Sales Clerk, Ph.D - Jobs with the largest growth between now and 2010

[Dirty Hippie]

From the Article:

Jobs with the largest growth between now and 2010:

Listed by title, annual salary, and necessary eduaction level

1. Food preparer, $16,000 – On-the-job training
2. Customer service rep., $26,000 – On-the-job training
3. Registered nurse, $48,000 – Two-year degree
4. Retail sales clerk, $18.000 – On-the-job training
5. Computer support specialist, $39,000 – Two-year degree
6. Cashier, $15,000 – On-the-job training
7. Office clerk, $22,000 – On-the-job training
8. Security guard, $19,000 – On-the-job training
9. Computer technician, $55,000 – Bachelor's degree
10. Waiter/Waitress, $14,000 – On-the-job training
11. General manager, $68,000 – Bachelor's degree
12. Truck driver, $33,000 – On-the-job training
13. Nursing aide, $19,000 – On-the-job training
14. Janitor, $18,000 – On-the-job training
15. College teachers, $52,000 – Doctoral Degree
16. Teacher assistant, $19,000 – On-the-job training
17. Home health aide, $18,000 – On-the-job training
18. Freight haulers, $19,000 On-the-job training
19. Computer engineer, $70,000 – Bachelor's degree
20. Landscaping worker, $20,000 – On-the-job training

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

More Here: http://www.alternet.org/election04/19264/

[Bonhomme Richard]

1. We are screwed! n/t

[Viking12]

2. Unless something miraculous happens...

...the demand for College Teachers will not be there. Almost all public institutions are under hiring freezes. If they do hire out of necessity they hire part-time, adjunct faculty that make $30K not $52K. As it is now, legislators are saying, "See, they can get by on tight budgets" and budgets are unlikely to be restored to pre-recession levels. In the meantime, education is suffering, tuitions are rising, and infrastructure is deteriorating.

[will work 4 food]

3. Notice that number 1 is a manufacturing job </sarcasm> nt

[Nadienne]

4. I wonder if now would be a good time

to become self-employed? And advertise that you are 100% Made in the USA?

[umass1993]

5. low credibility

These numbers have very little credibilty in my book. The amount of changes occuring globally could easily throw a monkey wrench into everything.

That's the problem in general. If I want to get retrained, for what do I retrain? We are all insecure. Hence the problems with the stock market.