To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (927 ) 1/25/2004 10:49:40 AM From: jttmab Respond to Something to look forward to: Although some of the fastest-growing types of jobs do require advanced training, they are only a small proportion of the market -- making the total number of new jobs in those areas very small. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects that by 2010, only 20.7 percent of all jobs will require a college degree or more, something 25 percent of the population already has. The BLS also projects that by 2010 almost 70 percent of job openings will only require work-related training and 42.7 percent only short-term on-the-job training -- mostly, "Here's your apron; don't be late." The fields adding the largest number of jobs are "combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food," followed by "customer service representatives," "registered nurses," "retail salespersons," "computer support specialists," "cashiers" and "office clerks." Even computer support specialists require only an associate degree; they had median annual earnings of $36,460 in 2000. washingtonpost.com ...Ad: "It's nice to know that I work for a company that would take care of everything we went through," the man says. The ad cuts to the man at work, wearing a familiar blue vest with white logo, as he says: "I don't think people know how great the benefits are at Wal-Mart. Without Wal-Mart, he wouldn't -- I don't know that he'd have made it. I don't know that we would have made it." part of a series called "Good Jobs" launched last year -- is aimed at healing Wal-Mart's reputation. ... washingtonpost.com
