by Emilie Skaug
Maybe you’re looking for a new role, or maybe you want to revamp your company in 2025. If any case, we’re here to help! In a recent interview with CNBC, our CEO Bert Bean discussed job market expectations for this year, and what industries are hiring with increased effort in 2025.
In this article, we’ll dive deeper into his insights and provide additional context for the causes of the hiring surges within these industries. Let’s get started.
Job Market Outlook for 2025
According to a recent survey of public company CEOs by advisory firm Teneo, more than 75% of CEOs expect the global economy to improve in the first half of this year—partly due to the anticipation of lower taxes and fewer regulations.
Bert Bean agrees with this prediction, saying, “We’re still holding our breath a bit, but I think this is the most optimistic business leaders have felt in the past two and a half years.”
And it’s not just staffing companies with this idea. Business leaders across various industries plan to increase hiring after last year’s uncertainties over politics, AI, and inflation, among other concerns.
What Industries Are Hiring in 2025?
Hiring across the board will start to pick up during this year, but there are certainly industries that offer greater opportunities than others. Bean encourages candidates to target roles in healthcare, engineering, oil and gas, and finance. For hiring managers, now’s the time to start looking at candidates.
Employers in these fields are increasing their headcounts for different reasons, but the results are the same—an increased likelihood for job seekers to land a role within these industries, and greater opportunity for hiring managers to expand their teams.
But why are these industries ramping up hiring, and what are the actual projected outlooks for 2025? Let’s break it down.
1. Healthcare
When it comes to healthcare, Bean says that there’s been a “strong, consistent appetite for talent” since the start of the pandemic, partly due to high levels of burnout and turnover in the healthcare workforce.
Other factors include an aging population and the introduction of various new, highly contagious diseases, which has led healthcare providers, such as large hospital systems, to start “hiring like crazy for all kinds of skills, especially for nurses, given the nursing shortage we’re facing in the US.,” Bean explains.
Nurses aren’t the only role that the healthcare industry is looking to fill—there are plenty of other roles to explore. Healthcare systems need cybersecurity professionals, medtech roles, and allied health professionals to provide additional services.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the healthcare and social assistance industry is expected to see a 10.4% growth in employment from 2023 to 2033. Though there is uncertainty due to the potential of upcoming regulatory and policy changes that may impact the health industry, so far confidence is still high.
The Deloitte 2025 U.S. Health Care Outlook revealed that the BLS trend is currently on track for this year—almost 60% of industry leaders have a favorable outlook for 2025. This is a notable increase from 52% just one year ago.
With 71% of respondents also saying they expect improved profitability in 2025—and 58% expecting talent shortages, retention issues, and the need for upskilling this year—it’s no wonder that the healthcare industry is hoping to grow their numbers. There’s no time like the present to start searching for roles in this area.
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2. Oil and Gas
Oil and gas executives are the most optimistic about business growth than they have been in over five years, largely owing to the presidential campaign promise of boosting oil and gas exports in the United States.
According to the Deloitte 2025 Oil and Gas Industry Outlook, the industry has seen profits rise 16% over the last year. Additionally, companies are reporting that last year was their best performance in the past 34 years. With these improvements, companies are able to spend more on increasing their headcount.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that U.S. crude oil production will reach an all-time high in 2025, averaging about 13.5 million barrels per day. In anticipation of a busy upcoming year, employers in this field are looking to get ahead of this by expanding their workforce, with available roles such as pipeline engineers, field service engineers, and software developers.
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3. Finance
For tech and finance companies, the reason behind increased hiring is much simpler—within these fields, companies are looking to counteract the layoffs and conservative hiring that defined these two industries in 2023 and 2024.
BLS data predicts a 4.2% increase in employment for the financial industry from 2023 to 2033. If the industry wants to stay on track, there are lots of workforce losses that need to be recouped in the upcoming years, starting in 2025.
The American Bankers Association (ABA) outlined its top priorities for this year in the 2025 Blueprint for Growth, which includes driving a healthy economy and fostering a competitive financial services market. To achieve these goals, the finance industry is looking to expand—starting with AI engineers, accountants, and financial advisors.
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4. Engineering
The tech industry (which overlaps with engineering) is also looking to repopulate its diminished workforce after layoffs impacted the landscape the last couple of years.
The engineering industry is expected to see moderate growth in 2025, with projections around a 2% increase in spending across engineering and construction sectors, according to the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) 2021-2025 Engineering Industry Forecast.
“The threat of a recession spooked everyone, and then that recession never came,” says Bean. “So just as we talked ourselves into a recession, I think we’re talking ourselves out [of it].”
With the projected business growth, competitive market, and availability of open roles, this year offers a unique opportunity to more easily find a position in the engineering industry—whether that’s as a chemical engineer, aerospace engineer, civil engineer, or anything in between.
Grow in These Industries During 2025
As you continue looking for the right position, or start trying to add headcount to your team, keep in mind these industries that are hiring more during 2025. As our CEO Bert Bean says, they are hiring like crazy, so there are plenty of opportunities within each field.
Need help finding the perfect fit? The Insight Global job board can help you find open roles in any industry, including the four we’ve discussed in this article. Or if you’re looking to hire candidates in these industries—we can help with that too. Contact us today.
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