Labor Market Information and Links to
Relevant Sites
Labor
Market Information from the California Employment Development Department
currently lists the occupations with the largest and fastest increase
in the number of jobs in California. Educational requirements varies:
from high school diploma with on-the-job training, associated degree,
and BA/BS degree or higher. Many jobs are entry level or technical
positions that can lead to promotion within a career path. In addition
there are many occupations that allow students to combine interests
in more than one occupational area, such as health and business
occupations. General managers, top executives, accountants, auditors,
and computer programmers may require four or more years of college.
Full lists of these jobs can be obtained on the California
Employment Development Department's website (http://www.calmis.cahwnet.gov/htmlfile/subject/occproj.htm).
Occupations
with the Greatest Growth Expected 2002-2012
Occupations
with the Fastest Growth Expected 2002 to 2012
For the future, consider looking at the growth industries which include high tech and medical industries. Computers
and computer skills are used in about every job or profession today.
Occupations in the Computer Science Information
Systems Career Path include:
- Programming and software development
- Information Systems operation and management
- Training and support
- General networking
- Web and Internet
- Graphics and Multimedia
- Manufacturing
- Computer Industry Specialists
- Computer related office positions
- Academic Information Science Professions
Career and Salary Ranges
There
are a number of tools on the Internet for searching current salaries
for various job categories within your own zip code. For example,
visit the BusinessWeek
Online Salary Wizard, select the job category and zip code,
and find out the range of salaries for that position.
Relevant
sites to link to for information on jobs and job searches
Labor
Market Info for occupations with the largest growth
Occupations
with the fastest growth
Employment
Development Department Labor Market Information
California Employment
Development Department
Computer
Job Listings Resource
Job
Search Center
Jobs and Searches
Resource
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