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Worksheet 1.03 - Employment Trends

Write or key answers to the following.

1. Visit the website . Click on compare employment trends. Click on Alabama. Choose a job group. Name the job group.

     

2. Choose five different jobs within that group. (Hold down the control key and click on the jobs.) List those five jobs and the percent change in Alabama.

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3. Which bit of information is the most different when comparing to the U.S. data?

     

4. Click on Declining Employment on the left. Choose the second educational level. Select Alabama. What are the top ten declining jobs in our state?

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5. Do the same thing, this time for Fastest Growing. What are the top ten fastest growing jobs in the state?

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6. Apply this information to your job search. What will you pursue, or not pursue?

     

Interpreting Demographics

1. Visit the Alabama census website . Type the county you live in the box and hit enter. Record the following information for both your county and Alabama. (You may want to make a hand-written or computer-created table.)

a. Percent change in population according to the information

     

b. Percentage of high school graduates

     

c. Percent of people holding a bachelor's degree or higher

     

d. The median income

     

e. The percent of persons below poverty line

     

f. The percent change in nonfarm employment

     

g. Amount of retail sale

     

h. Persons per square mile

     

2. How does the median income of your county compare to that of the state? How do you think this will influence your salary?

     

3. How do you think the education level in your county will influence your career opportunities?

     

4. Visit the Alabama maps website at . Click on the PDF file. What is the unemployment rate for your county?

     

5. Compare the unemployment rate of your county to four others of interest. What are the other counties’ unemployment rates?

     

6. Click on the other maps of specific career fields. Which is highest in your county?

     

7. How will knowing the unemployment rate in your county and the career fields in demand affect your career decision?

     

Submit to your instructor’s drop box.

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