Trends in Specific Fields
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Specific fields within industries and services could include such popular career areas as business, health care, hospitality, legal services or environmental fields. In any one field you may discover a vast variety of majors to study.
Take for example the environmental field, this could include; agriculture, biochemistry, toxic waste, parks and recreation, forestry, fisheries, wildlife management, entomology, horticulture, botany, zoology, resource development, genetics, crop and soil science, geology and microbiology. Any one of these majors could lead to dozens of jobs. This fact creates some interesting career paths, but it takes time and patience to understand this kind of information. Below are a list of college majors which are currently in demand for four and two year degrees, or a certificate of achievement:
College Majors in Demand: 4 Year Degrees
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Finance * |
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* In 2002, the National Association of Colleges and Employers "Salary Survey " list these majors, as the top 10 recruited in the economy.
LCC College Majors in Demand: 2 Year Degrees and Certificates
* The American Hospital Association reports a 13% to 20% shortage of nurses
to fill nursing jobs. Vacancy rates for radiologic technicians is severe, as
x-ray exam rates have increased some 130% in the last three decades. This is in
direct contrast to decreasing enrollments in both programs since 1994. Career
Opportunity News, September 2002.
Krannich, Ronald. (5/99). Career Magazine. 30 Fastest Growing
Occupations. http://www.careermag.com/articles_index/139.html
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