In Slumping U.S. Economy, Sales Jobs Rank as Top Priority for Many Employers

McLean, Va. (Gawkwire.com) In the slumping U.S. economy, finding qualified professionals to fill in openings for sales jobs ranks as a top priority for many employers, according to Jobfox’s newest monthly report ranking the most in-demand professions.

The Sales Representative/Business Development profession ranked No. 1 in the Jobfox Most Wanted U.S. Job Candidates: September 2008 report, which analyzes the Top 25 most popular job openings over a three-month period ending September 16, 2008. In addition, the Sales Executive profession – those in charge of managing and developing sales teams – ranked No. 9, up from No. 13 in August.

“When employers worry about the economy they put greater emphasis on building and maintaining solid sales teams,” said Rob McGovern, CEO of Jobfox, the Internet’s only career site that makes personal introductions between suitable candidates and employers. “In boom times, companies can overcome less-than-stellar sales activities. In a down economy, companies must improve sales production and that often means making sales staff improvements, and more sales jobs.”

Other job openings that continue to remain in demand, despite economic concerns, include several information technology (IT) professions. Five IT professions made the Jobfox Top 25 list of job openings: Software Design/Development, Networking/System Administration, Database Administration, Testing/Quality Assurance and Technology Executive.

Account/Customer Support, Nursing, Administrative Assistant, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering were among the Jobfox Top 10. Despite difficult times for banks and lenders, the Accounting Staff job function also ranked in the Top 10 job openings, with a strong showing of accounting jobs available in sectors outside of Wall Street.

About the rankings
The Jobfox Top 25 Most Wanted U.S. Job Candidates: September 2008 rankings are derived from a stratified random sample of more than 4,000 U.S. job openings from the Jobfox database during a 120-day period ending September 16, 2008. The report also includes information about current median salary ranges and desired median salary ranges as defined by a random sample of Jobfox candidates. Salary data was derived from more than 100,000 Jobfox candidate profiles that were matched to specific professions.