European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Job scene Sqq Magazine is Ilum Moidni Lisa Rivaud. Liy Oul it Man March Joho increasing Premium on education by Matt Yancey associated press it Tirgg and holding a Job in Stales in the 1990s is Gong to be easier than i was this decade As the population Ages and the labor Force grows More slowly. But getting the Good jobs in the Ablest growing Fields such As health services data processing and management will require More education training and a willingness to develop now skills periodically. The growth will be predominant among those occupations generally requiring Post secondary education says Janet l. Norwood commissioner of he Bureau of labor statistics. The greatest decline Mill he in Hose jobs generally requiring less than a High school education about 38 per con o the 20 million new jobs thai the american Economy is expected to create by the year 2000 will require at teas one year of College or More according to government projections. The greatest demand will is Tor skilled technicians and service workers particularly in the computer and medical Fields followed by managers and sales workers in the skyrocketing number of Small businesses. Together they will account Lor half of the new jobs by the end of the Century Mot needed Are More Farmers and private household forestry and fishing workers. Employment in Allol those Fields is in peeled to decline Iran its current level by 3 percent to 6 percent Over the a Cal 12 years. And Lor other less skilled occupations such As manual labourers operators or Assembly line workers Job growth is projected to climb Only a total of 2 5 percent by 2000, in contrast to an 18 percent projected employment growth in the Economy As a whole. It is going to be a id rougher than in used Lobo for people without a High school education says Richard Belous a labor Markel economist Lor the conference Board a business research group Iman ced largely by Fortune 500 companies there has always been a Premium on Edu Ealion. But thai Premium is increasing Bevious said even irad Lional industries for Blue Collar workers such As mining and construction Are becoming More skill based requiring people who can Deal Wilh numerically controlled equipment computers and blueprints " because of the increasing complexity of Hospital care. The big Gisl demand Lor any single occupation Wilt be registered nurses whose average pay now ranges Between $20,000 and $27,000 a year. The Bureau of Lubor statistics projects employment of nurses will orow 44 percent or by 613.000, Between now and 3000, but cautions that some career paths will to restricted to those Wilh Bachelor s degrees in the Field. A dramatic increase in the need for workers exists in Allol the health Fields. Among them Job growth is expected to Rise 30 percent for a enlists 63 percent for denial hygienists 75 percent Lor med Cal record technicians. 38 percent for physicians. 65 percent Lor radiologic technologists and 87 percent for physical therapists. Job growth in the relatively Young held of physicians assistants now with Only 26,000 people in it to expected to climb 57 percent Over the next decade and the demand for Legal assistants will double reflecting what Betous sees As an increasing trend among professionals in All occupations to turn Moie of their workload Over to paraprofessionals As the demand for their services increases. Relatively speaking these jobs provide Good salaries Job mobility and careers for people who Lack the resources or inclination to attend College for four years he said. Even the prestigious Law and accounting firms Are under coming under such intense Cost pressures from their clients that they Are turning More of the routine work that used to be done by senior partners Over to paralegals and Para accountants Belous said. The Model we re Grav Laling towards is the Delisl s office where the majority of the patient s time is spent Wilh  for College graduate me biggest Job growth will occur among physicians an increase of 188.000 by the year 2 00 electrical and electronics engineers up 192,000. And lawyers up 191.000. The marketing. Ave missing and Public relations Fields also will see a Job growth of about 32 percent according to the government As Domestic and foreign Competition among businesses intensities and employment of social workers is expected to increase by 33 percent in response to the needs of a growing and aging population. The computer Fields will be the other biggest area of growth with the demand for programmers expected to Rise 70 percent or by 335.000. Over the soul 12 years and for systems analysis by 75 percent of 251,000. However As with most of the new jobs the prospects Lor winning employment will be the Best Tor programmers and systems analysts with College educations. Applicants with less than a Bachelor s degree Anci no experience Are Likely to face Strong Competition the Bureau of labor so Alistick says. Familiarity with and knowledge Aboul comp Luis s going to be More of a prerequisite for jobs in most other Fields As Well says Belous everyone is going to have to become More comfortable with computers he says even though they Are becoming More Friendly and because the Days of womb to Tomb in one corporation Are Over. The Best advice i have is to always have a current resume on a floppy disk. It s going to be a much More Mobile Job environment " Friday june 24, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 13