Make It Your Business to Move Career in the Right Direction

Whether you are still chasing your ideal career under someone’s employ or you are considering or just recently opened your own small business, a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

According to the report, a number of fields will be holding the bulk of the job opportunities between now and 2020.

The report points out that government analysts are looking for employment to grow a little more than 14 percent between now and 2020; translation means approximately 21 million new jobs will be added.

For those in the nursing field, the future looks even brighter.

Always a relatively strong career field given the public’s need for healthcare, even those who cannot always afford it, the nursing arena is projected to add more than 700,000 positions over the next eight years.

The next top fields are:

  • Retail Salespersons;
  • Home Health Aides;
  • Personal Care Aides;
  • Office Clerks, General;
  • Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food;
  • Customer Service Representatives;
  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers;
  • Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand;
  • Postsecondary Teachers;
  • Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants;
  • Childcare Workers;
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks;
  • Cashiers;
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education.

 

As for the bad news, several fields are projected to see losses in terms of jobs, most notably and by no huge surprise, the U.S. Post Office.

According to the report, postal service mail sorters, carriers and clerks are three of the 10 positions expected to see the biggest job loss impacts. Given the U.S. Post Office has been losing money (so it reports) left and right, the delivery of this news spells more problems for current postal workers.

Also not showing a lot of promise in the coming years will be the farming and ranching sector, which could trim close to 100,000 jobs before all is said and done.

In the event you are thinking about a career change or even opening up your own business, you may be wondering if sooner rather than later may be the time to do this.

While changing careers really centers around your happiness in your present position and whether or not you are taking a step forward, a step back or staying much like you are now, opening your own small business does come with more challenges.

The biggest risks include:

  • Financing the moves necessary to open your own business;
  • Being able to go from someone else paying your salary (company) to relying on enough generated sales to meet your financial needs;
  • Being able to convert leads into sales;
  • The ability to spread the word about your company, your brand, etc. so that you generate enough interest;
  • The possibility that you will have to manage individuals (employees), along with being able to cover salaries, pay for health care and workers comp, etc.;
  • The paper trail which is much more involved when you’re in business for yourself as opposed to being someone’s employee.

 

While there are definitely challenges to going your own way, the recession and layoffs of the last few years has led more individuals to do just that.

As we see where jobs are likely headed between now and 2020 make it your business to know that you are in a career that will pay off in more ways than one.

About the author

Dave Thomas writes for a variety of websites on topics such as human resources and running a small business.

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