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The 20 occupations listed in Chart 8 will account for more than one-third of all new jobs, 6.6 million combined, over the 2006-2016 period. The occupations with the largest numerical increases cover a wider range of occupational categories than do those occupations with the fastest growth rates. Health occupations will account for some of these increases in employment, as will occupations in education, sales, and food service. Occupations in office and administrative services will grow by 1.7 million jobs, one-fourth of the job growth among the 20 occupations with the largest job growth. Many of the occupations listed below are very large, and will create more new jobs than will those with high growth rates. Only 3 out of the 20 fastest growing occupations—home health aides, personal and home care aides, and computer software application engineers—also are projected to be among the 20 occupations with the largest numerical increases in employment.

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition

Some field web site sources:

http://www.state.gov/careers/

https://www.cia.gov/careers/jobs/index.html

http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/Podcasts/Defense.shtml

http://careerplanning.about.com/od/occupations/a/intl_relations.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCqLU_RWHFs

http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/business/globalization/

Related You Tube Videos:

http://www.asiasociety.org/podcasts/subscribe.html

Significant Blogs for the Field:

http://www.isanet.org/blog/