If the federal government can't accurately forecast which jobs will grow, can anyone do it? - By Jacob Leibenluft - Slate Magazine: "Help Wanted
If the federal government can't accurately forecast which jobs will grow, can anyone do it?
By Jacob Leibenluft
Posted Monday, July 21, 2008, at 3:29 PM ET
Has the BLS caused a boom in beauticians?
If the Bureau of Labor Statistics could predict the future, makeup artistry might look like a very good career right now. The government agency—perhaps best known for publishing the nation's unemployment rate every month—released a forecast late last year predicting which jobs would grow fastest over the next decade. Once it crunched all the numbers, the bureau reported that makeup artistry would be the seventh fastest-growing occupation in America from 2006 to 2016, between personal financial advisers and medical assistants. Overall, the bureau said, the number of jobs in the field would grow by a whopping 39.8 percent over the decade."
Monday, July 21, 2008
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