Study: Health care, business among the top job options for Americans looking to change careers
13 January 2015 - 10:06PM
With strong job growth and above-average salary potential, nurse
practitioner, civil engineer, health educator and accountant were
among 20 top jobs for 2015, as determined by Schools.com in their
analysis of smart moves for career changers. The featured careers
all met specific criteria for job growth, salary potential and
educational requirements, and were selected using a matching system
that emphasized the personality traits and skills of aspiring
professionals. Research from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows
that Americans between 18 and 46 change jobs, on average, at least
10 times during that period in their lives. This new analysis
encourages job seekers to think about career changes and
transferrable skills in a new way, and to remember that jobs both
in and outside their current fields can be possibilities. The 20
featured recommendations highlight great career moves, from
low-paying, low-education jobs into stable, growing professions.
They include shifts from emergency medical technician to nurse
practitioner, traffic technician to civil engineer, surveying
technician to cost estimator, psychiatric technician to
occupational therapist, and teaching assistant to health educator.
Methodology Using data from the BLS,
Schools.com created a list of target careers, which meet specific
requirements in the following areas:
- Annual salary above the national average
- Projected job growth above the national average
- More than 1,000 projected job openings between 2012 and
2022
- Typical education required for entry-level positions is a
bachelor's, master's or doctor/professional degree
- No work experience in a related occupation is required
Schools.com's data specialists then created a 4-point weighted
compatibility scale based on criteria from the Occupational
Employment Network, including:
- Each career's primary interest and secondary interest, which
refers to employees' personality preferences for their work
environment and tasks
- Each career's primary and secondary areas of knowledge, which
refers to the skills employees need to do their jobs
Using the compatibility metric, starter jobs, which have annual
salaries below the national average and require less than a college
degree, were matched with their corresponding target careers.
To see all 20 recommended career changes, including details on
salary potential and job growth for all target jobs, please see
Schools.com's article on Changing careers: 20 smart moves for 2015.
About Schools.com
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prospective students with the right information, people and schools
to help them advance in life. Featuring in-depth sections with
faculty interviews, campus tours and national education news, the
site aims to be a hub for higher education topics and trends.
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