The 50 Best Careers of 2010

Biomedical engineer, curator, and urban planner made the cut

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Creative jobs often get short shrift as promising opportunities, given that competition can be fierce and interest high. However, there will be plenty of demand for technical writers, curators, and film and video editors. Some service jobs can also be easily overlooked despite the excellent opportunities they provide. Plumbers are the butt of plenty of jokes, but the career could be a great choice for someone who wants on-the-job training and has the needed physical stamina. Likewise, employment of security system installers is forecast to jump 25 percent between 2008 and 2018. Sometimes, a recession shows you that the best jobs aren't the ones that grab headlines or dazzle strangers. Rather, they're the ones that offer a stable paycheck and a little satisfaction at the end of the day.

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Healthcare is not quite as recession-proof as people thinnk. Millions of people unemployed, means millions of people PLUS thier families uninsured. People don't go to the doctor unless its a life or death emergency. Nurses have the best chance...but consider the reality of the working conditions...HORRIFIC! Nurses get brow-beaten by patients, the patients family, arrogant doctors & control freak administration. They work 16 hr shifts, graveyard, weekends, holidays & change thier schedule at a moments notice to accomodate dept needs.
With that being said, don't think for a second, that such flexibility is reciprocated. No good deed goes unpunished. Acareer in healthcare puts food on the table, but I wouldn't exactly call it rewarding...or fulfilling....don't get me wrong, there are rewarding MOMENTS, but that's about it.

lee of NY 2:35AM June 04, 2012

Did CALIGIRL (12-28-11) actually make a racist comment toward Asians and a disparaging comment from people with vocational education?! I believe she did. Point in fact, CALIGIRL said "...you'll actually have to be better than the competition from Asia. Then, there will be need for people who have little to no education to fill the menial jobs such as food servers, plumbers, cleaning staff...etc." Notwithstanding the racist comment and stereotypical profiling of people from Asia, it seems that CALIGIRL is implicitly being racist toward anyone not from Asia...as if anyone else couldn't present competition. Perhaps she's talking about those plumbers she disparaged. After all, according to CALIGIRL, they're just gonna have to accept the "MENIAL JOBS" because they "HAVE LITTLE TO NO EDUCATION".
What kind of person are you CALIGIRL? I've got a few descriptors in mind but I'm a polite person.

Danny Ray Crum Jr of PA 3:25PM February 21, 2012

Thank you for recognizing that school psychology is at the cross roads of education and health care. As a certified school psychologist I am legally and ethically educated, trained, experienced and qualified to diagnose such issues as depression or ADHD. HOWEVER, the ignorance in the educational community regarding the diagnosis of such issues knows no limits. Second only to their ignorance, administrators in the educational system seem to need to control due to concern of money. I've heard many say they don't want their psychologists diagnosing certain issues because it could make the district financially liable and it would only come out of their budget.

Danny Ray Crum Jr of PA 3:19PM February 21, 2012