A new article published in the IEEE “Spectrum” points to engineering fields – specifically electrical engineering – as being one of the top hiring industries in 2014.
According to the article, “Where the Jobs Are: 2014,” the job website CareerBuilder posted 3.5 electrical engineering jobs for every job-seeking candidate, and demand in semiconductor and telecommunications industries is especially high. Jay Rogers, vice president of recruiting at the employment services provider Randstad, said, “We’re seeing an increased demand for [electrical engineers,] specifically quality and control engineers. There is also a demand for control engineers in the petroleum industry. And salaries in that industry are off the charts.”
The article also states, “Mobile applications developers, software developers, and software engineers will all see a nearly [8] percent hike in salary this year, more than twice the average salary growth across all fields in 2014.” The demand spans to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region as well – in Germany, the unemployment rate for engineers is 2 percent.
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