As a new addition to JIST’s popular Best Jobs series, 150 Best Jobs for Your Skills identifies the top ten skills that are the most important in today’s economy, based on data from the U.S. Department of Labor and the latest O*NET. It helps job seekers find a fulfilling job and students explore their future career options by focusing on the 50 most promising jobs for each skill. Readers won’t waste time pursuing careers that don’t make the most of what they do well.

This ground-breaking book offers an efficient, to-the-point format that helps job seekers and students discover the best jobs for their skills in just three simple steps. A self-assessment helps readers discover their top three career skills, then matches them to 50 best jobs for each skill. The readers then explore the jobs they find interesting through more than 250 in-depth job descriptions.

Key Features and Benefits

• Lists for each skill include the best-paying jobs, jobs with the most openings, jobs with the highest projected growth, best jobs based on education level, best jobs based on interests, best part-time jobs, and best jobs for the self-employed.
• Bonus lists include the skills that pay the best and the industries in which the skills are concentrated.
• 265 job descriptions offer useful information on the wages, growth through 2014, openings, tasks, responsibilities, required education and courses, and the most important skills for each job.