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Companies will also add more human resource workers. Human resource assistants create and maintain employee records with information such as addresses, employment dates, and other details. They make about $ 35,900 a year. Assistants could progress to a human resource specialist role.
Specialists screen, recruit and interview potential employees. Some human resource specialists are required to have a bachelor’ s degree and earn an average of $ 56,900 a year, according to information from NWA Workforce Connection.
Demand for information technology employees is also growing among businesses. Our area will need more than 2,500 new IT workers, including jobs created by industry growth and retirement. Growing information technology careers include computer network support specialists, user support specialists, and network system administrators. On average, jobs in the IT field pay $ 32 an hour.
If you’ re good at persuading people, consider a career in sales. Sales-related occupations, like real estate agents,
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