http://mentalfloss.com/article/77358/12-degree-programs-most-likely-help-you-get-job
The nurse thing puzzles me. Most nursing schools are completely at capacity, with waiting lists at most places.
Computer thing doesn’t surprise me at all given my sons experience and hearing friends in the industry trying to hire.
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- Biology: Gap of 13,980 jobs
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What does that even mean? What is a “biology” job?
I thought common CC wisdom was that bio is the least marketable “STEM” major. (I don’t know- I wasn’t STEM oriented).
Graphic design? Never thought about that one.
eyemamom–It’s a matter of lack of spaces for those waiting to get into school, not a lack of applicants which creates the job gap.
“I thought common CC wisdom was that bio is the least marketable “STEM” major. (I don’t know- I wasn’t STEM oriented).”
It is “marketable,” but the entry level salaries at BSc level are abysmal. PhDs fare better, but it takes a long time to get a PhD in life sciences (6 years being the norm, plus 1-3 years of postdoc).
Weird list. There’s a huge gap between needing 480K jobs filled for CS and 2300 for graphic design (which to me is nothing). An article made up out of a pretty bad google search.
Basic problem in methodology: there is no indication as to the level of the unfilled positions – the numbers seem likea an aggregation of all job postings within each field, not just entry level positions – and in fact, those numbers don’t really give any indication of what type or level of degree would qualify. That is, if it is PhD level positions that are unfilled, then a bachelor’s degree isn’t going to lead to a job.
Here’s a link to the actual survey (reported in March 2016):
http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?sd=3/3/2016&siteid=cbpr&sc_cmp1=cb_pr937_&id=pr937&ed=12/31/2016
Also, I have questions about the “jobs posted” vs. “number of company hires” numbers because I don’t know whether “hires” would include internal hires or only external hires.
As anyone who has looked for work probably knows, beyond entry-level positions, a large number of posted jobs are filled through internal hires, but many agencies and companies have policies requiring them to post jobs whether or not they already have somoene in mind for the job. So without that question being addressed, the “gap” between posting and hiring could also simply reflect industry practice in filling positions. That is, one could read the data to mean that only 1/3 of computer and information system postings are genuine job openings where the company intends to make a new hire.
I also have a problem with concept of the monthly comparison, because genuine open and unfilled positons roll over into the next month, whereas hires are generally cumulative over time. If Company A posts 100 listings in January, and has 30 hires in January, and then posts 70 listings in February, and has 30 hires in February; and then posts 40 listings in March and hires 30 — that would not be a “gap” of 70 + 40+ 10 (120 total) unfilled positions – it would be the same postions rolling over and a longer hiring time frame, with a net gap of only 10 unfilled positions over 3 months.
I think there needs to be data based on direct correlation between job openings and filled positions, not the comparison of raw data that may or may not be correlated.