Top Future Jobs Remain in Nursing, Health Care, and Software

The top future jobs over the next several years innurses - with more than half a million licensed RN
terms of growth rate have been accumulated andpositions expected to be created by the end of the
posted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as of theirstudy 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 immediateshift of baby-boomers into retirement age and the
outlook for employment as of the second quarter ofoverall increase of lifespan. The next most future
2009 there are still numerous above average wagepositions will be post-secondary teachers or college
paying jobs expected to be created in the nextprofessors.
several years covering the whole spectrum ofAs has been the case in the past technology remains
educational background. In truth we should note thea growth area however the breadth of growth of
most overall opportunities will be created in thethe high technology job market has narrowed. The
market segment of people with at least some collegenext top future jobs in technology will be computer
education. The significant growth segments forsoftware applications engineers. The trend in the
persons without some college education are allglobal expansion in the use of computers and the
concentrated in construction, and of those we're onlyinternet continues to drive this job market.
talking about maybe 115,000 jobs created by 2016Approximately 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 atLabor Statistics, Table I-5).
least some college on a gross basis will be registered