Does anyone have any recommendations for career fields that have excellent employment rate growth potential?

Typically the trend is the more difficult/more years of schooling you have to put in the more desired you are. An exception to this is lawyers (in the US), there are too many lawyers.

Engineers and Doctors are high on the desired/easy to get a job.

Others that don't require so much time fall into the "these jobs are desired because no one wants to do them" group. Notably this includes nursing and teachers; however it really depends on where you are in the US (or world). Some areas have too many teachers, some not enough, but if you're willing to relocate it doesn't really matter.

IT system administrators are usually in demand, but you'll probably get hired in lower on the totem-pole and work yourself up in time.


Avoid degrees in liberal arts like the plague. Art degrees are especially worthless.

I'll also add that business degrees are typically worthless as well unless you're looking at adding a MBA to it later or have an "in" at some company where you can get experience. This coming from someone with a business degree and actually working at a job in the same field as my degree.

This post has been edited by Shalbaal: Jun 1 2010, 11:31 AM