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2009 Career Guide Released Online to Help with Job Success During Recession
ST. LOUIS, (PRNewswire), December 14, 2008 - U.S. News Media Group has released its 2009 Career Guide exclusively on USNews.com. Available online the updated and expanded career package provides detailed information for visitors to help them find, protect, and succeed in their careers during the current economic downturn.
The 30 Best Careers for 2009, which profiles careers that offer strong outlooks and high job satisfaction, is an essential resource for anyone considering career moves or job stability, as well as for those just starting their career search. The Best Careers list also factors in current trends in America, such as the growing "green" movement and the projected agendas of the newly elected President and Congress. In addition, the list profiles new careers, including Health Policy Specialist, Physical Therapist and Veterinarian, as well as a Best-Kept-Secret Careers section.
The 2009 Best Careers guide also includes:
- What's new in 2009 ... and the career advice you need to know: With a new political leadership and a steep economic downturn, there is a lot more to consider in picking and maintaining a career. This section will bring visitors up to speed on the changing world of work, and provide the information needed to help them navigate their career decisions.
- How the Best Careers Scored: Sortable tables show top careers' median pay nationally for 25 metropolitan areas, plus how they scored on factors like job satisfaction and job-market outlook.
- Ahead-of-the-Curve Careers: Cutting-edge careers that are viable now and poised for future growth, including Data Miner, Wellness Coach and Solar Energy System Technician.
- Best-Kept-Secret Careers: Under-the-radar careers, many of which might be easier to land in an ever-tightening job market.
- Overrated Careers: Careers that carry a mystique but have many surprising downsides for career seekers.
- Job Education and Search: With Job Universe, visitors can learn about the education, training, and earnings for certain career profiles, and they can also browse thousands of job postings through the Simply Hired search engine.
Since careers cannot be judged purely on statistics, U.S. News uses both quantitative and qualitative criteria to select the Best Careers. From the hundreds of careers and variants in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook, plus other candidate careers, U.S. News selected the 31 that offered outstanding opportunities based on:
- Job satisfaction -- defined as spending a high percentage of time on
activities that many people would consider rewarding and/or pleasant.
- Training difficulty -- defined by the length of training typically
required, adjusted by the amount of science and/or math involved.
- Prestige -- based on an informal survey of college-educated adults.
- Job market outlook -- based on data from the U.S. Department of Labor
and professional organizations. Because the most current jobs data can
be a year or two old, U.S. News adjusts that data to account for
recent major trends. For example, a career's 2009 job market rating
was increased if it fell within one of the incoming president's
priority areas: healthcare, energy, the environment, education,
infrastructure or re-regulation.
- Pay -- based on data provided by payscale.com, which has an extensive
database of individual employee compensation profiles. Pay assumes an
average scope of responsibility and that workers are employed by
someone else. Self-employed individuals and those with above-average
scopes of responsibility may earn significantly more.
Aerospace Industry Shows Financial Strength in Harsh Financial Atmosphere
ST. LOUIS (PRNewswire-USNewswire), December 14, 2008 - The aerospace industry is showing resiliency in trying economic times, ending 2008 with modest growth and continued strength in important areas like foreign trade balance and employment, AIA announced Wednesday.
While the industry has not been immune to effects from the ongoing global financial crisis, it is showing relative strength, AIA president and CEO Marion Blakey said during the annual AIA Year-End Review and Forecast.
"We are in an extremely challenging economic atmosphere, but our industry is proving to be remarkably durable," Blakey said. "We anticipate this to continue, and we expect our industry will continue to be an asset to the U.S. economy as we climb out of our current financial hardships."
Aerospace sales are on pace to reach $204 billion for 2008. This is an increase of 2.1 percent - a lower rate than in recent years, but a record sales figure for the industry for the fifth consecutive year.
The industry will also continue to post very strong export numbers, reaching $99.2 billion for the year. That fuels a critically important foreign trade surplus of about $61 billion, almost exactly the figure the industry logged in 2007. It is the largest trade surplus of any U.S. manufacturing sector.
Employment also remained solid, with an average workforce that will reach 655,500 for the year. The total was 657,700 in figures released in September. The average is about 10,000 more than the average for 2007.
AIA is forecasting modest sales growth for 2009. Sales should reach $214 billion, a figure that is about 2.2 percent more than the total the industry would have achieved this year had a work stoppage not impacted the 2008 bottom line. Blakey acknowledged we are in extremely volatile economic times that could affect the forecast in the coming year.
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