There are close to 33 million new job openings projected by 2014! A smart way to pick a career is to pick one in a growth area so you don’t end up career hunting when you are middle aged! These stats below represent Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates for the ten year period, 2004-2014 and the numbers represent total openings projected for that industry, as published by CareerVoyages.gov.

 Which Industries Are Growing?

Cross Industry Occupations 10,880,000 (a mish-mash of specific functions in every industry) 

Hospitality 6,861,000

Retail 3,176,000

Health Care 4,992,000

Financial Services 2,450,000

Construction 1,860,000 

Transportation 990,000

Homeland Security 970,000

Automotive 451,000 

Information Technology 208,000

Energy 130,000

Advanced Manufacturing 91,000

Geospatial Technology 33,000

Aerospace 18,000

Biotechnology 7,000 

Total 33,117,000

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I love these “sexy jobs” listing posted by CareerBuilder - some are highly debatable, others are clearly a winner! What do you think?

1. Entertainer/Model: While the voters may have been thinking of famous types like George Clooney and Charlize Theron, I also think the indie musicians featured in DivineCaroline’s Mothers of Invention” column are sexy, like folk-rock singer and fiddle player Rani Arbo.

2. Cocktail Waitress: I take exception with this one. As somebody who’s done it, I don’t find schlepping liquor and beer particularly sexy. My amateur analysis: annoying men voted for this because waitresses are the only women in bars who are nice to them. (Guys: Some inside scoop. The waitresses don’t really think you are charming when heavily intoxicated. They work for tips.)

3. Athlete: Well, yeah, a championship athlete—with the body and spirit to match—is pretty sexy. (There are of course exceptions. Does Michael Vick, dog-fighting entrepreneur, turn anyone out there on?) Here at DC, we’ve got stories by and about sexy pro athletes like volleyball player Saralyn Smith and cyclist Katie Lambden.

4. Firefighter: Who could argue this one? These are men and women willing to put their lives in danger to protect us. Pretty sexy!

5. Cowboy: Hmm, yeah, I get this fantasy. It’s that image of a brooding loner riding off into the sunset. My only issue: can’t women be cowpeople too? Let’s amend number five to be “cowboys and cowgirls.”

6. Nurse: As I said before, I totally get what’s sexy about a nurse. I think I fell in love with all my nurses, male and female, after my children were born. They really seemed to care how I was feeling—and they gave me pain medication!

7. Artist: Totally! Artists are interesting and creative and that’s sexy—no doubt about it. Check out Kimetha Vanderveen’s montoypes and Jo Myers-Walker’s paintings.

8. Military Professional: Yeah, this is another one that’s hard to argue. No matter what you think about the war, you gotta respect the men and women who are risking their lives for our country.

9. Construction Worker: Indeed, there’s something manly about a burly guy with a hammer. In the article, Want To Succeed In Your Career? Construction Workers Tell You How, Patti Ghezzi interviewed some workers to get job advice. Turns out, construction workers are sexy and savvy—who knew?

10. TV Anchor/Personality: Not sure I agree that most of the blow-dried talking heads on TV are sexy. However, I do like Daryn Kagan, a former CNN anchor. After she lost her on-air gig, she started a company spreading good news via the Internet. Sexy stuff! 

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I have known Ankesh Kumar my entire “entreprenuer” life. He’s one of those laid-back yet intense, funny yet serious guys who make starting companies seem easy. Being a serial entreprenuer he’s clearly a role model for any technology entrepreneur wanna-be. Read on!

1. Why and when did you decide pursue your current career path?

When I realized I was making 10% of the revenue and my boss was making 90%… and I was doing all the work..

2. How supportive was your family, peers, friends?

Everyone was emotionally supportive, but at the end of the day that’s all they can do..

3. What was the chronology of events until you got your lucky break to the top?

It’s more like snakes and ladders than a climb to the top of a mountain. The only advice I would share is the harder you work the luckier you get.

4. Which books, people, music, leaders inspired you to Dream Big and pursue this career?>

I think the confidence instilled in me by my Mother to essentially do what I wanted gave me the freedom to think laterally as opposed to thinking career.

5. Do you have an “against all odds” story to share?

I came to the US in 1991, without a work permit, in a recession, all my family and friends said I was wasting my time. Got a job paying $800 a month, essentially in debt, i.e. I had to pay that back from my commissions. The rest is history..

6. What skills, personality traits does it take to excel in this career?

Thick skin, ability to accept mistakes and respond accordingly…

7. What does it take to get to the top in your industry?

You don’t have to be the smartest guy in the room, but you have to have a level of intelligence, learn quickly from others and then implement whilst others are still talking over a coffee what a good idea it is..

8. What does your typical day look like?

In a start up you do everything from making coffee to marketing, sales calls, accounts, HR and legal.

9. What do you love and hate about your career?

I love the creativity and dynamic nature.. there is nothing I really hate..

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