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The Job Market's High Growth Sectors
1. Green is this year's color in the job market, and I don't mean banking. Green is hot and with oil prices high and the Obama White House throwing tens of billions at this industry, it should stay hot for at least three years or more. Solar energy, alternative fuels and energy conservation all need people for jobs across the board and offer wide open career paths! Social awareness and conscious investing are also growing.
2. Baby boomers. The boomers have taken some hits in the recession. Their retirement funds and their homes are worth less. But they will still shift trillions of dollars in spending as they move toward retirement.Jobs will be in areas as diverse ashome health care, assisted and retirement living, travel, career planning (lots of boomers will work after they retire)and dating.
3. Government. Money is being invested in local, state and federal government and the average government job now pays much better than the private sector.Whether it's new roads, mass transit, homeland security, electronic medical records or overseeing bank bailouts much opportunity awaits.
4. Health care. Aging boomers and new medical tech doesn't just drive nursing and medicine careers.Holistic and preventative health is a growing field from chiropractic to nutritional to social work. These all require support services from medical billing, records and office management to marketing and HR.
5. Alternative. Alternative services are going mainstream. Yoga is taught in law offices, poetry is shared at corporate retreats and meditation is a recognized part of some treatment programs attraditional hospitals and many rehab centers.Self-help,consciousness raising and spiritualityare all rapidly expanding services creating new jobs and businessopportunities.
