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Where
Will the Jobs Be in 2007?
Today's hot job
may be tomorrow's overcrowded career. When you're planning your career
- considering the opportunities available in the job market for people
in your field - be sure to spend time exploring the future of the job you'd
like to do. Will your first job be a stepping stone in your career? What
kind of education will you need to continue your professional growth? Will
the need for your specialty grow, or is your field so attractive that you'll
be one of many people qualified to fit only a few opportunities?
!Top
Jobs - Gutteridge
and Palmer place their bets on these fields as growing more than 20 percent
over the next ten years.
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Executive / administrative
/ managerial positions: These will be hot fields because a large number
of jobs in the future will will require higher education. Dead-end jobs,
such as sweepers and shelf stockers will be the lowest tier of the employment
market. Mid-range jobs that will disappear include cashiers and jobs that
are often thought of as a second step in a career.
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Professionals:
High marks go to accounting and marketing as promising fields.
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Expert-systems
development: Look toward jobs in technical support and personnel systems.
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Marketing and
sales professionals: With more time on their hands, people will need
to be informed of their free-time opportunities as well as conveniences
to make their lives easier.
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Service positions:
Find a niche in business services, health services, retail, educational,
or social services.
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Advisers / counselors:
Plentiful jobs will be available in geriatrics, motivations and stress
management.
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Computer related
graphic arts positions: Positions will include page designer and webmaster.
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Teachers: Demand
will rise, especially in adult education.
!Other
Jobs -
What happens if you aren't working toward a degree in computer science,
an allied health discipline or social work? What are growth occupations
for you? Based on BLS data, the following occupations are projected to
add significant numbers of openings by 2005. All require academic training
beyond high school.
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Operations research
analysts
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All other physical
scientists (excluding chemists, geologists, geophysicists, oceanographers
and meteorologists)
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Special education
teachers
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Speech language
pathologists and audiologists
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Medical records
technicians
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Surgical technologists
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Paralegals
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Dental assistants
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Medical assistants
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Corrections officers
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Detectives (except
public)
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Adjustment clerks
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Teacher aides
and educational assistants
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Data processing
equipment repairers
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Nursery and greenhouse
managers
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Securities and
financial services workers
Fastest Growing Occupations
- The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the following rankings
of fastest growing occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher
level of education.
Occupation
Systems Engineers
Computer Engineers
Physical Therapists
Residential Counselors
Occupational Therapists
Special Education Teachers
Operations Research Analysts
Speech - Language Pathologists
Employment Interviewers
Management Analysts |
Percent
Change
in Employment
1994 - 2005
92
90
80
76
72
53
50
46
36
35 |
!Occupations
to Avoid - The
BLS projects that the following occupations will experience a loss in job
openings by 2005.
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Communications,
transportation, and utilities operations managers
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Mining engineers
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Petroleum engineers
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Physicists and
astronomers
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EKG technicians
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Computer operators
and peripheral equipment operators
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Personnel clerks
(except payroll and timekeepers)
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Bank tellers
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Oil and gas extraction
occupations
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Forestry and logging
occupations
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Communications
equipment mechanics, installers and repairers
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Gas and petroleum
plant and systems occupations
Source:
"Where Will the Jobs Be in 2005?" Planning Job Choices: 1997 Magazine 40th
Edition page E17-E20.
Available in
Career Center
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12
Steps to First-Year Success
- Okay, you've got the job of your dreams, now the question is how to keep
it. Long-term career success can depend on how well you do during your
first year in the work world. The following tips can help cope and move
up the corporate ladder, whatever your field.
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Adopt the right
attitudes.
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Adjust your expectations.
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Master breaking-in
skills.
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Manage the impressions
you make.
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Build effective
relationships.
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Become a good
follower.
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Understand your
organization's culture.
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Develop organizational
savvy.
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Understand your
new-hire role.
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Develop work savvy.
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Master the tasks
of your job.
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Acquire the knowledge,
skills and abilities you need.
Source:
"The Critical First Year on the Job?" Planning Job Choices: 1997 Magazine
40th Edition page E84-E87.
Available in Career
Center
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