I´ve seen the future and it will be

Ausgesprochen gute Nachrichten vom US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Most of the big growth areas will be low-skill -- and low-paying.
Zu diesem Ergebnis kam eine Studie welche die Jobentwicklung in den USA für den Zeitraum 2002 - 2012 untersuchte.

Only two of the occupations on the top-10 list of total job growth require at least a bachelor's degree (namely, post-secondary teacher and "general and operations manager").

Das größte Wachstumspotential sieht die Studie im Gesundheits- und Pflegesektor. Hier ist die Nachfrage aber nicht nach Ärzten und ähnlichen qualifizierten Arbeitern.

Instead, you find jobs like home health aides and physical-therapist aides, both of which require "short on-the-job training." The most education-intensive health-care job on the top-10 list is physician assistant, which requires a bachelor's degree.

Aber wie sagte schon Niels Bohr: Prediction is very difficult, especially of the future.

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Endangered Species

Hi, all you aspiring Professors - vielleicht doch das falsche studiert?

The business PhD is an endangered species. In 2002, a mere 1,095 people earned the degree -- vs. more than 6,600 PhDs in social sciences and 5,300 in humanities. And since some 40% of all business PhDs head directly from B-school to Corporate America, that leaves only about 650 to fill faculty slots at B-schools. The schools have been coping, but some 500 spots for doctorate-holding faculty went vacant in 2003 -- more than double the number two years earlier.

Und dass obwohl: B-school faculty positions often carry salaries of $100,000 or more, plus consulting opportunities.
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