Byline: Special to Career Opportunities '87
Here's one sure way to land a job - train in a career field that is not popular with your contemporaries.
Putting it another way, a supply shortage of employees in a career field means opportunity for some. Particular career paths tend to fall in and out of favor.
High salaries, prestige, glamour or favorable media publicity will make a particular field attractive to those starting out. At the same time, low salaries and lack of prestige will have the opposite effect.
he result, of course, is increased competition in the popular fields but, on the other hand, increased opportunities for those who remain interested in the careers currently "out of favor."
Locally as well as nationally, three fields in particular have been experiencing a shortage of qualified …
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