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Top Nine Growth Occupations for College Grads: Computer Careers Climbing Back on Top. CollegeRecruiter.com Tracks Rise in Placements for Those Entering the IT Workforce (March 21, 2005 Press Release)
March 21, 2005 by alwinFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT INFO:
CollegeRecruiter.com
Steven Rothberg
3109 W 50 St Ste 121
Minneapolis, MN 55410-2102
USA
Phone: 800-835-4989
Fax: 702-537-2227
Steven@CollegeRecruiter.com
http://www.CollegeRecruiter.comMinneapolis, Minnesota — March 21, 2005 – Since the bursting of the dot com bubble in 2000, information technology careers have been viewed by many college students as almost certain paths to long-term unemployment. Although few are predicting a quick return to the drastic shortage in information technology workers seen in the late 1990′s, there is cause for optimism among those who believe that computers, and not dogs, are man’s best friend. Once again, information technology careers are topping the list of the best growth occupations for college graduates.
For occupations requiring a two-year college degree or higher, Computer Software Engineers, Computer Analysts, and Postsecondary Teachers are projected to have the largest increases in employment through 2012. The figures come from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, which regularly estimates which occupational fields will see the largest growth in the number of jobs.
“It has been quite a roller coaster ride for computer science graduates,” said Steven Rothberg, President and Founder of CollegeRecruiter.com, the highest traffic career site used by students and recent graduates and the employers who want to hire them. “When we went live way back in 1996, most people did not know what a dot com was and no one could have envisioned the dot com bubble, the bursting of that bubble and resulting labor market crash, and now the slow and steady resurrection of that labor market.” Rothberg believes that the improved job market for new graduates will continue for at least the next couple of years, but cautions them against choosing their major simply based upon what careers are hot today. “Hot professions come and go more frequently than some people change their socks. The key to professional fulfillment is to carefully examine your competencies, interests, and values and choose your career, industry, and employer based upon those factors.”
For a full breakdown of the occupations, their current employment numbers, and their estimated employment numbers, see
Top 9 Growth Occupations for College Graduates.About CollegeRecruiter.com
CollegeRecruiter.com is the highest traffic career site used by job hunting students and recent graduates and the employers who want to hire them. The CollegeRecruiter.com network of career sites is used by 5,000,000 visitors per month to find part-time positions, summer jobs, internships and career opportunities. CollegeRecruiter.com features tens of thousands of job openings and over 1,300 pages of employment-related articles and Ask the Experts questions and answers. Further information about CollegeRecruiter.com is available at http://www.CollegeRecruiter.com/pages/press-room.php.
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Meet Mr. Ricky Steele – March 22, 2005
March 18, 2005 by jim stroudChapter 11 Bookstore will be hosting a book signing by Mr. Ricky Steele, author of
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Prison jobs outsourced to Mexico?
March 17, 2005 by jim stroudFor years Texas has viewed its prison system as a jobs program, with rural areas actively competing for new prison units to be built in their region to counter job losses to the cities.
Now that the drive for more prison pork – and the draconian laws designed to fill them up — have spurred an overincarceration crisis, state Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, wants to outsource those jobs to Mexico…
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Behold the power of my blog!!!
March 16, 2005 by jim stroudYahoo is preparing to introduce a new service that blends several of its Web site’s popular features with two of the Internet’s fastest growing activities
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AUDIO: Francina Harrison – Internet Television Host
by jim stroud
Francina R. Harrison of “The Career Engineers” (and author of “A Mind to Work: The Life and Career Planning Guide For People Who Need To Work Now!”) discusses her new venture. Francina is the host of “Push Up Your Career With The Career Engineers, an internet television show featured on Streaming Faith’s Power Network. (3:43)
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You want fries with that?
by jim stroudThe world’s largest fast-food chain said on Thursday it is looking into using remote call centers to take customer orders in an effort to improve service at its drive-thrus.
“If you’re in L.A…. and you hear a person with a North Dakota accent taking your order, you’ll know what we’re up to,” McDonald’s Chief Executive Jim Skinner told investors during a presentation at the Bear Stearns Retail, Restaurants & Apparel Conference in New York.
Call center professionals with “very strong communication skills” could help boost order accuracy and ultimately speed up the time it takes customers to get in and out of the drive-thrus, the company said.
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Just me and my Job Shadow…
by jim stroudJob shadowing is an academically motivating activity designed to give kids an up-close look at the world of work and to answer the question, “Why do I have to learn this?” Beginning with a nationwide kickoff on February 2, 2005, and continuing throughout the school year, students across America will “shadow” workplace mentors as they go through a normal day on the job. The students get to see firsthand how the skills learned in school relate to the workplace. Job Shadowing is led by the National Job Shadow Coalition and is supported through a national sponsorship by ING, Nelnet, and Valpak.
Discover: The Job Shadow Program
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AUDIO: David Parmet of Indeed.com (Part 2 of 2)
March 15, 2005 by jim stroud
Check out my interviews with David Parmet of Indeed.com, a website that will allow you to search HUNDREDS of jobsites at once. However, that is only the beginning of what it can do. Listen to the interview and then checkout Indeed for yourself. (3:09)
David Parmet – Part 2
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Please, somebody save Toby!!!
by jim stroud
Call it sick, call it crazy, but this stunt is generating some serious cash!!! Are you desparate enough (or rather, been unemployed long enough) to try something like this? Savetoby.com | Only YOU have the power to Save Toby!
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AUDIO: David Parmet of Indeed.com (Part 1 of 2)
by jim stroud
Check out my interviews with David Parmet of Indeed.com, a website that will allow you to search HUNDREDS of jobsites at once. However, that is only the beginning of what it can do. Listen to the interview and then checkout Indeed for yourself. (3:31)
David Parmet – Part 1
