Marketing Jobs in Phoenix to Grow as Employees Increase Hires

There should be more marketing jobs in Phoenix (http://jobs.bestwestern.com

) in the coming year.

The August 2011 CMO Survey

found that companies are planning to hire more marketing employees

this year than last. Opportunities will be the greatest in B2B-Product Companies, the consulting industry, and small businesses.

The survey asked a number of top marketing employees to answer the following question: “Compared to the number of marketing hires last year, by what percentage will your firm’s marketing hires change in the next year?”

The survey found:

Companies are planning to hire 7.2 percent more marketers during the next 12 months than the previous year.
B2B-Product Companies will increase marketing hiring the most (+11.6 percent), followed by B2C-Service Companies (+8.3 percent), B2B-Service Companies (+5.6 percent) and B2C-Product Companies (+.2 percent).
Marketing jobs will increase the most in consulting (+17.3 percent), manufacturing (+14.9 percent), technology (+12.5 percent), baking/finance/insurance (+11.9 percent), and healthcare/pharmaceutical (+8.3 percent).
Marketing hiring among small-size businesses (less than $25 million) will increase 14.8 percent over the next year.
Marketing hiring among medium-size businesses ($26 million to $999 million) will grow 4 percent over the next 12 months.
Marketing hiring among large companies ($1 billion to $9.9 billion) will rise 1.4 percent.
Marketing hiring among mega companies (more than $10 billion) will increase .3 percent.
Companies with no Internet sales plan to hire the most marketers at a 10.4 percent increase.

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