By : Rich Heintz
Weary of waiting for the mother of all labor shortages to appear? The one prophesied to occur in a few years when the baby-boom generation begins to retire in droves.
Who isn't? After all, labor reports these days seem to dwell far too much on the negative, tallying jobs lost between references to downsizings, layoffs and outsourcing.
Well, you can stop marking time. The wait is over. Right now - today - there are hot job skills you can emphasize or acquire that will lead to solid employment opportunities. Many of these openings are being created either to fill the vacancies left by retiring baby boomers or to fill slots making products or services the boomers are buying.
CONSTRUCTION - Even though hiring on construction sites can slow during inclement winter months, prospects for this profession appear healthy, particularly in the greater Sacramento and Central Valley regions. In addition to brisk new home sales, the passage of school construction bonds in recent years promises to keep crews hopping for sometime to come. Check with your local trade unions for information about apprenticeship programs and salary information.
DRIVING - Whether you can pilot a car, truck or limo, your services are needed somewhere in Northern California. Provided, of course, you have a clean driving record and the required certification to operate the vehicle. If long-haul trucking is your goal, affordable training is readily available from a number of credentialed schools. Salaries can start out in the high 30's and accelerate after you have some time behind the wheel. Check your local yellow pages under Truck Driving Instruction.
HIGH TECH - You may be a computer virus away from getting hired - if you have the skills to help companies protect their networks. The accelerating sophistication of viruses and worms underscores how vulnerable networks are becoming to new threats. In addition to the security field, application development skills are in demand, especially Oracle 11i, SAP, Peoplesoft and ERP systems.
LANGUAGE - Are you bilingual? Depending upon the language you speak, you are in demand, thanks to the incredible diversity of California. In addition to Spanish, other languages in demand are Thai, Laotian, Hmong, Arabic, Persian and Farsi. Translators are employed in a broad variety of settings, including assisting in court and facilitating other legal transactions. Salaries range widely with experience from $10 to $125 per hour. Check the yellow pages under translators and interpreters, or search the Internet for conventional employers in search of your skills.
Individuals who can interpret for the deaf are always in high demand as well, according to Roseanne deVlaming, president of Sign Language Interpreting Services in Sacramento. Most community colleges offer a two-year program in American Sign Language; interpreter training is an additional two-years.
The state also hires their own experts to interpret for state employees.
MATH - Good with numbers? If you've got talent and ethics to boot, the accounting industry wants you. The field cannot afford to go through many more corporate scandals, so your honesty can be a key selling point. If the corporate world does not appeal to you, there is always a demand for bookkeepers and payroll experts at small, independent firms. Typical salaries range from $35K to over $70K for a corporate officer.
For seasonal work, you might consider tax preparation - if not on your own, then for one of the large well-known firms. Some of these companies are already starting to train a new class of tax preparers for the spring rush. They typically earn less than accountants.
If you would like to ply your math skills in something other than the financial world, you might consider engineering. Although the field requires a demanding education, there is never a shortage of openings for those with the right qualifications. Salaries vary by region and experience, ranging from $62,000 up to $84,000 according to the BLS.
MEDICAL - This may be the country's hottest job field for some time to come, thanks once again to those aging boomers. No other area offers such a variety of well-paying opportunities with the promise of long-range employability. Some in fact, require as little as two years of training (or less) in order to qualify for a solid salary.
It takes one year of study to become a surgical technologist (surgery assistant) earning $30K. Two years and you can become a $60K dental hygienist or respiratory therapist. You can get a nursing degree in two to three years and be qualified to earn up to $65,000 or more depending upon the region. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has named nursing as one of the top ten professions with the fastest-growing opportunities. There's no relief in sight for California's nursing shortage, since many of the state's current RNs are fast approaching retirement age.
If direct care is not your thing, you might consider a career as a pharmacist. Schools cannot produce enough graduates to meet the current demand - which is only going to grow to meet the needs of the graying baby boomers. Pharmacists work in hospitals and managed-care offices, as well as traditional drugstore settings. Related positions are available in the industry, helping develop and market new drugs.
MECHANICAL - Have a knack for the nuts and bolts of how things work? Like to repair or assemble machinery? You might consider the variety of positions available with manufacturing firms. Even though that industry has been hard hit by a mediocre economy, demographics are on your side. Many of the highly skilled members of this workforce are approaching retirement age, meaning a majority of manufacturing firms will be in need of replacements. Salaries range from $15 to $20 per hour.
If you prefer tinkering with cars, 60,000 auto-service jobs are going unfilled, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which predicts 150,000 openings by 2010. Salaries vary by region, with the BLS estimating top earnings at $25 per hour.
SALES - Is there a word that appears more often in the help-wanted section than "sales?" Every industry, after all, is dependent upon generating revenue, usually through a sales force. If you are a people person with a positive attitude and a gift of gab, you might find this career rewarding. While the potential bonuses are often attractive, factors outside your control (the economy) can affect your earnings. Salaries vary widely depending on the type of business.
SCIENTIFIC - Comprehend all things chemical or biological? You have several good career choices. If you like research or playing a part in the development of new drugs, the bio-tech industry offers good long-term prospects. The industry is expanding as it rushes to develop new drugs to treat the baby-boom generation in its golden years. Many two and four-year colleges in Northern California offer a range of certificate and degree programs designed to qualify graduates for employment. Salaries vary with special skills, although the BLS says the average production-line worker earns a minimum of $40K. According to the BLS, jobs are expected to grow by 24 percent through 2010.
If none of these openings are appealing, try visiting the BLS website (bls.gov) and clicking on Occupational Quarterly. There you can use the A-Z Index to search the entire BLS databank for a profession more to your liking. The other choice? Go back to marking time - one of these days, the boomer holding your ideal job will indeed retire
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Weary of waiting for the mother of all labor shortages to appear? The one prophesied to occur in a few years when the baby-boom generation begins to retire in droves.
