New Workers Needed In These 5 Industries
Technological Advances, Aging Workforce Hurting Certain Jobs
Craig Clough, Staff Writer


UPDATED: 1:40 pm EDT May 1, 2008


Despite the home mortgage crisis and rising fears of a recession, the federal government predicts an overall growth in employment of 11 percent by 2016.

But the news is not good for everyone.




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There are five job industries that the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts will soon see a significant drop in job growth. While the industries are varied, the culprits for all five are three main villains: an aging workforce, globalization and advancing technology.

Manufacturing

No American industry is expected to be hit harder in the coming years than manufacturing.

The manufacturing industry is extremely varied and covers everything from food, steel, printing, computer, machinery, pharmaceutical and aerospace manufacturing. While not every section of the manufacturing industry is expected to have a decline in employment, many are.

Textile manufacturing, in particular, is expected to see a 35 percent decline of its workforce over the next eight years.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Career Guide to Industries, “Jobs in textile, textile product, and apparel manufacturing will continue to become fewer as advances in manufacturing technology allow fewer workers to produce greater output, and because growing imports compete with domestically made textile and apparel products.â€