Is It Time to Change Careers?

Unemployment figures, while better than they were last year, are still grim. The US Labor Department recently reported that there are about 6.3 unemployed workers competing, on average, for each job opening. CNN/Money lists the best 50 jobs in America. Here are the top 20 (notice that 14 are either in health care or information technology), along with their forecasted growth over the next 10 years:

Rank	Job title	Job growth (10-year forecast)
1	Systems Engineer	45%
2	Physician Assistant	27%
3	College Professor	23%
4	Nurse Practitioner	23%
5	Information Technology Project Manager	16%
6	Certified Public Accountant	18%
7	Physical Therapist	27%
8	Computer/Network Security Consultant	27%
9	Intelligence Analyst	15%
10	Sales Director	10%
11	Anesthesiologist	14%
12	Software Developer	28%
13	Pharmacist	22%
14	Occupational Therapist	23%
15	Nurse Anesthetist	23%
16	Software Product Manager	28%
17	Business Analyst, IT	29%
18	Attorney/Lawyer	11%
19	Physician/General Practice	14%
20	Human Resources Manager	13%