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title: "Land that Dream Job: What Employers Want"
description: Employers are planning to hire more in 2015, and Jacksonville's booming industries and area job creation make it a perfect city to land your dream job.
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# [Land that Dream Job: What Employers Want ](https://blog.nocatee.com/land-that-dream-job-what-employers-want)

 Written by [Nocatee Community](https://blog.nocatee.com/author/nocatee-community) | 1/21/15 7:21 PM

The New Year is opening on a positive note, with employers planning on hiring more in 2015. [A recent ](http://www.floridatrend.com/article/17898/us-employers-looking-to-hire-more-in-q1-2015)[*Florida Trend*](http://www.floridatrend.com/article/17898/us-employers-looking-to-hire-more-in-q1-2015)[ survey of 13 industry sectors showed a positive hiring outlook among employers in all 50 states](http://www.floridatrend.com/article/17898/us-employers-looking-to-hire-more-in-q1-2015).

The industries with the strongest hiring intentions in Q1 of 2015?

●     Leisure & hospitality

●     Wholesale & retail trade

●     Transportation & utilities

●     Professional & business service

Mirroring results of the *Florida Trend *survey, Jacksonville’s industries with the largest job gains over the year were professional and business services, with 7,000 new jobs, and leisure and hospitality, with 3,500 new jobs.

[With an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent as of November, Jacksonville’s rate is below the national and state average, which are tied at 5.8 percent](http://www.news4jax.com/news/jacksonville-unemployment-dips-to-55/30315134). 

19,000-plus online job openings, including more than 4,600 for high-wage, high-skill science and technology engineering math (STEM) jobs, available in the area will continue to attract a skilled workforce.

 

> To keep the optimism flowing, [Gus Faucher, senior economist at PNC Financial Services Group, predicts the U.S. will add about 230,000 jobs ](http://www.npr.org/2014/12/29/372741309/looking-to-2015-economists-see-five-reasons-to-celebrate)[per month](http://www.npr.org/2014/12/29/372741309/looking-to-2015-economists-see-five-reasons-to-celebrate)[ in 2015, and the increase in demand will drive up salaries as well](http://www.npr.org/2014/12/29/372741309/looking-to-2015-economists-see-five-reasons-to-celebrate).

 

 **What employers want in 2015**

[*Forbes *](http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/11/12/the-10-skills-employers-most-want-in-2015-graduates/)[recently published a list of the top 10 skills employers want most in 2015 graduates](http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/11/12/the-10-skills-employers-most-want-in-2015-graduates/). No matter your trade or industry, the following abilities are essential for a successful career:

●     Work in a team structure

●     Make decisions and solve problems

●     Communicate verbally with people inside and outside an organization

●     Plan, organize and prioritize work

●     Obtain and process information

●     Analyze quantitative data

●     Demonstrate technical job-related knowledge and computer software proficiency

●     Create and/or edit written reports

●     Sell and influence others

**Hot jobs for 2015**

If you’re in the market for a new job, you may want to focus on a field where there are currently more jobs than applicants. [CareerBuilder and Economics Modeling Specialists Inc. (EMSI) recently joined forces to compile a list of the hottest jobs based purely on supply and demand](http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careerandeducation/the-10-best-jobs-for-2015/ss-BBeUJoZ#image=1). Here are the top 10 job titles in order of demand:

1.    Marketing executive

2.    Software developer, applications

3.    Registered nurse

4.    Industrial engineer

5.    Network and computer system administrator

6.    Web developer

7.    Medical and health services manager

8.    Physical therapist

9.    Speech-language pathologist

10.  Sales manager 

 

 

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