You heard me right. Are you up on the latest job fashion? And I don't mean interview or work attire... Meaning do you know what your job's trend is? There's another useful tool on SimplyHired.com that will help you in your job search called Employment Trends. This search tool helps you find the number of jobs throughout the nation in your particular field. For example, we did a trend on nursing jobs. When we entered different nursing positions into the search engine this graph came up:


Now the results search listings from May 2007 to today. Here's what this graph shows:

RN jobs increased 17%
LPN jobs increased 55%
CNA jobs increased 50%
PN jobs decreased 21%
LVN jobs increased 57%
Nursing jobs increased 125%

As you can see, not all job markets are decreasing. In fact, nursing is booming. Especially the LPN and CNA positions. Check out our Guide to Careers: Nursing Jobs post for more information on what the differences between RNs, LPNs and CNAs are.

This is good information for both job seekers and recruiters to know what kind of availability is out there in your field, to stay in the know on your industry and to just see what the market looks like.

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- Rosie Reilman