Just what constitutes a hot job for a college graduate? For the fourth straight year a research team at the University of California San Diego examined that question.
“Too often a graduate hears ‘congratulations’ and ‘now what?’ It may take months for the implications of ‘now what’ to sink in,” says Mary Walshok, associate vice chancellor of public programs and dean of UC San Diego Extension. “This is why Extension has made a commitment to ongoing research on trends in the workplace and the economy.”
For the full 2012 report, go to http://extension.ucsd.edu/specialreports.
Here are the top ten hot careers for 2012 in rank order:
- Software Developers, Systems Software
- Physical Therapists and Assistants
- Software Developers, Applications
- Market Research Analysts/Data Miners
- Cost Estimators
- Database Administrators
- Information Security Analysts
- Web Developers
- Computer Network Architects
- Network and Computer Systems Admin
The 2012 study used wage and employment information gathered by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics and awarded points in four categories: The number of jobs in the field now, the 10-year projected growth from 2010 to 2020, the median wage and the work environment.
