Best Jobs Lists

Introducing JIST's Best Jobs Series

Students, college graduates, career changers, and many other types of job seekers find the “best jobs” lists and job descriptions in this series to be a useful tool in conducting successful job searches or preparing for the future.

This best-selling series features an easy-to-use process for helping readers find careers with the highest pay, strongest growth, and most openings. Current labor market information on earnings, growth, education required, annual openings, skills required, related jobs, and more can be found in every job description.

Books in JIST's Best Jobs series—Purchase the first 10 titles for only $153.43!

(Click a title to view sample "best jobs" lists from each book.)

• Best Jobs for the 21st Century
• 200 Best Jobs for College Graduates
• 300 Best Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree
• 50 Best Jobs for Your Personality
• 250 Best Jobs Through Apprenticeships
• 40 Best Fields for Your Career
• 225 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers
• 250 Best-Paying Jobs
• 175 Best Jobs Not Behind a Desk
• 150 Best Jobs for Your Skills
• 150 Best Jobs Through Military Training - New!
• 150 Best Jobs for a Better World - New!
• 200 Best Jobs for Introverts - New!
• 10 Best College Majors for Your Personality- New!
• 150 Best Low-Stress Jobs - New

Best Jobs for the 21st Century, Fourth Edition

Serving as the inspiration and benchmark for the Best Jobs series, this phenomenal best-seller has helped thousands discover the best career options through its unique and useful format. Features 65 “best jobs” lists and more than 500 current job descriptions.

Below are just a few of the 65 "best jobs" lists you will find in this book.

• The 25 Best Jobs Overall
• The Best-Paying Jobs
• The Fastest-Growing Jobs
• The Best Jobs with the Most Openings
• The Best Part-Time Jobs with the Most Openings
• The Best Jobs for People Interested in Agriculture and Natural

ISBN: 9781593572409  |  Price: $19.95  |  Order Now!

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200 Best Jobs for College Graduates

Includes job descriptions from a wide range of fields and industries covering six levels of degree and experience.

Below are just a few of the 62 "best jobs" lists you will find in this book.

• The Best Jobs for College Graduates
• The Best-Paying Jobs for College Graduates
• The Fastest-Growing Jobs for College Graduates
• The Best Jobs with the Most Openings for College Graduates
• The Fastest-Growing Jobs with the Highest Percentage of Self-Employed College Graduates
• The Best Jobs Requiring a Master's Degree

ISBN: 9781593572417  |  Price: $16.95  |  Order Now! 

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300 Best Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree

This is a great book for people who want to make the most of their training, those who want to explore new career options without going back to school, military personnel transitioning to civilian life, and many others! Features over 60 “best jobs” lists and 300 job descriptions.

Below are just a few of the more than 60 "best jobs" lists you will find in this book.

• The Best Jobs That Don't Require a Four-Year Degree
• The Best-Paying Jobs That Don't Require a Four-Year Degree
• The Fastest-Growing Jobs That Don't Require a Four-Year Degree
• The Best Jobs with the Most Openings That Don't Require a Four-Year Degree
• The Best Jobs Requiring Long-Term On-the-Job Training
• The Best Jobs for Conventional Personality Types That Don't Require a Four-Year Degree

ISBN: 9781593572425  |  Price: $19.95  |  Order Now! 

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50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

This book covers 300 jobs for the six major Holland personality types and provides more than 140 “best jobs” lists.

Divided into five parts, this book helps readers discover their personality type with an easy-to-use assessment and learn what jobs fit them best. Then they can browse related lists and study in-depth descriptions for the best jobs in each personality group, which include information such as earnings, projected growth, education and training required, job duties, skills, and much more.

Below are just a few of the 140 "best jobs" lists you will find in this book.

• The Best Jobs Overall for Realistic Personality Types
• The Best Jobs Overall for Investigative Personality Types
• The Best Jobs Overall for Artistic Personality Types
• The Best Jobs Overall for Social Personality Types
• The Best Jobs Overall for Enterprising Personality Types
• The Best Jobs Overall for Conventional Personality Types

ISBN: 9781593571771  |  Price: $16.95  |  Order now! 

