Fastest Growing Occupations Correctional Officers & Jailers Registered Nurses Comb. Food Prep& Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food Sales Managers Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers Food Preparation Workers Receptionists & Information Clerks Supervisors of Construction Trades & Extraction Workers Electricians Waiters & Waitresses Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants Personal & Home Care Aides Sales Reps, Whlsale & Manuf., Exc. Tech. & Scientific Products Construction Laborers 3.3% 3.2% 3.0% 2.8% 2.8% 2.8% 2.7% 2.6% 2.6% 2.6% 2.5% 2.4% 2.4% 2.4% 2.3% 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 in the healthcare industry. Thirteen of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school. Occupations with the Most Annual Openings Cashiers Retail Salespersons Waiters & Waitresses Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food Elem. School Teachers, Except Special Ed. Registered Nurses Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand General & Operations Managers Sales Reps, Whlsale & Manuf., Exc. Tech. & Scientific Products Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Secondary School Teachers, Exc. Special & Voc. Ed. Customer Service Representatives Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Office Clerks, General Food Preparation Workers Janitors & Cleaners, Exc. Maids & Hsekeep. Cleaners Team Assemblers 190 180 150 140 140 110 100 100 90 90 90 90 80 80 80 330 280 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. Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, more than half of them pay less than average wages. Georgia Area Workforce Trends Projections to 2012 WIA Area #9 NE Georgia This area is made of 12 counties in northeast Georgia in and around the city of Athens. It includes the following counties: Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe and Walton. Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner Total Industry Growth Total employment in WIA Area #9 is expected to grow from almost 177,000 jobs in 2002 to 209,000 by the year 2012, which equates to more than 3,200 new jobs added each year. The area is home to the state's flagship university, the University of Georgia. The main industries are higher education, health services, agriculture, nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing, wood product manufacturing, and to a lesser degree, poultry processing. The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below. Educational Services 5,430 Food Services & Drinking Places Furniture & Related Product Manuf ac turing Ambulatory Health Care Services 3,320 2,570 2,090 Administrative & Support Services 1,860 Hospitals 1,620 Specialty Trade Contractors Local Government, exc. Educ. & Hospitals State Government, exc. Educ. & Hospitals Paper Manufacturing 1,330 1,140 1,080 1,060 Industry Rate of Growth The area's economy is currently growing slightly faster than Georgia's overall, with expected job growth of 1.7 percent per year over the next ten years, as compared to 1.6 percent for the state. The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below. Furniture & Related Product Manuf ac turing Paper Manufacturing Fabricated Metal Product Manuf ac turing Social Assistance 10.8% 7.5% 5.4% 4.2% Ambulatory Health Care Services Wholesale Electronic Markets & Agents & Brokers Truck Transportation 4.0% 3.8% 3.4% Administrative & Support Services State Government, except Education & Hospitals Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.1% 2.9% 2.9% For copies of the Georgia Career Planner, Georgia Workforce Trends in Brief or this publication, call 404/232-3875 or contact your local Department of Labor office. Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities Occupations with the Most Job Growth Retail Salespersons Registered Nurses Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food Cashiers Waiters & Waitresses Elem. School Teachers, Except Special Ed. Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer General & Operations Managers Customer Service Representatives Sales Reps, Whlsale & Manuf., Exc. Tech. & Scientific Products Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants Janitors & Cleaners, Except Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Secondary School Teachers, Except Special & Voc. Ed. Construction Laborers Food Preparation Workers 960 900 820 720 700 660 590 570 530 500 420 390 380 370 360 These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to almost 8,900 jobs over the next 10 years, about 28 percent of all projected job growth in this area. Eight occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and four require a college degree. Seven of these occupations also appear in the chart of the fastest growing occupations.