30 Top Jobs of 2008

[Deja Q]

Poll question: 30 Top Jobs of 2008

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/custom/msn/careeradvice/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1248&SiteId=cbmsnhp41248&sc_extcmp=JS_1248_home1>1=10785&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=e936ab14d1e548009007d6b2830a0835-252628746-RF-4

Kindly read at least the first page, do you believe it?

[flvegan]

1. Hmm...neither mercenary nor defense contract worker is on there.

Surprising.

[Dr.Phool]

2. "Gaming and sports book writers and runners"?

You mean "bookies"?

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. I think RPG industry related

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Notice MOST are health and service oriented

aging population and outsourced industrial jobs... yep, it is believable

[frazzled]

3. To be fair, these aren't the "top" jobs--they're the fastest growing job markets

Obviously, earning $21K to be a home care aide sucks--but its a job in demand, with our aging population. I'm proud to say that wages for home health-care workers were voted a raise in the state legislature here recently.

A lot of these jobs on the list are low-paying and often "contract"--meaning no benefits. Yup, that's the largest portion of the new job market.

[Deja Q]

5. And if the health care crisis was addressed, a lot of the financial problems the economy/people have

would be lessened or eliminated.

[Xipe Totec]

Here is another source for salary scale info

I just picked software developer as an example:

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Sr._Software_Engineer_%2f_Developer_%2f_Programmer/Salary


You can pick other careers and compare.

[PhiBetaCretin1]

16. And the way the BLS categorizes employment

doesn't accurately reflect jobs and careers the way most people think of them. I mean, do you see Administrative Assistant as a job category? No. There's no one industry under which to group it so it gets lost, whereas other distinct job types, like gaming technicians ("bookies"?), get their own category because that type of job can be identified with an industry.

[Xipe Totec]

4. Those salary ranges are laughable nt

[onehandle]

6. Where's the burger flippers?

Bush's legacy of job growth.

[Swamp Rat]

7. Not if Huckabee becomes president.

[Wcross]

8. Repo man isn't in the top five?

Don't believe it for a minute.

[NJCher]

9. Lotta' mental therapist type jobs in there

Lotsa' sickos in a sick society.



Cher

[Hoof Hearted]

10. PA's make a lousy $46,000? Well, that seals it.

[yellowdogintexas]

11. well I can believe that mani/pedi techs are in the top 30 fastest growing

job fields since it seems a new nail shop opens about every 5 days around here.

I simply can't believe THAT many people are getting their nails done that often. And I have a pedicure about every 6 weeks myself

[rocktivity]

12. There seem to be only three salary ranges, which feels a little bogus

But what bothers me more is that NONE of these jobs exceed the 2006 U.S. median income of $48.2K. Only ten of them exceed an average of $40K! THIS is our strong economy?

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rocknation

[Greylyn58]

15. Incredible..............

I guess with so many US jobs being out-sourced and sent over seas, this is all that remains.

Truly sad. And the salary ranges are freaking pathetic.