Fastest Growing Occupations
These fast-growing occupations will have better employment prospects than occupations with slow or declining employment. Also, conditions will be more favorable for mobility and advancement.
Two of the fastest growing occupations are associated with computer technology.
Eight are found mainly in health services.
Four of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.

Home Health Aides
Medical Assistants Veterinary Technologists and
Technicians Physical Therapist Assistants
Preschool Teachers, Exc Special Ed
Hot Physician Assistants Hot Dental Hygienists
Substance Abuse & Behavioral Disorder Counselors Athletic Trainers
Personal & Home Care Aides
Dental Assistants Ed Admins, Preschool & Child Care
Center/Program
Hot Computer Softw are Engineers, Apps Hot Spec Ed Teachers, Preschool, Kdgtn,
and Elem School Hot Netw ork Systems & Data Comm Analysts

7.42% 5.47% 5.39% 5.36% 5.19% 5.14% 5.10% 5.09% 5.02% 4.98% 4.88% 4.88% 4.88% 4.87% 4.86%

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings
Most of the job openings in this list will result from the need to replace workers who change jobs rather than from new job creation.
Nine require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
On a statewide level, three of these occupations have received the "HOT" designation.
Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, most of them pay less than average wages.

Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc Fast Food Retail Salespersons
Cashiers
Waiters & Waitresses
Customer Service Reps
Hot Registered Nurses
Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Office Clerks, General
Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand
Hot General & Operations Managers
Teacher Assistants
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer
Child Care Workers Sales Rep, Whlsl & Mfg, Exc Tech & Scientific
Products

320 320 280 270 220 200 200 200 190 190 150 140 140 130 130

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2016
WIA Area #2 GA Mountains
This area is made up of 13 counties in northeast Georgia comprising the southern tip of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It includes the following counties: Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #2 is expected to grow from more than 225,000 jobs in 2006 to almost 281,000 by the year 2016, which equates to more than 5,500 new jobs added each year. This area's main industry is poultry processing. Its principal city, Gainesville, is aptly nicknamed "the poultry capital of the world", as it is the national leader in the production of broiler chickens and the third largest producer of chicken eggs, making it the state's largest manufacturer of food products. Other key industries include education, textile mills, health services, agriculture, fabricated metal manufacturing, and machinery manufacturing.
The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below.

Educational services Food services and drinking places Administrative and support services
Ambulatory health care services Professional and technical services Self-employed & unpaid family w krs
Specialty trade contractors Hospitals
Social assistance Nursing and residential care facilities

5,720 5,180 4,130 3,800 3,210 3,080 2,690 2,400 2,290

9,550

Industry Rate of Growth

The area's economy is currently among the fastest growing in Georgia, with expected job growth of 2.2 percent per year over the next ten years, as compared to 1.3 percent for the state.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Agriculture and forestry support activities
Personal and laundry services
Social assistance
Nursing and residential care facilities
Ambulatory health care services Electronic markets and agents and
brokers Professional and technical services
Support activities for transportation
Administrative and support services
Educational services

6.6% 6.4% 6.1% 5.0% 4.9% 4.9% 4.6% 4.3% 4.1%

15.8%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth
These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add more than 17,000 jobs over the next 10 years, about 32 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
Seven occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and two require a college degree.
Two of these jobs are in health services, a key industry in this area. On a statewide level, three of these occupations have received the "HOT" label for their fast growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings over the projections period.

Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc Fast Food
Hot Registered Nurses Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Office Clerks, General
Customer Service Reps
Construction Laborers
Waiters & Waitresses
Retail Salespersons
Teacher Assistants
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer
Hot Executive Secretaries & Admin Assistants
Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks
Child Care Workers

1,510 1,320 1,320 1,290 1,230 1,140 1,110 1,110 1,000 990 890 820 710 680

2,290