Although hiring across the U.S. remains robust, some job sectors are positively red-hot.
Demand for health care workers — specifically physicians and surgeons — is up 87% compared with February 2020, or just before the pandemic, according to new data from job site Indeed. Hiring for other health care roles, such as mental health therapists as well as and personal care and home health workers, are also up substantially, by 82% and 67%, respectively.
“No matter how the economy is doing, people are always going to want or need health care,” Indeed economist Cory Stahle told CBS MoneyWatch. “It’s interesting that we’ve been seeing this trend for a couple years, and we haven’t seen it turn around yet.”
By contrast, companies in other sectors that went on hiring sprees during the pandemic have pulled back. Demand for software developers has fallen 31% compared to before the pandemic, while jobs …