CareerBliss Announces the Top 20 Hot Jobs for New Grads

New Data Shows Hope for College Grads Looking For a Career in Tech, Finance, Sales and Healthcare

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CareerBliss, the leading online career community helping people find joy and success at every step in their careers, announces new data revealing the CareerBliss Top 20 Hot Jobs for the class of 2011. CareerBliss evaluated more than one million data points to determine what companies are hiring and what fields are happiest for college grads. As college grads turn in their cap and gown for a suit and tie (or their best version of a Steve Jobs turtleneck) - CareerBliss data shows that grads have much to celebrate if they are looking for a career in healthcare, finance, technology or sales.

“Look for companies such as Amazon, Google, and AOL to scoop up some of the most qualified applicants from the class of 2011. Pharmaceutical companies are eager to hire promising new talent as well.”

The CareerBliss Top 20 Hot Jobs for New Grads

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Bliss Score
1	Software Engineer	$71,916.00	7.869203186
2	Sales Representative	$47,629.00	7.787218204
3	Business Analyst	$72,773.00	7.853447383
4	Sales Manager	$68,676.00	7.661140108
5	Product Manager	$72,717.00	7.403183029
6	Financial Analyst	$61,517.00	8.06638436
7	Physical Therapist	$57,000.00	7.254149201
8	Network Engineer	$69,079.00	7.754888948
9	Occupational Therapist	$66,923.00	7.422358218
10	Registered Nurse	$61,707.00	7.76191666
11	Quality Engineer	$65,952.00	7.413928761
12	Systems Engineer	$75,970.00	7.672496321
13	Systems Administrator	$63,161.00	7.712346343
14	Electrical Engineer	$70,079.00	8.101934778
15	Loan Officer	$51,117.00	8.003104609
16	Speech and Language Pathologist	$66,471.00	6.898673822
17	Mechanical Engineer	$69,369.00	7.61766969
18	Manufacturing Engineer	$66,121.00	7.779321374
19	Project Engineer	$70,551.00	7.781781813
20	Quality Assurance Analyst	$56,520.00	8.140429376

The CareerBliss Top 20 Hot Jobs for New Grads list details not only the current number of job openings for a particular job type, but also reflects the happiness or Bliss Score for each field. For example, software engineers have the highest number of open jobs, but Quality Assurance Analysts jobs yield the highest happiness score. The CareerBliss data also reveals which jobs have the highest annual salary. A junior sales representative has a minimum average salary of 42 thousand dollars a year, while a first year software engineer can easily make close to 70 thousand dollars a year. All jobs listed are relevant to college grads with zero to three years experience.

Heidi Golledge, CEO and Co-founder of CareerBliss say, “Our data shows the job market for college grads is definitely heading in a positive direction. We are seeing the highest demand in years for new college grads in areas such as tech, sales and finance. Salaries are climbing and companies are aggressively recruiting college grads in these fields. The Class of 2011 has a lot to be excited about in the coming year – as the workforce continues to respond to economic growth by creating jobs where they can truly be happy.”

Matt Miller, CareerBliss CTO and Co-founder details the types of companies that are hiring college grads. “Look for companies such as Amazon, Google, and AOL to scoop up some of the most qualified applicants from the class of 2011. Pharmaceutical companies are eager to hire promising new talent as well.”

The CareerBliss Top 20 Hot Companies For Hiring

Company	Job Title
Amazon	Kindle Software Development Engineer
Paychex Inc	B2B Payroll Sales Representative
JPMorgan Chase	Business Analyst Lead
Avon	Bilingual District Sales Manager
Google	Product Manager - Cambridge
Johnson & Johnson	Senior Financial Analyst
Epoch Medical Staffing	Physical Therapist
Verizon Business	Network Engineer
Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital	Occupational Therapist
Baptist Hospital	Registered Nurse
Goodrich	Project Quality Engineer
Avanade	Systems Engineer
General Dynamics	IT Systems Administrator
Siemens USA	Electrical Engineer - AC/DC Drives
PNC	Mortgage Loan Officer
RehabCare Group	Speech Language Pathologist
Intel	Facilities Mechanical Engineer
Honeywell	Entry Level - Semiconductor Manufacturing Engineer II
Coca-Cola Refreshments	Project Electronics Engineer
CGI	Quality Assurance Specialist Job

Golledge of CareerBliss says, “The class of 2011 has a promising job market ahead of them – and with our CareerBliss’ data they have the tools and information they need to make informed decisions, not only about the types of jobs that are hiring and the money they can make – but more importantly how happy employees are in those current positions – all valuable as new grads venture on their career path.”

Methodology:

The CareerBliss data evaluates the key factors which affect work happiness, including: work-life balance, one’s relationship with their boss and co-workers, their work environment, job resources, compensation, growth opportunities, company culture, company reputation, their daily tasks, and job control over the work that they do on a daily basis. The data accounts for how an employee values each factor as well as how important that factor is to the employee’s overall happiness. Each review is given an average score indicating where the company places between one and ten. All assessments are derived from 2011 employee generated reviews. The CareerBliss data evaluated open jobs in 2011 with experience level from zero to three years - each job title is supported by a minimum of 50 separate companies.

About CareerBliss

CareerBliss is an online career community designed to help everyone find happiness in the workplace. An information hub for everyone who works, employers, job seekers and recruiters, CareerBliss offers the ability to find out what makes them happy and the ability to seek that out in other jobs or improve it in their current one using our PhD Board of Advisors, more than six million independent company reviews and salary comparisons, and more than three million job listings.

For more information, visit: www.CareerBliss.com