Organized by a projected number of job openings and sorted by training and educational requirements, the hot-jobs chart gives you an idea of where the best job prospects will be in 2007. This year, registered nursing will offer the most job openings with 854 positions available. Elementary and secondary school teachers will see 489 and 418 job openings, respectively. The highest paying positions include pharmacists, general and operations managers, lawyers and financial managers.

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Registered nurses
Skills: Active listening, reading comprehension, critical thinking
Knowledge: Medicine, dentistry, psychology, customer/personal service
Education Requirements: Associate degree
Salary: $48,620
Duties: Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement care plans.
Job openings this year: 854

Teachers, elementary school
Skills: Instructing, speaking, learning strategies
Knowledge: Education and training, English language, psychology
Education requirements: Bachelor's degree
Salary: $36,720
Duties: Teach pupils in public or private schools at the elementary level basic academic, social and other formative skills.
Job openings this year: 489

Teachers, secondary school
Skills: Instructing, learning strategies, monitoring
Knowledge: Education and training, English language, psychology
Education requirements: Bachelor's degree
Salary: $39,470
Duties: Instruct students in secondary public or private schools in one or more subjects.
Job openings this year: 418

General and operations managers
Skills: Active listening, management and personnel resources, time management
Knowledge: Administration and management, customer and personal services
Education requirements: Bachelor's degree or higher, work experience
Salary: $83,010
Duties: Plan, direct or coordinate the operations of companies or public and private sector organizations.
Job openings this year: 418

Clergy
Skills: Speaking, active listening, service orientation
Knowledge: Philosophy and theology, education and training, psychology
Education requirements: Bachelor's degree
Salary: $40,220
Duties: Conduct religious worship and perform other spiritual functions associated with religious faiths and beliefs.
Job openings this year: 399

Accountants and auditors
Skills: Math, active listening, critical thinking
Knowledge: Math, economics, accounting, customer service and personal services
Education requirements: Bachelor's degree
Salary: $46,310
Duties: Examine, analyze and interpret accounting records for the purpose of giving advice or preparing statements.
Job openings this year: 288

Teachers, middle school
Skills: Instructing, speaking, learning strategies
Knowledge: Education and training, English language, psychology
Education requirements: Bachelor's degree
Salary: $38,800
Duties: Teach students in public or private schools in one or more subjects.
Job openings this year: 205

Pharmacists
Skills: Active listening, speaking, reading comprehension
Knowledge: Customer and personal service, medicine and denistry, math
Education requirements: First professional degree
Salary: $85,800
Duties: Dispense medications following prescriptions issued by doctors and dentists.
Job openings this year: 178

Management analysts
Skills: Critical thinking, judgement, decision making
Knowledge: Customer and personal service administration and management
Education requirements: Bachelor's degree or higher, work experience
Salary: $53,920
Duties: Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures to simplify work.
Job openings this year: 131

Insurance sales agents
Skills: Active listening, speaking, time management
Knowledge: Customer and personal service, sales and marketing
Education requirements: Bachelor's degree
Salary: $43,380
Duties: Sell life, property, casualty, health, automotive or other types of insurance.
Job openings this year: 115

Lawyers
Reading comprehension, judgment, decision making
Knowledge: Law and government, English language
Education requirements: First professional degree
Salary: $77,220
Duties: Represent clients in criminal, civil litigation and other legal proceedings and draw up legal documents.
Job openings this year: 110

Computer support specialists
Skills: Troubleshooting, reading comprehension, critical thinking
Knowledge: Computers, electronics, customer and personal service
Education requirements: Associate degree
Salary: $33,680
Duties: Provide technical assistance to computer system users.
Job openings this year: 105

Financial managers
Skills: Management of financial resources, math
Knowledge: Economics, accounting, administration management
Education requirements: Bachelor's degree or higher, work experience
Salary: $70,190
Duties: Plan, direct or coordinate accounting, investing, banking, insurance and other financial activities.
Job openings this year: 103

Property, real estate and community association managers
Skills: Active listening, critical thinking, time management
Knowledge: Customer and personal service, administration management, sales and marketing
Education requirements: Bachelor's degree
Salary: $35,960
Duties: Plan, direct or coordinate selling, buying, leasing or goverance activities of various properties.
Job openings this year: 95

Education administrators, elementary and secondary
Skills: Active listening, reading comprehension, monitoring
Knowledge: Education and training, administration management
Education requirements: Bachelor's degree or higher, work experience
Salary: $62,430
Duties: Plan, direct or coordinate the academic, clerical or auxilary activities of elementary or secondary schools.
Job openings this year: 90

(Source: Department of Workforce Services)