Q TIPS:
Quick and Quintessential Tips to Guide Your Job Search and Work Life
Job-hunting tips from the January 12, 2009, issue of
QuintZine.
Mark Guterman and Dan King of MeaningfulCareers.com recommend an Annual Renewal Process consisting of these steps:
STEP 1: REFLECTION
Conduct an objective and subjective evaluation of the recent past.
Describe the lessons learned from the recent past.
STEP 2: APPRECIATION
Express appreciation for self, others, and the world around you.
Create affirmations
STEP 3: VISION/PLANNING
Clarify your values: What is most important to you?
Identify your vision and goals.
Describe the plans and steps you will take.
Commit to your action plan.
"I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK" is a tune made famous by the Monty Python comedy troupe.
In 2009, lumberjacks are far from OK. Mathematicians, on the other hand, couldn't be happier. These are among
the nation's best and worst jobs compiled in the new "2009 Jobs Rated Report," an in-depth look at 200 jobs by CareerCast.com.
The editors at job portal CareerCast.com wanted to answer two key questions in this economic downturn:
What are the best jobs out there, and what are the worst? Not in terms of glamour, or just in terms of salary, but
in terms of such factors as job security, emotional stress, hiring outlook, and basic physical safety.
The criteria CareerCast.com researchers used to determine the most - and least - appealing career
opportunities included environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands, security, and stress. Each
occupation is ranked using data from such sources as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census
Bureau, as well as information provided by a wide range of trade associations and industry groups. The upshot:
secure, well-paying office jobs, like mathematician, ranked high. Physically demanding, high-risk jobs, like
Lumberjack, brought up the rear. Based on these factors, here are the nation's 10 best and worst jobs.
[To see the full rankings of all 200 jobs, go to CareerCast.com.]
BEST JOBS
mathematician
actuary
statistician
biologist
software engineer
computer systems analyst
historian
sociologist
industrial designer
accountant
WORST JOBS
lumberjack
dairy farmer
taxi driver
seaman
emergency medical technician
roofer
garbage collector
welder
roustabout
ironworker
Jobfox, an Internet job site, predicts the top Obama-inspired new job trends to watch in 2009.
The list includes the job sectors and key professions that are most likely to grow as
a result of President-elect Barack Obama's economic-stimulus policies. The Obama
administration has said it will "hit the ground running" with what experts project to be a
$700 billion job-stimulus package. The new administration's goals are to create or save
3.5 million (or more) jobs over the next two years.
According to Jobfox, the most wanted new jobs,
listed according to major Obama initiatives,
will include:
Initiative: Construction of Roads, Bridges, Transit, and Rural Broadband
Key Jobs:
Construction managers
Project managers
Civil engineers
Computer-aided drafting specialists
Telecommunications engineers
Initiative: Greater Oversight of Financial Markets
Key Jobs:
Compliance accountants
Internal auditors
Tax accountants
Government regulators
Initiative: Energy Independence
Key Jobs:
Electrical engineers
Mechanical engineers
Power grid managers
Biofuels chemists
Sales and marketing
Initiative: Healthcare Modernization
Key Jobs:
Nurses
Information technology specialists
Bioinformatics specialists
Information security specialists
Software developers
Initiative: Volunteerism and Community Involvement
Mark Guterman and Dan King of MeaningfulCareers.com recommend an Annual Renewal Process consisting of these steps:
