CHICAGO and ATLANTA, Dec. 1,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- While a traditional four-year
college degree often results in higher wages and quicker career
mobility, it's not for everybody. And that's OK because there are
also good opportunities for workers who never completed college —
careers that offer good pay and low unemployment.
Below is CareerBuilder's list of the hottest in-demand jobs for
2018 that do not require a college degree, comprised of occupations
where the number of job postings each month outpace the number of
people they actually hire. The list includes other data points,
such as job growth and salary.
"When people think of skills gaps, they typically think of
high-skill tech or health care jobs that require advanced degrees,"
said Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder and co-author
of The Talent Equation. "The reality is those gaps
are being felt across all types of roles, including a wide range of
jobs that don't necessarily require a college education. What
employers will look for first is whether candidates have the core
competencies to fill their open positions, and those competencies
can be developed in different ways outside of a formal
classroom."
The study is based on data from Emsi, CareerBuilder's labor
market analysis arm, which aggregates information from multiple
national and local employment resources. CareerBuilder and
Emsi looked at the average number of people hired per month in more
than 700 occupations from January
2017 to August 2017 and
compared that to the number of job postings for each occupation
(aggregated from online job sites for the same period).
Among occupations that do not typically require a college
education and have the largest gap between job openings and hires
are the following:
Occupation
|
Average Monthly
Unique Job Postings
|
Average Monthly
Hires
|
Gap Between
Postings and Hires
|
Job Growth
2012-2017
|
Total Employment
in 2017
|
Median Hourly
Earnings
|
Heavy and
Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
|
1,662,847
|
107,845
|
1,555,003
|
174,188
|
1,966,281
|
$19.26
|
First-Line
Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
|
276,477
|
85,445
|
192,033
|
60,541
|
1,428,776
|
$17.10
|
Food Service
Managers
|
60,718
|
20,007
|
40,710
|
22,240
|
285,765
|
$19.82
|
Insurance Sales
Agents
|
57,103
|
17,183
|
39,920
|
51,659
|
585,302
|
$23.17
|
Computer User Support
Specialists
|
58,569
|
34,283
|
24,287
|
85,704
|
700,574
|
$23.81
|
Social and Human
Service Assistants
|
38,869
|
19,967
|
18,902
|
51,885
|
400,143
|
$15.33
|
Real Estate Sales
Agents
|
18,169
|
9,238
|
8,931
|
11,828
|
390,490
|
$17.92
|
Pharmacy
Technicians
|
26,808
|
20,726
|
6,082
|
36,929
|
409,870
|
$14.87
|
Medical
Assistants
|
28,641
|
26,239
|
2,402
|
72,974
|
664,087
|
$15.18
|
Tax
Preparers
|
6,695
|
6,108
|
588
|
3,532
|
98,983
|
$19.60
|
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employers find, hire and manage great talent. Combining
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industry in recruiting solutions, employment screening and human
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