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250 Best Jobs Through Apprenticeships

This book explores the world of apprenticeships and provides information and statistics that cannot be found anywhere else. This comprehensive resource not only lists all 876 apprenticeships that are registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, but also explains how to become an apprentice, where the opportunities are, what the requirements are, what the pros and cons are and much more. It also includes 35 lists ranking the 250 best apprenticeable jobs as well as job descriptions.

Below are just a few of the 35 "best jobs" lists you will find in this book.

• The 25 Best Apprenticeable Jobs
• The 25 Best-Paying Apprenticeable Jobs
• The 25 Fastest-Growing Apprenticeable Jobs
• The 25 Best Apprenticeable Jobs with the Most Openings
• The Best Jobs for People Interested in Arts, Entertainment, and Media
• The 25 Best Jobs with Apprenticeships that Take as Little as Three Years

ISBN: 9781593571739  |  Price: $24.95  |  Order Now! 

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40 Best Fields for Your Career

This book allows students and job seekers to explore and compare fields through 90 “best” lists, including best-paying fields, fastest-growing fields through 2014, and best jobs in each field. In-depth descriptions of more than 40 fields and industries are packed with details on earnings, growth, jobs in the industry, training, advancement, work environments, and sources of additional information.

Below are just a few of the 40 "best fields" lists you will find in this book.

• The 25 Best Fields Overall
• The 10 Best-Paying Fields
• The 10 Fastest-Growing Fields
• The 10 Fields with the Biggest Workforce Increases 
• 10 Best-Paying Jobs in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• 10 Fastest-Growing Jobs in Wholesale Trade

ISBN: 9781593573154  |  Price: $16.95  |  Order Now! 

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225 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers

This book features 75+ “best jobs” lists for baby boomers based on three age groups, age-sensitive abilities, earnings, growth, number of openings, education and training, interests, personality type, and gender. Plus, 225 brief job descriptions are packed with current labor market information on wages, growth, tasks and responsibilities, skills needed, education required, percent part-time and self-employed, and work environments.

Below are just a few of the more than 75 "best jobs" lists you will find in this book.

• The 25 Best Jobs Overall for Baby Boomers
• The 25 Best-Paying Jobs for Baby Boomers
• The 25 Fastest-Growing Jobs for Baby Boomers
• The 25 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers with the Most Openings
• 10 Best-Paying Jobs for Baby Boomers Working Part Time
• 10 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers Interested in Arts and Communication

ISBN: 9781593573251  |  Price: $16.95  |  Order Now! 

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250 Best-Paying Jobs

This book opens readers’ eyes to the economy’s best-paying jobs through more than 50 “best-paying jobs” lists and 250 job descriptions. The authors combine information on high-wage jobs with other factors to help job seekers make the best career decisions. 

Below are just a few of the more than 50 "best jobs" lists you will find in this book.

• The 25 Best-Paying Jobs
• The 25 Best-Paying Jobs with the Fastest Growth
• The 25 Best-Paying Jobs with the Most Openings
• 20 Jobs With a Few "Star" Earners
• Best-Paying Jobs for Self-Employed Workers
• Best-Paying Jobs Requiring Moderate-Term On-the-Job Training

ISBN: 9781593573553  |  Price: $16.95  |  Order Now! 

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175 Best Jobs Not Behind a Desk

This book provides a wealth of information that helps people discover high-activity jobs both indoors and outdoors. More than 70 “best jobs” lists include useful information organized by activity level, amount of time outdoors, earnings, education, growth through 2014, openings, interests, self-employment, part-time work, gender, age, and personality type.

Below are just a few of the more than 50 "best jobs" lists you will find in this book.

• The 25 Best Jobs Overall Not Behind a Desk
• The 25 Best-Paying Jobs Not Behind a Desk
• The 25 Fastest-Growing Jobs Not Behind a Desk
• The 25 Jobs Not Behind a Desk with the Most Openings
• The 25 Most Outdoorsy Jobs
• Best Job Not Behind a Desk Requiring a Bachelor's Degree

ISBN: 9781593574413  |  Price: $16.95  |  Order Now! 

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150 Best Jobs for Your Skills

This book 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.

