Five Fastest Growing Careers
- From: "Golden State Poppy" <GoldenStatePoppy@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 29 May 2006 08:28:22 -0700
Education
With about one in four Americans enrolled in educational institutions,
educational services is the second largest industry, accounting for
about 12.7 million jobs. Most teaching positions -- which constitute
almost half of all educational services jobs -- require at least a
bachelor's degree. Some require a master's or doctoral degree, much
like the position to which Aretha Rhone-Bush aspired.
Serving as assistant principal at Hilton Head High School (Hilton Head,
S.C.), Rhone-Bush saw the opportunity she'd been waiting for -- one
that would not only enhance her career, but ultimately her education,
too.
"I saw the proposal for the bond referendum to build the [new] school,"
she says. "When I was hired as an assistant principal at Hilton Head
High School, I told my principal I wanted the opportunity to lead the
school." After she led a 55-member committee through the design and
build process of Bluffton High School, a state-of-the-art technology
school, Rhone-Bush was unanimously chosen as principal. At age 34, she
is one of the youngest high school principals in the nation.
"This position is my destiny," says Rhone-Bush. "I didn't just happen
upon this job." Which is why she decided to expand on her existing
knowledge by enrolling in an online Ph.D. program in Leadership for
K-12 Programs Specialization through Capella University.
Nursing
It's time to help others and help yourself by exploring a career in
health care, specifically nursing. With almost 500,000 health care
establishments across the country, professionals who can fuse human
compassion with advanced medical technology are in great demand. From
cleansing a child's scraped knee and caring for the terminally ill to
working side by side with doctors and surgeons, professionals like
yourself work hard to improve the lives of those around them and are
recognized accordingly. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
nursing is among the top 10 occupations with the largest estimated job
growth. Choosing an educational program that fits your life is an
excellent prescription for advancement in this flourishing industry.
Take Terri Welborn, RN, manager of trauma services at a 415-bed
hospital in Midland, Texas, for instance. She completed a legal nurse
consulting certificate online at Kaplan University last April, and is
now enrolled in Kaplan's newly launched online bachelor of science
degree in nursing (BSN) program. "I am married and have three kids, and
three grandkids under the age of 7. And, my husband is a police officer
and is looking at retirement in about five years," says Welborn. "So
I'm looking for a way to take my career in a direction that allows me
to utilize the experience and knowledge I've acquired in the past 25
years, but not to be tied to the hospital 40 hours a week."
Information Technology
If you're driven by the digital world, why not capitalize on your
cyber-savviness? With fast-growing fields such as Web design and
development, systems engineers, and database management, you can
connect to a career opportunity that is exciting, cutting-edge and
creative.
One stepping stone to an IT degree that many are taking advantage of is
certificate programs. In fact, computer systems design and related
services industry is cited by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as one of
the top 10 fastest growing industries in the economy, adding more than
600,000 jobs between 2002 and 2012.
Statistics like that are encouraging, especially to someone like Debra
Wall-Czech. When she got laid off, she immediately faced difficulty
finding another job because she didn't have a college degree. With so
many responsibilities to juggle -- taking care of a family and
traveling the world with a country/rock band -- the 41-year-old decided
the best option for her was to get a degree online.
"I can log onto classes from home or when I'm traveling." In fact,
Debra has even accessed her classes at Internet cafés and
military-base computer labs. Even with her demanding schedule,
Wall-Czech successfully earned two bachelor's degrees from DeVry -- one
in computer information systems and one in business information
systems. She has since enrolled at DeVry's Keller Graduate School of
Management where she'll complete a master's degree in project
management this year.
Business
If you're intrigued by all things business -- yes, even beyond 'The
Apprentice' -- it's time to make your corporate mark. Power your
pursuits with a degree; advanced study is especially impressive in the
boardroom of any business. MBA earners are consistently courted by
corporate bigwigs, and with some programs offered entirely online,
there are more options from which to choose. You can specialize in
areas such as accounting, project management, marketing and more.
Deb Hagan wanted to succeed in the boardroom and knew that a master's
degree would help her do that. Having a full-time job and being a busy
mother of two wasn't going to stop her from getting it. In fact,
neither was giving birth to her third child, which happened right in
the middle of her online coursework at the University of Phoenix.
Two days after her son was born, she wrapped up a statistics class;
less than one week after that, she registered for two more courses.
Crazy? Ambitious is more like it. Deb saw an opportunity to make
professional and personal advancements through online learning, and now
that she's latched on, she's not letting go.
Criminal Justice
Crime prevention, litigation and legal disputes -- and the need to
protect confidential information and property of all kinds -- will
always create opportunities for people with degrees in criminal
justice. In fact, employment of private detectives and investigators is
expected to grow faster than the average occupation across the next
decade. Accordingly, various certificate and degree programs focusing
on theses exciting and important career avenues are flourishing.
For Brenda McGreevy of Guilderland, N.Y., the convenience of distance
learning allowed her to earn her associate's degree in criminal justice
almost entirely online, while working full time for the state Division
of Criminal Justice Services, and volunteering 20 hours a week as an
emergency medical technician for the Western Turnpike Rescue Squad in
Guilderland. "I decided to go to school for a degree after my youngest
daughter went to college and that left me being the only one in the
household that hadn't gone to college," says the now 49-year-old
McGreevy, who's a mother of two grown daughters. The academic fit she
found helped her graduate with a 4.0 G.P.A.
In addition to state and other public service career opportunities, the
field of criminal justice is booming in the private sector as well.
Attorneys always need assistance from skilled professionals with a
working knowledge of the field, not to mention the endless demand for
investigators in the corporate world. Corporate investigators monitor
the tumultuous financial activity of the world's businesses and are
experts at assessing internal and external financial losses and
preventing industrial spying by competitors. Additionally, two newer
fields -- cyber-security and homeland security -- are rapidly growing
alternatives for those looking to apply their business degrees to
criminal justice.
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