Hot careers on the job market
Stephanie Howe
Issue date: 12/12/08 Section: News
With the unemployment average hovering around 6.7 percent, it is a tough time to find a job. Western Illinois University students graduating this December will experience this first hand, if they haven't already.
However, if their future goals happen to be becoming a doctor, tax collector, police officer or soldier they may find themselves in luck. Believed by a segment on CNN, they are in these occupations are everlasting and able to withstand the tests of time. ?
While companies like GM & Chrysler are taking a turn for the worst, so are their employees who might soon find themselves unemployed. Businesses are left up to the fate of the almighty consumer, and finding a job that cannot disappear to another country or off the market that will prove to have longevity may be what some are looking for.
If you can put forth the time in school, maybe becoming a doctor is right for you, but the world is also going to need morticians. People are going to get sick and when the doctor cannot help them, the mortician will look after the deceased. With an average income of $120,000, according to CNN, people can afford to make it an option. Also, scientists that are doing the researching will be needed, busy in their lab coats trying to find cures or designing hybrid electric cars or technologies. A biotechnology scientist can make upwards of $70,000 annually, while an environmental scientist comes in at $42,000.
If science isn't your thing, you could always go work for the government. Politicians will be needed to govern the country and their fellow federal employees at the IRS will be too. On the subject of federal employees, law enforcement officers will always be needed to fight crime, clean up the streets and pull over little old blue-haired ladies swerving because they are unable to see over the wheel.
Many who become police officers have served in the U.S. military, and while incentives may take precedence over the approximately $14,137 per year pay rate, we will always need soldiers to keep us safe and those in other countries that they protect. During times of war, battlefield chaplains read last rights and help people overcome loss, fears, anguish and times with little hope. People, no matter what religion, are always needed to fill the shoes of priests, rabbis, ministers and other religious figures after they have completed training. ?
However, if their future goals happen to be becoming a doctor, tax collector, police officer or soldier they may find themselves in luck. Believed by a segment on CNN, they are in these occupations are everlasting and able to withstand the tests of time. ?
While companies like GM & Chrysler are taking a turn for the worst, so are their employees who might soon find themselves unemployed. Businesses are left up to the fate of the almighty consumer, and finding a job that cannot disappear to another country or off the market that will prove to have longevity may be what some are looking for.
If you can put forth the time in school, maybe becoming a doctor is right for you, but the world is also going to need morticians. People are going to get sick and when the doctor cannot help them, the mortician will look after the deceased. With an average income of $120,000, according to CNN, people can afford to make it an option. Also, scientists that are doing the researching will be needed, busy in their lab coats trying to find cures or designing hybrid electric cars or technologies. A biotechnology scientist can make upwards of $70,000 annually, while an environmental scientist comes in at $42,000.
If science isn't your thing, you could always go work for the government. Politicians will be needed to govern the country and their fellow federal employees at the IRS will be too. On the subject of federal employees, law enforcement officers will always be needed to fight crime, clean up the streets and pull over little old blue-haired ladies swerving because they are unable to see over the wheel.
Many who become police officers have served in the U.S. military, and while incentives may take precedence over the approximately $14,137 per year pay rate, we will always need soldiers to keep us safe and those in other countries that they protect. During times of war, battlefield chaplains read last rights and help people overcome loss, fears, anguish and times with little hope. People, no matter what religion, are always needed to fill the shoes of priests, rabbis, ministers and other religious figures after they have completed training. ?
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Frust Rated
posted 12/12/08 @ 12:24 PM CST
This is a fine article, but wouldn't it have been better suited for the opinions section? Perhaps an article where WIU faculty--specifically those in the Career Services and Advising departments--were interviewed would have been more appropriate for the news section. (Continued…)
A documentary on what it's like to be a mortician
posted 2/13/09 @ 10:06 PM CST
I'm not so sure that morticians roll in the dough... $120k sounds a little high for the average mortician, especially since you have to start entry-level and work your way up. (Continued…)
Alison Worth
posted 3/02/09 @ 6:46 AM CST
Good and interesting article, thanks!
Maria Ostridge
posted 3/07/09 @ 8:34 AM CST
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Teichmann Hammersmith
posted 4/15/09 @ 11:49 AM CST
This article is amazing. I'm going to spend so much time procrastinating on here. I'm not quite sure if I should be thanking you, or cursing you
Teichmann Hammersmith
posted 4/19/09 @ 3:49 AM CST
This article is amazing. I'm going to spend so much time procrastinating on here. I'm not quite sure if I should be thanking you, or cursing you
Ricco Poulton
posted 5/22/09 @ 2:38 PM CST
Indeed an informative article.
Holly Mihalko
posted 6/20/09 @ 9:15 AM CST
Your article is fine for all its distinctive features.
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