9 Professions That Saw Most Job Losses In 2009
The year 2009, brought the most terrible times for the workers, especially in the U.S. Millions of jobless Americans are welcoming the approaching year 2010 hopefully. Roughly all the people suffered badly due to economic recession that took its toll in the form of job cuts, unemployment, and wage reductions in almost every industry.
However, there are a number of professions that faced the most declines in jobs in 2009. These range from architects to carpenters to production supervisors. Certainly, manufacturing and construction all together were the most badly impaired. But there were some unexpected losers, including pilots and mechanical engineers.
It seems that the Health care was the only industry that offered new jobs last year. So which professionals were the biggest losers? Here you can see the list of occupations that were among the worst hit in 2009.
1. Architects
In 2009, many architects were not able to survive their jobs. Job losses in the profession reached to 17.8 percent, bringing the total number of employed architects to 189,000 in the first three quarters of 2009.
The hard-hitting period in the construction industry affected the architectural jobs to a large extent, but better days are expected. there is an expected 10% increase in the fields of architecture and engineering in the coming years.
2. Carpenters
The work of carpenter has many ranks, ranging from a trainee to a master carpenter heading major projects and training the new comers. Regrettably, all carpenters experienced the sting of economic conditions last year, as nearly 270,000 carpenter jobs disappeared, resulting in 17% reduction in positions. But there will be good times soon for these professionals, resulting in a marked increase in job opportunities by the year 2018
3. Production Supervisors and Assembly Workers
These people have been facing a steep decline in jobs, due to the overhauling recession which badly affected the manufacturing sector.
Production supervisory jobs fell nearly 16 percent to 754,000 positions by the third quarter of 2009. Jobs for rank-and-file assembly workers also plunged to almost 16 percent to 876,000 during the same period. Even there is no good news for this sector in the coming future.
Studies have projected a further decline through 2018, with a 5.2 percent drop predicted. For assembly workers, a 2 percent dip is projected.
4. Pilots
Unexpectedly 2009 also brought bad luck for the pilots. Jobs for pilots and flight engineers drop by 30.4 percent by the third quarter of 2009 to 96,000 from 138,000 jobs in 2008. With the expected growth in economy, the number of air travels will also increase, hence resulting in more jobs for pilots.
There will be a tuff competition between Pilots looking for positions with major airlines will. Opportunities with regional airlines, low-cost carriers and cargo carriers will be the most abundant, according to the BLS.
“Applicants also will have to compete with laid-off pilots for any available jobs,” the BLS reported. “Pilots who have logged the greatest number of flying hours using sophisticated equipment typically have the best prospects. For this reason, military pilots often have an advantage over other applicants.”
5. Computer Software Engineers
The Computer software engineers are persistently suffering by the continuous downfall of programming jobs. The profession saw a 10 percent decline in jobs to 970,000 by the third quarter of this year, down from more than 1 million positions in 2008.
But in the near future, the demands from businesses and government agencies to incorporate the latest technology are expected to compel growth in both computer and mathematical occupations. There is an expected increase in these jobs through the year 2018, growing twice as fast as the average for all professions.
6. Mechanical Engineers
Jobs in the mechanical engineering profession tumbled by almost 18 percent in the first nine months of the year 2009.
A career-networking site, Beyond.com, reported a 73 percent decline in mechanical, civil and process engineering job postings this year. But in the long run, there is an expected increase in the jobs for mechanical engineers, with 6 percent growth expected through 2018.
7. Construction Workers
Owing to the drop in housing, leading construction workers saw a major dwindling of jobs this year. Construction laborer positions dropped nearly 14 percent in the first part of this year to 1.56 million jobs, down from more than 1.8 million in the previous period.
While things look pretty depressing now for this group of workers, the governments’ subsidies on up gradation of homes and commercial buildings to energy-efficient standards are expected to benefit the construction trades. There is an expected 20 percent projection through 2018.
8. Tellers
It appears to many people that the teller profession would have had few jobs left to lose owing to the ever-present nature of ATMs. But the profession is still peeling lots of jobs.
By the third quarter of this year, the banking industry saw a 12 percent drop in teller positions to 407,000. But the future of banking does not foretell only a world of automation. The employment picture for tellers is supposed to get a bit brighter in the years ahead. Job openings will rise by about 6 percent through 2018, the BLS reports.
9. Bookkeeping, Accounting and Auditing Clerks
Financial clerking jobs suffered evidently by the decline in the financial sector. There was a loss of 185,000 jobs by the third quarter of this year. That’s nearly a 13 percent drop in the number of positions to 1.25 million.
But the free-for-all on Wall Street that led to many of these job losses could involuntarily help bring many of those positions back. Hence with the increasing need accountability, the demands for auditors, and accountants will rise from 2008 to 2018.
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