• The 15 Best Jobs with a High Level of Quality Control Skills
• The 20 Best-Paying Jobs with a High Level of Social Skills
• Best Jobs with a High Level of Equipment/Technology Analysis Skills with a High Percentage of Part-Time Workers
• Best Jobs with a High Level of Thought-Processing Skills with a High Percentage of Self-Employed Workers
• Best Jobs for People Interested in Architecture and Construction

ISBN: 9781593574178  |  Price: $16.95  |  Order Now! 

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150 Best Jobs Through Military Training

This new book covers 75 military occupations and their 150 best civilian counterparts for a total of 225 detailed job descriptions and 45 best jobs lists.  

The “best civilian jobs” lists are organized by pay, growth, openings, part-time work, self-employment, gender, interest, and personality type. Bonus lists reveal the top 20 occupations held by veterans and the top 20 fields in which veterans work.

• The 25 Best Civilian Jobs Overall Through Military Training
• The 25 Best-Paying Civilian Jobs Through Military Training
• The 25 Fastest-Growing Civilian Jobs Through Military Training
• The 25 Civilian Jobs Through Military Training with the Most Openings
• Best Jobs Through Military Training for People Interested in Health Sciences
• Best-Paying Civilian Jobs Through Military Training Employing a High Percentage of Women

ISBN: 9781593574628  |  Price: $19.95  |  Order Now! 

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150 Best Jobs for a Better World

Through 100 best jobs lists and 150 job descriptions, job seekers explore careers in health, education, fine arts, public safety, social service, natural resources, and more. Plus, the careers are ranked by pay, growth, and openings, so that job seekers can do well while doing good. The occupations have job functions that directly affect lives and the world in positive ways, regardless of employer.

• The 25 Best Jobs Overall for a Better World
• The 25 Best-Paying Jobs for a Better World
• The 25 Fastest-Growing Jobs for a Better World
• The 25 Jobs for a Better World with the Most Openings
• Best Jobs Overall Rated High on Knowledge of Education and Training
• Best Jobs for a Better World Requiring Moderate-Term On-the-Job Training

ISBN: 9781593574765  |  Price: $16.95  |  Order Now!

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200 Best Jobs for Introverts

In more than 75 “best jobs” lists, the careers for introverts are ranked by pay, growth, openings, interests, education, self-employment, part-time work, gender, age, and more. Plus, introverts learn the best jobs ranked by levels of quiet, solitary work, contact with others, autonomy, and direct contact with the public. 

• The 25 Best Jobs Overall for Introverts
• The 25 Best-Paying Jobs for Introverts
• The 25 Fastest-Growing Jobs for Introverts
• The 25 Jobs for Introverts with the Most Openings
• The 20 Jobs with the Least Contact with Others
• Best Jobs for Introverts Overall with a High Percentage of Workers Age 55 and Over

ISBN: 9781593574772  |  Price: $16.95  |  Order Now!

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10 Best College Majors for Your Personality

By choosing a major that fits their personality, college students may improve their career certainty, graduation rates, and even school involvement and satisfaction, according to research. With this new book, students discover their personality type and the 10 best majors that relate to it. 

• The 10 Best Realistic Majors
• The 5 Investigative Majors with the Best Income Potential
• The 5 Artistic Majors with the Best Job-Growth Potential
• The 5 Social Majors with the Best Job-Opening Potential
• Best Enterprising Majors Related to Jobs with a High Percentage of Self-Employed Workers
• Best Conventional Majors Related to Jobs that Require a High Level of Math Skills 

ISBN: 9781593575472 | Price: $16.95 | Order Now!

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150 Best Low-Stress Jobs

Surveys confirm that occupational pressures are the number-one source of stress for Americans. Eighty percent of workers feel high stress on the job, and 40 percent of job turnover is due to stress. But do you have to sacrifice good pay and a promising future for less career stress? This new book has the answer in two stress-free steps: (1) readers browse 90 lists ranked by stress factors, pay, growth, and more; (2) readers review descriptions of the jobs that appeal to them--leading to job satisfaction through rewarding, low-stress work.

• The 25 Best Low-Stress Jobs Overall
• The 25 Best-Paying Low-Stress Jobs
• The 25 Fastest-Growing Low-Stress Jobs
• The 25 Low-Stress Jobs with the Most Openings
• Best Overall Low-Stress Jobs with a High Percentage of Part-Time Workers
• The 25 Jobs with the Least Public Speaking 

ISBN: 9781593575557 | Price: $16.95 | Order Now!

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