Careers for Generation Y!

Whether you like it or not, a new generation oftechnology, and medical assistantships have been
ambitious professionals is gradually replacing themade available by schools.
baby boomer generation. Generation Y , or alsoAnd because more and more young people keep
called Nexters , are described as confident,themselves logged in to the web, online courses
sociable, diverse and optimistic. Thanks toare already being offered to the thousands of
advance in technology and education, the Nexters'Nexters . Whether the courses are in the field of
are perceived as having more knowledge and skillsInformation Technology, legal service, or teaching,
that are vital in emerging industries. These skillswell-tailored programs can be accessed with just
include computer proficiency, good communicationa touch of a button. These career profiles were
skills, and most importantly, adaptability. If youidentified by the Federal Bureau of Labor and
think of it, the list of careers available to NextersStatistics as having the largest job growth until
seems to grow more and more as the years go2012. In the IT industry alone, 402,000 employees
by!joined its workforce in 2006; with a 53.4 percent
In the last decade, thousands of academicemployment growth is expected in the coming
institutions have invested in the creation andyears.
development of new programs, all of which haveTake advantage of the perks of your generation.
opened up a new line of careers and jobs forYou already have the liberty to choose a degree
millions of fresh graduates. For instance, thethat's perfectly suited to your chosen career, so
medical course industry used to focus mostly onwhat are you waiting for? Companies are in dire
training nurses, therapists, doctors. Today,need of young, versatile and technologically
however, the health care industry has given risesophisticated workers , and you could be just
to a sizable number concentrations and careers,what they're looking for.
such as medical transcription, laboratory