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Find A Job In A Fast Growing Field Using Labor Market Information For Your State

The question confronting most people who wantrequire no education beyond high school up to
to find a job is "what's a good paying jobjobs requiring a two year community college
with growth potential?"At one time, theor vocational school training program or 4
Conestoga wagon building trade boomed asyear bachelor's degree.What do you see when
people joined the wagon trains headingyou do the job information search?You see the
west.Today, the boom is long gone and thosefirst 25 of (for Alabama) 513 fastest growing
wanting to find a job with a future will mostjobs as determined by the number of jobs that
likely wish to stay away from such a field.Sowill be available between 2000 and 2010.As
how can you find a job that will reasonablymight be expected the job with the highest
be expected to thrive in the future either ingrowth prospects for Alabama is computer
your home state or the state in which yousoftware engineering and applications.By
choose to reside?One key is through usingclicking on the job itself you find the
Labor Market Information to research"Occupation Report" for that state.You'll
potential jobs as you create a long term planlearn a wealth of information about this
to find the job you feel is ideal for yourparticular job and be able to watch an online
skills and interests.Your first step to findjob video showing you just what a particular
a job with potential is to use the freejob involves.Since you want to find a job
service available at "America's Careerwith good income potential, you'll see - on
InfoNet" a website sponsored by the U.S.average - the kind of money people in this
Department of Labor.To find a job with growthjob make in the particular state and
potential in your state, visit this state bynationwide based on government labor market
state database. (This opens in a new windowinformation.Now let's try to find a job
so you will not lose the instructions on howthat's in the "Highest Paying" category but
to find a job with potential on this pageonly requiring a 2 year training program at
when you click the link!)After you'vethe most.What job's come up? Hint: They'll be
searched for a particular state - we'll uselisted by the highest pay expressed (when
Alabama as an example - here's what you'llpossible) as an HOURLY wage and then an
find...1) Basic demographic information underANNUAL WAGE for the job you find in Hourly
these headings:(Again, these are forAnnual format.For Alabama (the answer may
Alabama.) Demographic Information:2001vary for your state) the Top 10 are:1
Population 4,468,9002002 Labor ForceCommercial Pilots N/A /$59,1002 Computer
2,102,8002002 Unemployment Rate 5.9%2002Specialists, All Other $24.52/$51,0003
Median Household Income $37,6002001 PerElectrical and Electronics Repairers,
Capita Income $24,500You'll be able to seePowerhouse, Substation, and Relay $23.59
how the state ranks nationally and you'll be$49,1004 Radiation Therapists $22.67/$47,2005
able to check unemployment rates by countyElectrical and Electronics Drafters $22.02
just to know what you're up against in your$45,8006 Aerospace Engineering and Operations
job search for a particular county!2) TheTechnicians $21.98/$45,7007 Electrical and
next step to find a job in a growingElectronic Engineering Technicians $21.71
occupation is to choose the kind of growth$45,2008 Appraisers and Assessors of Real
occupation you have in mind.Your options willEstate $21.16/$44,0009 Ship Engineers $21.13
be...Fastest growing occupationsOccupations$44,00010 Telecommunications Equipment
with the most openingsOccupations with theInstallers and Repairers, Except Line
largest employmentOccupations with decliningInstallers $20.79/$43,200Again, you can click
employmentHighest paying occupationsAt thison the job titles you find and go directly to
point in your career search you'll also bean occupational report.By using Labor Market
asked to choose the level of education you'reInformation, you can find a job with high
willing to achieve to enhance your income.growth potential, high wages, and usually a
The options listed are... OverallRequiringtraining requirement that involves only 2
only work experience or on-the-jobyears of training or less beyond high
trainingRequiring post-secondary training orschool.Remember, you do not necessarily need
an associate's degreeRequiring a bachelor'sa traditional 4 year degree to find a job
degree or higherClick the appropriate buttonwith high growth potential. You DO need
to make your selections and then you can hitspecific skills however not more "underwater
"search" to find a job with growthbasket weaving courses" at college that are
potential.In this case we'll select "Fastestunrelated to a specific field.4 year degrees
growth" and "overall" educationalare nice and even graduate degrees are
requirements.When you search to find a jobimportant to find a job in some fields. But
with these criteria, you'll receive resultsincreasingly, 2 year specialized programs are
based on the fastest growth in sheer numberdominating the field as far as improving
of jobs and you'll receive listings that maywages.



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