Best and Worst Jobs
Money Magazine's list of the ten best jobs:
1. Software EngineerFor many of these jobs, entry is going to be fairly tough, but except for numbers 2, 9, and 10, it looks like a bachelor's degree will do for the education requirement, and number 8 probably doesn't even need that. Until next year, one can become a financial adviser (number 3) without one also.
2. College professor
3. Financial adviser
4. Human Resources Manager
5. Physician assistant
6. Market research analyst
7. Computer IT analyst
8. Real Estate Appraiser
9. Pharmacist
10. Psychologist
The Wall Street Journal's ten best:
1. BiologistThe article makes clear that "biologist" doesn't mean bachelor's level. As in fact numerous anecdotes make clear, Ph.D. level biologists, as well as other scientists, face long years of low-paid postdoc work. Lots of unemployed astronomers out there too. Here's their ten worst:
2. Actuary
3. Financial planner
4. Computer-systems analyst
5. Accountant
6. Software engineer
7. Meteorologist
8. Paralegal assistant
9. Statistician
10. Astronomer
1. LumberjackOne thing that jumps out here is that these are jobs that women don't want, which is enough in itself to refute the whole "equal pay for equal work" argument.
2. Fisherman
3. Cowboy
4. Ironworker
5. Seaman
6. Taxi driver
7. Construction worker
8. Farmer
9. Roofer
10. Stevedore
I've seen no mention either in the above links or elsewhere of two jobs which seem to be begging for applicants: policeman and teacher. I'd say that these lists go a long way against the idea that young people can't get ahead. What it definitely shows is that a liberal arts degree won't cut it. You've actually got to offer something employers want, and knowledge of Yanomami warfare or the cinquecento isn't it.
posted by Dennis Mangan @ 6:22 AM
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2 Comments:
Comments on a few of the jobs:
HR manager - employers are outsourcing HR functions like crazy. There are a relatively small number of large firms that dominate the market, much as ADP dominates payroll processing; Hewitt Associates is among the largest and best-known, not to mention what my employer uses :) Anyway, I would suspect that the number of high-level HR jobs created at these large outsourcing firms is less, maybe much less, than the number of HR jobs lost at the companies that have outsourced their HR functions.
Physician's assistant - AFAIK this requires education well beyond a bachelor's degree, plus extensive clinical training.
RE appraiser - it's so dependent on the state of the housing market that it seems an unlikely candidate as a "best" job.
Actuary - a terrific job from what I've heard, but the qualifications standards are extremely stringent.
Paralegal assistant - a paralegal already is an assistant. So what's a paralegal assistant, an assistant's assistant? I think something got lost in translation here.
I don't believe that police and teaching jobs are "begging for applicants." Teaching jobs are relatively easy to get in certain fields, particularly special education and vocational education, but much less plentiful in many other fields. Police jobs typically get HUGE numbers of applicants whenever competitive exams are announced, though most of the applicants are unqualified or not very serious.
Peter
Iron Rails & Iron Weights
There can be special problems getting jobs with the police.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2369754,00.html
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