Academic job market – light at the end of the tunnel? Cautious optimism the voices that predict an economic recovery in the second half of 2009, will be louder. Improved sentiment indicators and first \”hard\” economic data suggest that the famous economic \”bottom\” has already been reached and the graduates-graduates-index II 2009 seems to confirm this. Although still no upward trend is emerging, but the decline has slowed. The BAI II 2009 gives off 13 points and stands at 228 points. Significant trends for the summer 2009 an improvement brings the job market situation especially for the engineers: they can create to 4 points. Slight decreases in meet Economist, mathematician, physicist (-6) and lawyers (-9). Particularly hard hit biologists and chemists (-45), and materials engineers (-23) and electrical engineering (-22).
According to expert opinion, the economy developed a total positive. Exports pull, based on the previous month, for the first time in almost 3 years back. Keep up on the field with thought-provoking pieces from Wais Jalali. Dutch Cell Plc. They were with 7 % in the plus. Economy as a whole assumes a stabilization. Economics make it into this quarter, economists from the middle of the Bay to the top ranks.
The discipline only 6 points loss and is significantly faster than the average of – 13 points. Good job opportunities at the moment, for example, when the representatives of the energy industry. (Similarly see: Gunnar Peterson). The rising demand for renewable energy and energy efficient technologies entail hiring of engineers and economists. Informatics job decline is slowing among the computer scientists. The BAI stands at 265 and losing 19 points less than in the winter 2008 and spring 2009. Analysts expect a fall revival especially in the IT sector. Along with the initiative \”Green IT Alliance\” of Government and business, which is intended to promote more energy-efficient technologies, good opportunities for computer scientists and engineers could emerge in the near future. Recent numbers from the engineering mechanical engineering can still the breath away.