Planning a New Career? Be a Doctor, Financial or IT Specialist, but Stay off the Farm and Put Down that Phone!
Aug. 29, 2008
Frank Nelson for HispanicBusiness.com
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What jobs are going to be hot in the next ten years, and which are going to diminish and perhaps disappear altogether? These are critical questions to ask if you or your children are considering or preparing for a career.
If you like health care, finance or technology, you're in luck. But, if you've dreamed of becoming a farmer, telemarketer or a file clerk, you may want to turn off the tractor, hang up the phone and close those files for good.
Specific job forecasts differ depending on whom you ask, but a recurring theme is that health care, finance and technology will dominate in the foreseeable future. All three sectors are excellent choices for Hispanic workers, and are well worth considering if you are planning your college career or considering changing in mid-career.
In some cases, like nurses and home health aides, demand in large part reflects the needs of an aging and increasingly affluent population. Job growth for computer experts, especially in the information technology sector, is logical, given our ever-expanding information-rich world. Other sectors where future job growth looks likely, including security, alternative energy and the environment.
On the downside, jobs least in demand are expected mostly from predictable areas of declining employment, including many basic manufacturing and service jobs that have been automated, exported overseas or simply disappeared.
According to the U. S. Department of Labor, there may be a limited future in clerical, ordering and filing jobs, many of which are now handled electronically, while our lifestyle choices may have doomed some other occupations.
For example, photographic processing has been hit hard by digital cameras, mail clerks and postal workers are feeling the effects of email, while self-checkout is expected to slice through the ranks of cashiers.
Employment experts say people need to remain flexible and be prepared to switch career course several times if necessary to keep up with changing demands.
The global marketplace and international business are being tagged for major job growth, especially for those speaking more than one language. That should open up opportunities for bilingual Hispanics, particularly those with business, financial or legal qualifications.
Here's a look at the Top Ten jobs tipped for future demand:
Software engineer
Accountant/auditor
Home health aide/nursing aide
Financial adviser
Civil engineer
Registered nurse
Teacher
Physician
Systems analyst
Medical assistant
Ten jobs tipped for future decline:
Farmer/farmworker
Stock clerk/order filler
Telemarketer
Typist
Cashier
Computer programmer
File clerk
Sewing machinist
Manufacturing assembler
Data entry
Source: HispanicBusiness.com (c) 2008. All rights reserved.
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