U.S. News launched its Best Careers for 2009 last week. It's a great resource for college students trying to pick majors and find careers with promising outlooks. It's also a great resource for the rest of us. Some of the 30 careers require undergraduate degrees or post-graduate degrees, but certainly not all of them.
One of the most helpful pages is the best careers "report card." It's actually an underrated piece of this whole package. You can find it here.
People looking for work that requires less training--perhaps those who have recently been laid off and are looking to switch out of a sluggish career--can use this interactive table to sort the 30 careers by their level of training difficulty.
You can see the specifics of the typical degrees required, median pay, job satisfaction, prestige and outlook--all in one chart, on one page.
So, if you've been reading any of the best careers profiles--I think you'll find this a very useful tool.
Dr.Barry Miller of NY @ Dec 18, 2008 12:47:51 PM