Second Quarter Statistics: Manufacturing and Engineering Rule!
 For a while, IT/Information Systems/Data Processing made a run at replacing Industry and Manufacturing as the number-one discipline in Top Echelon Network . . . at least as far as the number of placements made was concerned.
For a while, IT/Information Systems/Data Processing made a run at replacing Industry and Manufacturing as the number-one discipline in Top Echelon Network . . . at least as far as the number of placements made was concerned.
That didn’t happen, but now it looks as though Engineering is making a run at Manufacturing.
According to the Network’s second quarter statistics, those two disciplines are one-two in terms of placements. Manufacturing accounted for 27.1% of placements during the 12-month cycle ending on June 30, while Engineering posted a percentage of 24.0%.
Behind those two are the following disciplines:
- IT/Information Systems/Data Processing—12.0%
- Sales and Marketing—10.2%
- Accounting—8.4%
- Healthcare—6.2%
Below are Network statistics for the second quarter, including percentages for job orders, candidates, and placements in relation to the major disciplines.
| Major Disciplines | Job Orders | Candidates | Placements | 
| 00 Accounting | 3.7% | 8.2% | 8.4% | 
| 05 Finance and Banking | 1.3% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 
| 10 Engineering | 8.7% | 22.8% | 24.0% | 
| 15 Scientific | 2.2% | 2.8% | 1.8% | 
| 20 IT/Information Systems/Data Processing | 6.0% | 10.6% | 12.0% | 
| 25 Industry and Manufacturing | 9.2% | 25.3% | 27.1% | 
| 30 Sales and Marketing | 6.1% | 19.6% | 10.2% | 
| 35 Insurance | 1.4% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 
| 40 Technology & Technologists | 1.4% | 5.9% | 2.7% | 
| 45 Personnel and Human Resources | 1.1% | 3.7% | 1.8% | 
| 50 Construction | 0.9% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 
| 55 Real Estate | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 
| 60 Healthcare | 7.6% | 3.4% | 6.2% | 
| 65 Service | 2.7% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 
| 70 Retail | 0.5% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 
| 99 Miscellaneous | 0.6% | 7.1% | 0.4% | 
If you have any questions about these statistics or about how you can make more split placements as a Preferred Member of Top Echelon Network, you can contact myself or Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CERS at 330.455.1433, x156.
— — —
(Mark Demaree is the President of Top Echelon.)