| ou choose a college major you want one that will | | | | Courses in management, business management, |
| give you a great chance to earn a good-earning | | | | and small business management will prove very |
| income and will utilize your skills and interests. | | | | useful for those who want to pursue a consulting |
| From that point of view we looked at major | | | | career. |
| trends that are developing in our economy, that | | | | 3. Networking Specialist - This career emerged as |
| will greatly influence what jobs will be the | | | | an offshoot of computer engineering where |
| most-in-demand for the next ten years. Take | | | | specialists have to figure out how to keep all of |
| advantage from this information and choose | | | | the various devices in an organization connected |
| wisely. | | | | to each other. |
| When you choose a college major, you obviously | | | | Specialists today must integrate wireless devices, |
| want to choose a major that will not only utilize | | | | including phones, laptops, and pagers, into their |
| your passions, interests, and skills, but also one | | | | data structure. They must work on-site to install |
| that will give you a great chance to earn a | | | | and maintain highly specialized equipment. Due to |
| good-earning income. After all, even if you choose | | | | the rapid advancement in networking hardware, |
| a major that you are interested in and have | | | | this field can never be delegated to overseas |
| aptitude in, it won't do you much good if the job | | | | workers, making this field one that should grow |
| market dries up for that particular field. | | | | for many, many years. |
| Looking at major trends that are developing in our | | | | To enter this field, you should focus on network |
| economy, the following five trends will greatly | | | | training courses and you should look to earn a |
| influence what jobs will be the most-in-demand | | | | network administration and management degree |
| for the next ten years. | | | | and/or a network security degree. |
| 1. Aging Baby Boomers. 2. Better Medicine. 3. | | | | 4. Physician's Assistant - This field is in demand |
| Increased Costs of Child Care. 4. Rapid | | | | because more Americans seek medical treatment |
| Technology Growth. 5. Distributed Work. | | | | more frequently, which has put a strain on |
| Five of the projected most in-demand | | | | doctor's offices to keep up with the demand. |
| occupations for the next ten years are the | | | | Potential doctors are also looking at other fields of |
| following - | | | | study due to the high malpractice insurance rates |
| 1. Home Health Aide - This field will be in demand | | | | and the level of stress associated with being a |
| because many Baby Boomers choose to live in | | | | physician. |
| their homes as long as possible. Those who are | | | | Assistants can launch their careers after just a |
| recovering from injuries or have a serious illness | | | | few years of training. Their duties include |
| also prefer to stay in their homes to avoid | | | | performing tests, filing reports, and handling other |
| expensive hospital costs, but to do that, they | | | | routine tasks. Some states even allow assistants |
| need assistance from people who work as home | | | | to prescribe medication. All of this allows doctors |
| health aides. | | | | to spend more time diagnosing illnesses and finding |
| Many home health aides are nurses who prefer | | | | new cures for diseases. |
| the work environment of a home compared to a | | | | To pursue this field, you should look to earn a |
| hospital or assisted living facility. Often, aides will | | | | physician assistant degree or be involved in a |
| have flexible scheduling and short commutes, so | | | | medical assistant program. |
| mothers with young children often will look to this | | | | 5. Social Services Coordinator - This field is in |
| career option. On top of that, some aides can | | | | demand to aid older citizens who are applying for |
| assist licensed professionals without being licensed, | | | | government benefits, as well as to make sure |
| so it provides a great opportunity for those | | | | that families who reside in smaller towns can take |
| working toward their degrees to earn nice | | | | full advantage of assistance programs. |
| incomes while still completing their programs. | | | | Coordinators also monitor the safety and |
| These programs usually involve obtaining a degree | | | | well-being of individuals, especially young children |
| in nursing and/or becoming a medical assistant. | | | | and older adults, who are more likely to become |
| 2. Management Consultant - This career will be in | | | | the victims of abuse, crime, or fraud. |
| demand because many companies don't like to | | | | Those who want to enter this field should look to |
| keep experts on their own staff; they prefer to | | | | earn a social services degree. |
| call in consultants when problems arise. | | | | Working toward a degree to enter one of the |
| New networking technology allow consultants to | | | | five fields above would improve your chances of |
| even work from home if they choose to, and | | | | entering a good-paying occupation in the near |
| some will do this while holding down another job | | | | future and being able to make a long-lasting |
| or while completing an advanced degree program. | | | | career out of it. |