up and doing

Let us, then, be up and doing,
     With a heart for any fate;
 Still achieving, still pursuing,
     Learn to labor and to wait.

My editor tells me that over 200 jobs have been posted or renewed on our jobs board in the last week. Almost half the vacancies are in the software, web development and engineering disciplines, and scientific, research and technical jobs account for almost a further quarter of jobs offered.  Roughly equal numbers of openings in sales and marketing, and in financial, administrative and professional roles - in human relations or quality assurance, for example - make up the total.

The Members who are hiring cover a wide range of industrial sectors: software, electronics, Life Sciences, and scientific instrumentation among others. Clearly the skills required to make these products have a high overlap, or all these different sectors could not fish from the same pool. The jobs they are offering are highly skilled and keep a diverse community busy here. Members can post up to 20 jobs a week for free - but I am sure they wouldn't be doing so if they weren't ready to hire. These companies generally export their products, so if they are anticipating growing markets, that means new money coming into the country and the region.

It is good to be able to share people between such different sectors, and to see the confidence of our Members that they can do more next year.