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Future Job Market
The world is changing and the fail-safe careers of yesterday are rapidly disappearing today. At this crossroad in your career, you will be well served to look ahead to see the changes that are coming down the road.
Industry Shift
In the future, the United States will be continuing its shift away from goods-producing to service-providing industries. The industries that are currently focused on goods will see an overall job loss over the next ten years, while service industries are predicted to generate 15.7 million new jobs during that same period.
The broad categories of service industries that are expected to grow the most over the next decade are listed below, followed by the number of jobs they are expected to add.
- Education and health services - 5.5 million
- Professional and business services - 4.1 million
- Leisure and hospitality - 2 million
- Trade, transportation and utilities - 1.7 million
- Financial activities - 1.2 million
- Government - .9 million
- Information - 212,000
Highest Percentage of Growth
The expansion in the service-providing sector will create increasing demand for many different service occupations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the following occupations will show the highest percentage of growth.
- Networking systems and data communications analysts
- Personal and home care aides
- Home health aides
- Computer software engineers, applications
- Veterinary technologists and technicians
- Personal financial advisors
- Makeup artists, theatrical and performance
- Medical assistants
- Veterinarians
- Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
- Skin care specialists
- Financial analysts
- Social and human service assistants
- Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators
- Physical therapist assistants
- Pharmacy technicians
- Forensic science technicians
- Dental hygienists
- Mental health counselors
- Mental health and substance abuse social workers
Largest Numerical Growth
Lastly, not only are the above occupations growing by gaining in percentage, the specific occupations below are predicted to have the largest numerical growth.
- Registered nurses
- Retail salespersons
- Customer service representatives
- Food service workers
- Office clerks
- Personal and home care aides
- Home health aides
- Post Secondary teachers
- Janitors
- Nursing aides, orderlies
- Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks
- Waiters and waitresses
- Child care workers
- Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
- Computer software engineers
- Accountants and auditors
- Landscapers and groundskeepers
- Business operations specialists
- Elementary school teachers
- Receptionists and information clerks
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