Yahoo's Hot Jobs web site has just released its updated listing of the 10 most endangered job sectors, two tech-related job fields make the list of industries expected to lose the greatest number of jobs by 2018. Grabbing the number two spot of largest job percentage loss is the semiconductor industry, with a 33.7 percent job loss (of the 432,000 jobs the industry had in 2008). Wired telecom jobs makes the list in the number 10 slot. According to the web site, wired telecom is expected to lose 11 percent of its 666,000 job base. The number one job loss field is cut-and-sew apparel manufacturing, which Yahoo Hot Jobs says will see 57 percent of its 155,000-job workforce disappear in the next four years.
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