High-level IT jobs opening up in six industries

While there has been a lot of bad news in the IT arena since the recession began, job prospects for CIOs, CTOs and IT managers are improving in many sectors of the economy, according to an article in CIOzone.com.

Yes, there are still problems in financial services, banking, real estate and IT consulting. In those fields you probably have to know someone inside the organization to get a job. But there are other sectors which are improving, as parts of the economy begin to revive. Here's a look at the sectors likely to hire IT execs, according to CIOzone.com:

• Hospitals: President Obama is pumping as much as $19 billion into electronic medical records. A recent study said the healthcare system will need 40,000 additional Health IT professionals--that's almost a 40 percent increase.
• Utilities: With the rising cost of energy, and trends in virtualization and green energy, IT is the natural place to go for savings and efficiencies.
• Nuclear energy: Obama is supporting nuclear energy, which has let to IT hiring in this field.
• Restaurants: Things are looking up as the industry turns to IT to help it save money.
• Retail: If there is any sector that can be helped by IT, it's the retail industry. It may be able to use social networking to attract the customers and leverage cloud computing.
• Insurance: The insurance industry continues to bring on top IT executives to help in this very large field.

For more on IT sectors likely to grow:
- check out this CIOzone.com article

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