-Legendary management guru Tom Peters-
By William G Shultz
The top future jobs over the next several years in terms of growth rate have been accumulated and posted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as of their 2008-09 Occupational Outlook Handbook.
The good news is that despite the bleak immediate outlook for employment as of the second quarter of 2009 there are still numerous above average wage paying jobs expected to be created in the next several years covering the whole spectrum of educational background. In truth we should note the most overall opportunities will be created in the market segment of people with at least some college education. The significant growth segments for persons without some college education are all concentrated in construction, and of those we're only talking about maybe 115,000 jobs created by 2016 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table I-5).
With that said the top future jobs for people with at least some college on a gross basis will be registered nurses - with more than half a million licensed RN positions expected to be created by the end of the study period (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table I-5). This only stands to reason given the demographic shift of baby-boomers into retirement age and the overall increase of lifespan. The next most future positions will be post-secondary teachers or college professors.
As has been the case in the past technology remains a growth area however the breadth of growth of the high technology job market has narrowed. The next top future jobs in technology will be computer software applications engineers. The trend in the global expansion in the use of computers and the internet continues to drive this job market. Approximately 226,000 new employment opportunities will be created by 2016 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table I-5).
References:
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Outlook Handbook (2008-09). Table I-5: Above-average growth and above-average wage occupations, by educational attainment cluster and wages, 2006 and projected 2016. From: Bureau of Labor Statistics web site: http://www.bls.gov/emp/optd/
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