The global financial crisis is still spreading. What is the best career? The survey results may surprise you. In order to find out which jobs have the best prospects during the financial crisis and economic recession, U.S. News magazine investigated hundreds of professions and announced the top 30 popular careers in December 2009. In China, journalists from Nanfang Weekly started from headhunting companies, industry companies, and college graduate employment centers, summarizing the top ten popular careers in China in 2009. People working in these fields have the highest job satisfaction, prestigious reputation, and satisfactory salaries. Most importantly, the advantages of these careers will become even more prominent in the next few years.
1. Senior Industrial Designer
Average income: 7,000 yuan per month
Career observation: Even during the financial storm, senior designers in media, industry, machinery, furniture, and clothing are still in short supply. On Zhilian Recruitment website, there are job openings for senior designers across various industries. For those with over five years of work experience, companies offer a monthly salary of more than 7,000 yuan.
Tips reminder: Senior designer positions also have low entry barriers. Work experience and market insight are the most important factors that companies consider when recruiting for this position.
2. Foreign Trade Online Marketing Specialist
Average income: 6,000 yuan per month
Career observation: This industry is one of the least affected by the financial crisis. In fact, it might as well be said that there is no impact, because the financial crisis gives foreign trade online marketing professionals more opportunities to showcase their advantages, especially those with practical project experience and actual operational experience. According to the recruitment rankings on major recruitment websites, online marketing professionals related to the Internet rank among the top in terms of recruitment numbers.
Tips reminder: These jobs are mainly concentrated in first-tier cities and coastal areas. They require strong personal comprehensive abilities. If you have certain practical operational experience and successful cases, have received professional education and training, and have good English proficiency, your salary may be higher.
3. Human Resources Training Lecturer
Average income: Annual salary of 40,000-100,000 yuan
Career observation: Increased personal training needs bring new opportunities to the education and training industry. Experienced market promotion personnel, course consultants, and training lecturers have become the targets of training institutions. As some large training institutions accelerate their expansion, senior management talents who are familiar with the training market, understand the operation process of training institutions, and are proficient in personnel organization construction will be highly sought after.
Tips reminder: Young people entering this industry generally need to start from the grassroots level unless you have rich social resources or experienced management capabilities.
4. International School Teacher
Average income: Monthly salary of 12,000-15,000 yuan
Career observation: By November 2008, there were more than ten international schools established in Shanghai, along with the international departments of local schools in Shanghai. These schools have high standards for teachers, requiring bilingual or even dual-foreign-language teaching, and multiple talents. For overseas returnees, being an international school teacher is a good choice.
Tips reminder: For Chinese teachers, they must have a good language foundation, relevant professional background, proficiency in two or more foreign languages, or overseas living experience to be accepted by international schools.
5. Financial Planner
Average income: Annual salary of 100,000-300,000 yuan
Career observation: In 2008, when the global financial crisis affected the enthusiasm of Chinese citizens for investment, "cost-saving" reawakened the public's awareness of financial planning. Currently, there is a serious shortage of professional financial planners in banks, and third-party investment and financial planning companies are also in dire need of talent. The urgent market demand and huge talent gap make professional financial planners one of the most attractive careers. There is currently a shortage of 200,000 certified financial planners in China.
Tips reminder: The stronger the professional expertise and the more seasoned the work experience, the more valuable the position becomes; income is commission-based, and consulting fees can be charged by project or hour.
6. Public Nutritionist
Average income: Annual salary of 100,000 yuan
Career observation: Health issues caused by unreasonable diets and nutritional imbalances have attracted significant attention. Public nutritionists can use professional medical knowledge to help people adjust their consumption structure, invest in nutrition, and achieve high standards of life and quality of life, which has become a consumer trend. Currently, there are fewer than 4,000 nutritionists nationwide, creating a huge gap. Nutrition consultants form a group of high-income freelancers, with mid-level public nutritionists earning around 100,000 yuan annually.
Tips reminder: Nutritionists specialize in different fields such as clinical nutritionists, public nutritionists, food nutritionists, and sports nutritionists, but all must obtain a state-recognized nutritionist qualification certificate.
7. Civil Servant
Average income: Undefined
Career observation: In the 2009 Central Government and its subordinate agencies civil servant examination, about 700,000 people participated nationwide, demonstrating its popularity. Influenced by the financial crisis and employment difficulties, due to the strong stability of civil service work, the "iron rice bowl" remains highly sought after. Currently, the civil servant remuneration system follows a "low salary, many subsidies, extensive welfare" model, based on the economic development level of the region, with no fixed standard nationwide.
Tips reminder: Whether to join this crowded bridge, how much future promotion space there is, and whether to stay in the civil service for the long term or even for life, are all considerations that must be made before entering the field.
8. Career Planner
Average income: Annual salary of 50,000-200,000 yuan
Career observation: With increased societal competition and the 2009 employment crisis, people feel increasingly lost when it comes to job hunting, career selection, and career development, making career counseling an urgent social need. The current number of career planners is far from meeting the demand.
Tips reminder: Career planner is an expert-type profession, so the requirements are very high. Among previous applicants, less than 40% could smoothly participate in training, and the acceptance rate is even lower.
9. Consultant
Average income: Monthly salary of 5,000 yuan
Career observation: Last year, Bain & Company's Shanghai branch offered starting salaries of 200,000 yuan to fresh graduates. Companies struggling in the financial storm sought help from consulting firms for business analysis, making consultants one of the most anticipated professions this year.
Tips reminder: Suitable for human resource management professionals, additionally, management, statistics, and applied psychology majors who can supplement information-related majors will also have the opportunity to enter this industry.
10. Actuary
Average income: Monthly salary of 8,000 yuan
Career observation: In today's domestic talent market, actuaries are extremely rare. With the entry of international insurance giants into the Chinese market and the needs of domestic enterprises, actuaries will be one of the hottest talents in the insurance industry in a few years. Currently, actuaries earn an average annual salary of $100,000 abroad, and domestically, their monthly salary is over 10,000 yuan. In four years, as people's understanding of insurance increases, the rise of the insurance industry will inevitably require more actuaries.
Tips reminder: In China, there are fewer than 10 actuaries recognized by the global insurance industry, and about 40 "quasi-actuaries." With the strengthening of people's insurance and financial awareness, the actuary profession will become increasingly popular.