Job outlook research easy online
Job outlook research is easy online! The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of
Labor Statistics keeps track and publishes all kinds of information about jobs,
current salaries, and future outlooks. You can also find out information about
job salaries and get an idea for current demands based on job postings on job
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes an Occupational Outlook Handbook
which they update every few years. This handbook lists details information about
jobs and careers including:
• nature of the work
• working conditions
• employment
• training
• outlook for the future
• earnings
• related occupations
Based on their research, The Bureau of Statistics provides information on
“Tomorrow’s Jobs.” These are jobs for which current trends indicate rapid growth
for the near future. Overall, jobs in service related industries have better
outlooks than jobs in the product related industries. Here is an abbreviated
list of some of jobs that have the best outlook for the future:
• Professional and related jobs (23% growth rate)
• Service jobs (20.1% growth rate)
• Management, business and financial jobs (15.4% growth rate)
• Construction jobs (15% growth rate)
• Installation, maintenance, and repair jobs (13.6% growth rate)
• Sales jobs (12.9% growth rate)
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