To say that companies have been affected by the economic recession is an understatement. A lot of them have eventually closed down, leaving thousands without jobs. Moreover, the recent economic problems brought about a lot of changes when it comes to how companies are now dealing with employment and their staff.

This 2010 and perhaps in the next year, you can see the following trends:

There will be more focus on online advertising.

There is no doubt that online advertising can bring down the costs to as much as 30 percent. Thus, there will be more companies that will be looking for employees who have at least basic knowledge and experience in Internet marketing, such as search engine optimization, social media, search engine marketing, and social networking.

Moreover, according to Small Business Labs, companies may also include social media management to the employees’ job descriptions.

Online jobs will flourish.

One of the primary reasons for the rise of online jobs is the propagation of small businesses. These are enterprises whose owners cannot afford to rent an office space and thus would do much of their work at their own homes. With the abundance of various forms of technology for communication, such as e-mail, instant messaging, mobile phones, and fax machines, keeping in contact, one of the usual issues of off shoring, will no longer be a huge problem.

Companies would opt for multilingual employees.

There are two reasons for this. First, they want to avoid hiring another employee just to cater to another market. Second, they want to broaden their clientele. Some of the languages they prefer include Mandarin, Japanese, French, Latin, and Arabic.

More of them will be hiring IT and accounting personnel.

One of the most stable job sectors today is actually IT. In fact, there is a good chance that their demand will continue for more than 5 years, especially software engineers, security specialists, and network analysts. Their work is highly crucial since they are in charge of securing and improving computer systems. Accounting staff, on the other hand, are valuable because they help control expenses and assist in developing strategies to improve profits.

Internships will be offered.

Unlike in the previous years, there will be a lot of firms that will be opening their doors to interns, since the companies are usually not obligated to offer benefits and even salaries to them. This is one of the cost-effective measures they can take. On the other hand, interns are advised to accept such jobs for exposure and experience.

Seniority will have lesser clout.

Seniority is no longer the name of the game. More organizations will prefer performance- and results-driven individuals, those who really have talent and have shown flexibility in their work.