PHOENIX (AZFamily) — After a string of U.S. companies announced layoffs in the new year, Arizona’s Family is taking a closer look at the job market in our state for 2025.

“Layoffs are never easy to digest. They can cause a lot of fear and panic,” said Ryan Naylor, CEO of VIVAHR, an Arizona-based recruiting software company. “What we have seen, though, is that it tends to be very company-specific decisions. I don’t believe that it’s a reflection on the economy as a whole, specifically in the Phoenix area.”

Naylor believes the hot jobs in Arizona right now are in the healthcare sector, along with hospitality and home services.

“The business services has actually been doing really strong in Arizona,” he added. “Over the past decade, we’ve seen a lot of businesses transition into the Phoenix market, and that bet has paid off really well.”

Naylor says jobs in this sector would range from project management to sales to account management roles.

As for jobs that aren’t in demand anymore, Naylor says call center jobs aren’t as popular as they used to be in Arizona, but that’s not the only sector seeing a decline.

“A job that might surprise a lot of people that’s not as hot is the developer, the data analyst role, which has been a hot spot for a number of years,” he said. “There’s always been a shortage of this. It feels even hard to say this, but with the coming online of AI and the ability to develop, developers are able to do more with less.”

Last year, Arizona added nearly 57,000 jobs, according to the Office of Economic Opportunity.

If you want to get a job, Naylor says networking is key, as well as getting your application in early. He says it’s best to be in the first 10% of all applicants.

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