were the five fastest-growing executive job market functions.

Suggesting that rising interest rates and energy costs are tempering expectations for future economic growth, executives’ confidence in the employment market cooled slightly in June.

Read the full story on eWEEK.com: High-Tech Exec Market Picking Up