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...MANUFACTURING Even in this beleaguered sector, in which many firms have made huge layoffs, companies are having a hard time finding the right people. More than 80% of firms say they face a shortage of qualified machinists, craft workers and technicians, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Manufacturers. That deficit is likely to widen. Although manufacturing will not grow much overall during the next decade, a rapidly aging work force will create more than 2 million job openings--with many positions paying more than $50,000--for welders, tool- and diemakers, line managers and others...
...ENERGY The oil, gas and utility sector is bringing on finance and marketing graduates to help navigate deregulation. Companies such as TXU, Exxon Mobil and Koch Industries are still hiring. A graying work force means the industry also needs to find a new generation of petroleum engineers, geologists and geophysicists...
PILGRIM: Here are five technology picks, on the hunch that many things will get better: Documentum, JDA Software, Mercury Interactive, QLogic and Microchip Technology. They're the dominant factor in everything they do. They're the quality in a busted-up sector. Away from tech, we like Bed Bath & Beyond. It has lots of years to grow. Starbucks--they're going to open three or four times as many stores over the next decade...
...would be ideal if [Harvard] followed some of the leadership we see in the corporate sector, where environmental reporting and energy efficiency targets are standard,” she says...
...Cleaned-out inventories and perked-up production are just what economists are looking for out of a recovery, and a strong auto sector can do plenty for jobs, incidental consumption and the broader economy - hence all the good feeling among investors. But car buyers had better come through - and keep buying those high-margin trucks, SUVs and minivans no matter what gas prices do this summer - or else Detroit and Wall Street both stand to lose a pretty...