Niche skills are always an asset, and that's truer than ever in 2009. It might be an employer's market these days, but some hiring managers are having a lot of trouble filling specific positions. Manpower, a staffing firm, composed its annual survey of the hardest jobs to fill in the US [1], and surprise, surprise, those requiring a background in math and science are among the tough ones. Find out if you have one of the hardest jobs to fill when you .
- Engineer
- Nurse
- Skilled Trades (electrician, bricklayer, carpenter, cabinetmaker, mason, plumber, welder)
- Teacher
- Sales Representative
- Technician (workers in engineering, technical, operations, maintenance roles)
- Truck Driver
- Information Technology Staff
- Laborer
- Machinist or Machine Operator
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