Who isn't? After all, labor reports these days seem to dwell far too much on the negative, tallying jobs lost between references to downsizings, layoffs and outsourcing.
Well, you can stop marking time. The wait is over. Right now - today - there are hot job skills you can emphasize or acquire that will lead to solid employment opportunities. Many of these openings are being created either to fill the vacancies left by retiring baby boomers or to fill slots making products or services the boomers are buying.
CONSTRUCTION - Even though hiring on construction sites can slow during inclement winter months, prospects for this profession appear healthy, particularly in the greater Sacramento and Central Valley regions. In addition to brisk new home sales, the passage of school construction bonds in recent years promises to keep crews hopping for sometime to come. Check with your local trade unions for information about apprenticeship programs and salary information.
DRIVING - Whether you can pilot a car, truck or limo, your services are needed somewhere in Northern California. Provided, of course, you have a clean driving record and the required certification to operate the vehicle. If long-haul trucking is your goal, affordable training is readily available from a number of credentialed schools. Salaries can start out in the high 30's and accelerate after you have some time behind the wheel. Check your local yellow pages under Truck Driving Instruction.
HIGH TECH - You may be a computer virus away from getting hired - if you have the skills to help companies protect their networks. The accelerating sophistication of viruses and worms underscores how vulnerable networks are becoming to new threats. In addition to the security field, application development skills are in demand, especially Oracle 11i, SAP, Peoplesoft and ERP systems.
LANGUAGE - Are you bilingual? Depending upon the language you speak, you are in demand, thanks to the incredible diversity of California. In addition to Spanish, other languages in demand are Thai, Laotian, Hmong, Arabic, Persian and Farsi. Translators are employed in a broad variety of settings, including assisting in court and facilitating other legal transactions. Salaries range widely with experience from $10 to $125 per hour. Check the yellow pages under translators and interpreters, or search the Internet for conventional employers in search of your skills.
Individuals who can interpret for the deaf are always in high demand as well, according to Roseanne deVlaming, president of Sign Language Interpreting Services in Sacramento. Most community colleges offer a two-year program in American Sign Language; interpreter training is an additional two-years.
The state also hires their own experts to interpret for state employees.
MATH - Good with numbers? If you've got talent and ethics to boot, the accounting industry wants you. The field cannot afford to go through many more corporate scandals, so your honesty can be a key selling point. If the corporate world does not appeal to you, there is always a demand for bookkeepers and payroll experts at small, independent firms. Typical salaries range from $35K to over $70K for a corporate officer.
For seasonal work, you might consider tax preparation - if not on your own, then for one of the large well-known firms. Some of these companies are already starting to train a new class of tax preparers for the spring rush. They typically earn less than accountants.
If you would like to ply your math skills in something other than the financial world, you might consider engineering. Although the field requires a demanding education, there is never a shortage of openings for those with the right qualifications. Salaries vary by region and experience, ranging from $62,000 up to $84,000 according to the BLS.
MEDICAL - This may be the country's hottest job field for some time to come, thanks once again to those aging boomers. No other area offers such a variety of well-paying opportunities with the promise of long-range employability. Some in fact, require as little as two years of training (or less) in order to qualify for a solid salary.
It takes one year of study to become a surgical technologist (surgery assistant) earning $30K. Two years and you can become a $60K dental hygienist or respiratory therapist. You can get a nursing degree in two to three years and be qualified to earn up to $65,000 or more depending upon the region. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has named nursing as one of the top ten professions with the fastest-growing opportunities. There's no relief in sight for California's nursing shortage, since many of the state's current RNs are fast approaching retirement age.
If direct care is not your thing, you might consider a career as a pharmacist. Schools cannot produce enough graduates to meet the current demand - which is only going to grow to meet the needs of the graying baby boomers. Pharmacists work in hospitals and managed-care offices, as well as traditional drugstore settings. Related positions are available in the industry, helping develop and market new drugs.
MECHANICAL - Have a knack for the nuts and bolts of how things work? Like to repair or assemble machinery? You might consider the variety of positions available with manufacturing firms. Even though that industry has been hard hit by a mediocre economy, demographics are on your side. Many of the highly skilled members of this workforce are approaching retirement age, meaning a majority of manufacturing firms will be in need of replacements. Salaries range from $15 to $20 per hour.
If you prefer tinkering with cars, 60,000 auto-service jobs are going unfilled, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which predicts 150,000 openings by 2010. Salaries vary by region, with the BLS estimating top earnings at $25 per hour.
SALES - Is there a word that appears more often in the help-wanted section than "sales?" Every industry, after all, is dependent upon generating revenue, usually through a sales force. If you are a people person with a positive attitude and a gift of gab, you might find this career rewarding. While the potential bonuses are often attractive, factors outside your control (the economy) can affect your earnings. Salaries vary widely depending on the type of business.
SCIENTIFIC - Comprehend all things chemical or biological? You have several good career choices. If you like research or playing a part in the development of new drugs, the bio-tech industry offers good long-term prospects. The industry is expanding as it rushes to develop new drugs to treat the baby-boom generation in its golden years. Many two and four-year colleges in Northern California offer a range of certificate and degree programs designed to qualify graduates for employment. Salaries vary with special skills, although the BLS says the average production-line worker earns a minimum of $40K. According to the BLS, jobs are expected to grow by 24 percent through 2010.
If none of these openings are appealing, try visiting the BLS website (bls.gov) and clicking on Occupational Quarterly. There you can use the A-Z Index to search the entire BLS databank for a profession more to your liking. The other choice? Go back to marking time - one of these days, the boomer holding your ideal job will indeed retire
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