Career Options

What do you want to be when you grow up? The answer may well depend upon the options available to you. For example, at the turn of the last century delivering ice to homes was a popular job because people used ice boxes to keep food cold. Today, refrigerators have largely replaced the need for ice boxes and for ice deliveries to homes.

What jobs are going to be popular when you grow up? As you can see, experts predict that the computer and health-care industries will provide lots of job opportunities.

Occupation Percent Change Between 1999 and 2006
Database administrators, computer support specialists, and all other computer scientists 118
Computer engineers 109
Systems analysts 103
Personal and home-care aides 85
Physical- and corrective-therapy assistants and aides 79
Home-health aides 76
Medical assistants 74
Desktop-publishing specialists 74
Physical therapists 71
Occupational-therapy assistants and aides 69

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