July 28, 2006
While the mass retirement of baby-boom generation professionals that is right over the horizon is expected to leave many industries with a shortage of labor, independent studies performed by the Kforce Staffing Agency and the National Center on Education have concluded that the Information Technology (IT) and Accounting industries will be among the hardest hit. This, of course spells lots of job opportunity for those with degrees in either field.
The intrinsically high volatility levels of careers in technological areas have, however, made it imperative that IT professionals be skilled in other, “softer” areas like business management. Evidence of this additional training and talent makes IT workers more attractive to employers and generally more successful because it allows for flexibility within an industry that demands it. This is why the National Center on Education has predicted that workers with not only technical knowledge, but people-oriented skills will be among the most in-demand. See the full story here.
Information regarding schools that offer programs in accounting, IT, and other career-boosting areas is available here. To take advantage of what appears to be the hot new trend in IT, check out the MBA in Technology Management program offered at the University of Phoenix, which can be completed online.
It is common knowledge that the country is in the midst of a health-care labor shortage. The health care industry is in desparate need of everything from medical assistants to registered nurses. But what is not as widely known, however, is how much the industry needs medical coders.
Part of the reason for this is the recent revision of the International Coding Directory. Sam Farrell, group president of the health information management division of Kforce Professional Staffing, comments: “Candidates are in high demand now, and we anticipate this situation will become even more acute in the future. Hospitals already find it difficult to meet their needs for inpatient coders, outpatient coders and coding managers, and now will be faced with the need to find staff who are prepared for the new ICD-10 standards.” Click here to read the full story on industry developments.
Coders are essential to the smooth running of the health care industry, as their job is to translate patient claims into proper insurance codes so that billing can be handled accurately and efficiently. If mistakes are made, or if there is back-up of unproccessed claims, things basically get screwed up for every party involved–the patient, the care provider, and the insurance company. The latter two lose revenue due to general inefficiency, thereby making things harder and more expensive for the former.
CollegeCourses.com lists hundreds of schools that provide training and certification in Medical Billing and Coding. Many of these schools, including Aaker’s Business College offer programs in medical coding that can be completed entirely online.
The New York Federal Reserve has reported that, despite numbers pointing to slower levels of job creation, the job market in New York is as strong as ever. Job creation has been climbing steadily in New York for the last decade, but while the market does not currently match up to the levels experienced at the height of the dot-com era, and while fewer jobs are being created now than during the last stock-market boom, there are several indications that the job-seekers in New York have reason to be optimistic. Among these indicators are wages and income, which analysts use as an alternative to brute payroll statistics for measuring the strength of a job market. Read the full story here.
This news is as obviously positive for job-hunters nationwide as it is for those solely based in New York. Remember, the national economy often goes as New York goes–just call to mind the post-Sept. 11 backlash that was experienced throughout the world, not just the USA. The key to career success remains, as always, adequate training. Click here to contact schools that not only offer training in a diverse number of fields, but also offer many of their programs online.
The Yoh Index of Technology Wages (which is the standard used by Fortune 500 Companies to determine pay scales) has reported a quarterly increase in both the demand for, and wages of, technology workers. This already great news for workers in industries like IT, software development, and general computing is made even more so by the fact that hiring and wages usually decrease in spring and summer months. For the tech job market to be as strong as it is now, during a season which typically experiences overall hiring downturns, is a clear indication of a marked overall increase in the demand for tech workers.
Jim Lanzalotto, Vice President of Strategy and Marketing for Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company reports that “It’s not unusual for wages in general to follow slow spring and summer hiring trends, but technology wages still held on strong and continue to surpass pay from 2005. Top talent have every reason to stay confident about the job market - demand for high-level skills and deep-rooted industry experience is higher than ever but unbalanced with the shortage of talent to fill available positions. We should keep an eye out for more competitive wages to come from a hungry marketplace in the fall and winter of 2006.” Read the full story here.
Many exciting training programs that will allow you to take advantage of these employment opportunities in hi-tech industries are available through collegecourses.com. Some of these programs, like the one offered by American InterContinental University are available entirely online. Success awaits first-timers in search of a Bachelor’s Degree or professional certification, as well as currently working professionals interested in finishing a Master’s.
Computer-industry behemoth Microsoft recently released its yearly hiring numbers, which revealed a 10,000 person increase in its workforce. This came as a surprise to most analysts, as this number was practically double what was expected.
Microsoft’s spokespeople have pointed to the fact that they need more professionals in R&D in order to stay on top when it comes to new technologies in areas like telecommunications and video gaming. Many of the new hires also have to do with impending product launches in these highly competitive areas. The message, therefore, is that Microsoft needed proficient people in a wide variety of areas, including IT, software developing, sales, marketing, and other general branches of business. Click here for the fully story.
As Microsoft is one of the leaders of the computing industry, it goes without saying that this move may point to an industry-wide hiring trend. If Microsoft’s encouraging new expansion is any indication of a larger trend, trained employees in computing and business are currently in demand. In fact, the job market in the tech industry has become much more competitive, with employers having a hard time securing qualified candidates. This comes as good news for trained job-seekers, who are now in high demand. See the full story here.
Click here for a list of schools that offer programs in these areas, many of which can be completed entirely online.
The health industry’s increasing reliance upon professionally-trained nurses has led the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics to predict a much higher than average growth rate for employment in the nursing sector of health care.
Another major reason for the current shortage of nurses is a shortage of trained nursing teachers. Right now, the most widely suggested solution to this problem involves a federally funded incentive program that is designed to not only provide older or retired nurses with teaching training but also to give them good financial reasons to get involved in nursing education. See the full story here.
For the prosepective nurse, this can only mean one thing: even more job opportunity. Many schools offering programs like this one at the University of Phoenix are listed right here collegecourses.com.
While in the midst of a business boom, American trucking companies are finding it harder and harder to land employees. The business boom has resulted primarily from the need to transport goods that have been manufactured overseas and from a growing consumer interest in fresh food, for which refrigerated trucking is the primary shipping method. This increased demand for service has led to an extreme labor shortage in the trucking industry.
In fact, a 2005 study conducted by the Global Insight for American Trucking Association found that American trucking companies are short around 20,000 drivers, and predicted that this number would rise to over 100,000 in the next decade unless the industry made some drastic hiring increases. Read the full story here.
All of this means two things for people interested in a career in shipping:
1) Trucking companies need you..
2) Trucking companies have no choice but to increase salaries and provide better benefits in order to attract desparately needed drivers.
For information regarding the training required to take advantage of this wonderful career opportunity, check out the American Institute of Technology.
In the next ten years, Union Pacific (UP) is expecting to lose almost 40% of its workforce to retirement. In order to combat this potentially disastrous situation, UP is looking to hire now so that new employees will have the benefit of on-the-job training from seasoned vets on their ways out the door.
The labor shortage problem UP faces from retirement is compounded by the fact that it also needs a larger workforce to meet a record-setting demand for service–particulary in coal transport–in the last few months. See the story here.
UP is looking primarily for railroad service technicians, which include conductors and engineers. Many of the schools listed at collegecourses.com have programs in engineering that are perfectly suited for a career in the railorad industry. Kennedy-Western University, in particular offers a variety of such programs.
To apply for a job at UP, or to learn more about its exciting employment opportunities, click here.
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