These criteria in hand, they then identified careers using occupational data and employment projections from the Department of Labor. Their eight "Best Careers" fit the bill in each category:

• Curriculum and instructional coordinators
• High-school special-education teachers
• Hospital and clinic managers
• Management consultants and analysts
• Medical researchers
• Physical therapists
• Sales, marketing and advertising managers

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Hey new grads! Summer's almost over -- do you have a job yet? If not, you're probably not alone. Nor are you alone if you're entering your college senior year unsure about what you want to do. CareerDNA launched a service to assist graduating college students with their career planning.

According to a study it commissioned:

• 80 percent of graduating seniors do not have a job when they receive their diploma,
• 97 percent of those same seniors say they aren't confident that they have selected the right career path, and
• 65 percent did not use the resources of their college's career center, turning instead to professors (83 percent), parents (75 percent) and friends (67 percent).