Hot Jobs, Cool Degrees
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Hot Jobs
Worried that you’ll end up with a lukewarm job? Check out our list of occupations that will be on fire from now through 2014 and find a career that really sizzles!
Short-term On-the-job Training
- Receptionists and information clerks
- Home health aides
- Physical therapist aides
- Amusement recreation attendants
- General office clerks
Moderate-term On-the-job Training
- Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks
- Medical and dental assistants
- Customer service and sales representatives
- Social and human services assistants
- Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
Work Experience, Plus High School Degree
- Managers of food preparation and serving workers
- Actuaries
- Training and development managers
- Preschool and child care program administrators
Associate Degree
- Registered nurses
- Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants
- Forensic science technicians
- Diagnostic medical sonographers
- Dental hygienists
Bachelor’s Degree
- Computer systems analysts
- Elementary and secondary school teachers
- Computer software engineers
- Biomedical and environmental engineers
- Athletic trainers
Master’s Degree
- Clergy
- Physical and occupational therapists
- Mental health and substance abuse social workers
- Hydrologists
- Instructional coordinators
Doctoral Degree
- Medical scientists
- Postsecondary teachers
- Biochemists and biophysicists
- Clinical, counseling and school psychologists
- Computer and information scientists, research
First Professional Degree
- Physicians and surgeons
- Lawyers
- Pharmacists
- Veterinarians
- Chiropractors
Cool Degrees
Think you have to have a lukewarm major to find a hot career? Maybe that was true once upon a time, but with most industries now looking for highly specialized employees, it’s no longer the case. Do some research about the education your future career requires, then check out our Degree Directory on page XX to pick your perfect major.
Uniquely You. You don’t have to travel to find a fantastic major. Check out some of the interesting programs offered at Arkansas colleges and universities available right here in your home state.
- African/African-American Studies, University of Central Arkansas, Bachelor’s Degree
- Aviation, Henderson State University, Bachelor’s Degree
- Culinary Arts, Pulaski Technical College, Associate Degree
- Emergency Medical Technology, Texarkana College, Associate Degree
- Environmental and Regulatory Science, NorthWest Arkansas Community College, Associate Degree
- Forensics, Arkansas State University—Beebe, Technical Certificate
- Interpretation, University of Arkansas—Little Rock, Bachelor’s Degree
- Marine Technology, National Park Community College, Associate Degree
- Marriage and Family Therapy, John Brown University, Bachelor’s Degree
- Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Bachelor’s Degree
- Sports Promotion, Arkansas State University, Bachelor’s Degree
- Three-Dimensional Design, Harding University, Bachelor’s Degree
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