| Imagine a world with a qualified workforce but unable | | | | being reengineered by technology and innovations |
| to staff it due to unskilled workers. | | | | requiring world views and new skill sets for workers. |
| | | | | The 14 sectors include: |
| Technology and innovation, and global busines and the | | | | |
| emerging American workforce are changing the | | | | - Advanced Manufacturing |
| nature of work and the workplace. | | | | - Aerospace |
| | | | | - Automotive |
| I was reading a brief by Secretary of Education | | | | - Biotechnology |
| Margaret Spellings about the new directions of higher | | | | - Construction |
| education. In the brief the Department of Education | | | | - Energy |
| reports 4 million new job openings through 2014 in | | | | - Financial Services |
| health care, education,and computer and mathematical | | | | - Geospatial Technology |
| sciences. Although Americans have been facing | | | | - Health care |
| historic joblessness and severe unemployment, the | | | | - Homeland Security |
| budding 21st century economy and workforce | | | | - Hospitality |
| symbolizes economic rebirth, high job growth and | | | | - Information Technology |
| enriched career opportunities to strategic thinkers and | | | | - Retail |
| go-getters. My suggestion for future growth potential | | | | - Transportation |
| is that the key to understanding career-life success in | | | | |
| the 21st century and global world is knowing and | | | | For further details about the 14 sectors consult the |
| targeting the High Growth, High Demand job sectors. | | | | Occupational Outlook Handbook. |
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| For example, in 2007 1.37 million jobs were unfilled due | | | | In short, even though America is facing an all time |
| to unskilled workers with deficient skills. Fields like | | | | jobless high in 25 years, the 21st century offers high |
| health care, information technology, and advanced | | | | growth potential and enriched career opportunities. |
| manufacturing have jobs and solid career paths left | | | | As a Global Career and Technical Education Author/ |
| open due to a lack of candidates to fill them. | | | | Lecturer, current data suggests that 60 percent of |
| | | | | new jobs will be filled by 30 percent of applicants or |
| My professional opinion for competitive job hunters, | | | | workers. So, my lasting thoughts are will we be |
| career-seekers, applicants and workers is pay | | | | prepared? Will we be looking in the right places for |
| attention to career paths in the14 high growth, high | | | | jobs? Who will be qualified for the new job |
| demand industries that will add substantial numbers of | | | | openings? Will we be able staff the qualified |
| new jobs to the economy or affect the growth of | | | | workforce? |
| other industries due to existing and emerging buisness | | | | |