<p><br/></p><p>Anyway, the point of all this rambling is to segue into yet another survey of the good and bad about jobs. <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/04/news/economy/jobs-lowest-unemployment/index.html?source=linkedin" target="_blank">CNN Money</a> has come out with what they call, <em>Jobs with the lowest (and highest) unemployment</em>. What does this mean to you? Well, it could actually mean very little, if you are someone with a long employment history in one of the "highest" unemployment jobs listed. On the other hand, if you're a young person looking for trends in employment, these listings could prove somewhat enlightening. In any event, and for what it's worth, lets take a look at some highlights. <img alt="" src="http://www.collegeview.com/admit/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" title="More..."></p><h2>Jobs with the lowest (and highest) unemployment</h2><p><em>Want a guaranteed job? Get used to being called doctor. And stay in school.</em></p><p><em>The top jobs with the lowest unemployment rates for 2012 include fields in areas from health care and finance, to social services and engineering -- and all require a lot of education and training . . .</em></p><p><em>. . . On the other end of the spectrum are jobs in construction, sales, and transportation. Not only do many of these jobs require less formal training and education, but some - like telemarketing -- tend to have high turnover . . .</em></p><p>Here is some insight from the two lists:</p><h3>Lowest unemployment:</h3><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" id="thisSortTable"><tbody><tr><td>Astronomers and physicists</td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><td>Directors, religious activities and education</td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><td>Biomedical engineers</td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers</td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><td>First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers</td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Petroleum engineers</td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><td>First-line supervisors of correctional officers</td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Physicians and surgeons</td><td>0.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Audiologists</td><td>0.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Information security analysts</td><td>0.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Nurse practitioners</td><td>0.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners*</td><td>0.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Earth drillers, except oil and gas</td><td>0.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Appraisers and assessors of real estate</td><td>1%</td></tr><tr><td>Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents*</td><td>1%</td></tr><tr><td>Animal breeders*</td><td>1%</td></tr><tr><td>Training and development managers</td><td>1.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Clergy</td><td>1.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Physician assistants</td><td>1.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Veterinarians</td><td>1.2%</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Highest unemployment:</h3><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" id="thisSortTable"><tbody><tr><td>Riggers*</td><td>21.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Structural iron and steel workers</td><td>21.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Telemarketers</td><td>23.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Fence erectors</td><td>23.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Gaming cage workers*</td><td>24.7%</td></tr><tr><td>Communications equipment operators, all other*</td><td>24.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic*</td><td>25.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicans</td><td>26%</td></tr><tr><td>Reinforcing iron and rebar workers*</td><td>27%</td></tr><tr><td>Furniture finishers*</td><td>27.7%</td></tr><tr><td>Actors</td><td>28.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Survey researchers*</td><td>29.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Plasterers and stucco masons</td><td>30.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Commercial divers*</td><td>31.7%</td></tr><tr><td>Conveyor operators and tenders*</td><td>33.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Manufactured building and mobile home installers*</td><td>35.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Solar photovoltaic installers*</td><td>35.7%</td></tr><tr><td>Roof bolters, mining*</td><td>36.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Forest and conservation workers*</td><td>38.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Media and communication equipment workers, all other*</td><td>43.5%</td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Sample size under 10,000</p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><p style="text-align: left;">So, does this make any difference in your aspirations for a life's work? It really shouldn't, in my view. I wandered from job to job across the decades of my working life after college. Maybe that's the key, as it says under the title of this article: <em>Stay in school</em>. Get the best education you can and then try to determine where your true motivations lie (and maybe that "passion" we hear so much about). Then, as a result of the influences of your formative years, your education, and your self-assessment, maybe you can find happiness as a septic tank cleaner who moonlights as a furniture finisher. Keep those option open!</p><p style="text-align: center;">**********</p><p style="text-align: left;">Be sure to check out all my college-related articles and book reviews at <a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/" target="_blank">College Confidential</a>.</p>
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