According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, employment of accountants, auditors, financial analysts and personal financial advisors is expected to grow faster than average, 27 percent or more, through the year 2014.

Financial hiring is expected to keep pace into the year ahead, according to recent surveys. The executive search firm, Claymore Partners, concludes that poor credit markets are not likely to negatively impact hiring plans of those companies not specifically involved in investment banking and mortgage lending. In its annual "Financial Services Talent Acquisition Survey," Claymore Partners stated that more than half of the 350 advisory firms surveyed still plan to hire professionals over the next 12 months. When specifically asked, 90 percent indicate that the impact of the credit crisis on their hiring plans would be slight or have no impact.

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