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