Graduates are entering a job market that is keeping everyone on their toes. As the class of 2010 collects their diploma's and prepares to send out more resumes, the job market is revitalizing some old and introducing some new professions ripe for any graduate. Geriatric health care is shaping up to be a hot career path for recent college graduates, according to a study done by the University of California of San Diego Extension. Other hot career trends include: mobile media, data mining, embedded engineering, occupational health and safety, and green jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the demand for geriatric services will increase by 50% between 2002 and 2010, due to the aging of the "baby boomer" generation - it's predicted that there will be 70 million people 65 years or older by 2030. “This will cost the U.S. an additional $8 trillion by the year 2050,” said Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN in the report. Jobs in this field include: managing facilities, registered nurses, geriatric nurses, certified home health aides, and certified nursing assistants according to the report. Registered nurses make up the largest health care occupation according to BLS, with 2.6 million registered nurses working in 2008. Of that, 33% of registered nurses work in home health care services and 25% work in nursing homes.  |