A whopping 27 percent of hiring managers said they plan to hire for sales positions in 2011.

The highest-paying sales positions are for those who sell financial products, computer equipment, electronics and pharmaceuticals, according to the Labor Department.

Information Technology
New technologies, technology replenishment and the continued desire by companies to run as efficient a ship as possible will continue to drive the need for information-technology workers.

Twenty-six percent of hiring managers said they plan to hire for IT positions this year, according to the CareerBuilder survey.

Customer Service

Companies may be focused on growing their business (i.e., sales) but at the same time, it’s also crucial to keep the customers you have “happy, loyal and spending”

Twenty-five percent of hiring managers said they plan to hire customer-service representatives in the New Year, according to CareerBuilder.

The most demand for customer-service representatives is expected to be in finance and insurance, industries where customer interactions don’t require physical contact, according to the Labor Department.

So get ready..........