Best Careers Get Graded

December 17, 2008 RSS Feed Print

U.S. News launched its Best Careers for 2009 last week. It's a great resource for college students trying to pick majors and find careers with promising outlooks. It's also a great resource for the rest of us. Some of the 30 careers require undergraduate degrees or post-graduate degrees, but certainly not all of them.

One of the most helpful pages is the best careers "report card." It's actually an underrated piece of this whole package. You can find it here.

People looking for work that requires less training--perhaps those who have recently been laid off and are looking to switch out of a sluggish career--can use this interactive table to sort the 30 careers by their level of training difficulty.

You can see the specifics of the typical degrees required, median pay, job satisfaction, prestige and outlook--all in one chart, on one page.

So, if you've been reading any of the best careers profiles--I think you'll find this a very useful tool.

 

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Many of the job listed require a significant level of experience and further training. They may not help current graduates in their short term goals to get a job after graduation. They need to know what further academic preparation and experience would be imnportant to move them toward their goal. For instance a job as a consultant requires a signficant amount of experience and some certifcation depending upon the field that you would want to consult in.

Dr.Barry Miller of NY 12:47PM December 18, 2008

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