Top Future Jobs - Resilient Careers for a Dud Economy

Young people frequently ask me what the top future jobs are going to be and it usually is a matter of thinking about what the future needs of the economy are going to be. That said, the best minds on the topic are typically at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here's a recent publication about the top future jobs as presented in the BLS 2008-09 Occupational Outlook (the most recent edition as of this posting).

Best Future Jobs For the Next Decade
By William G Shultz

The best future jobs for the next decade for job creation with above average wages (as defined by higher than median wage as of 2006) according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) appear to be in health care, technology, education, and business support and operation functions. If you're studying now and training to be in one of these fields then it's likely you're on a good path. Here's a quick and dirty break-down of what professions can expect to see the most gains in employment in the next ten years.

Excerpts from BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-09
• Registered Nurses - Expected to increase workforce by 587,000
• Post Secondary Teachers / Professors - 382,000 new positions in the next decade
• Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants - 239,000 new workers
• Accountants and Auditors - 226,000 positions created by 2016
• Computer Software Application Engineers - 226,000 jobs created

Rounding out the top ten best future jobs (all expected to add more than 100,000 new workers by 2016) are business operations specialists, elementary school teachers, truck drivers (heavy and tractor trailer), sales representatives, and management analysts.

Among these top ten best future jobs the 2006 median annual wages ranged from $35,000 per year for the truck drivers to over $79,000 for the software engineers. All of the top ten growth occupations in the outlook required at least some post-secondary education. There were only a handful of occupations in the broader study with high job creation of above average wage earners that only required a high school diploma.

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/

William G. Shultz The job market is competitive right now but given the expanding opportunities in health care, higher education and software applications can make for a terrific future. If you can start using effective job search techniques to aid you in getting one of the best future jobs you have an opportunity right now to create a great and secure future for yourself.

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