Ama-assn.org lists 80 careers in health care and provides a directory to 8,600 accredited institutions in those fields. Nurses, technicians, and doctors are currently in high demand: A recent study of shorthanded professions put all three in the top 10. To become a home health aide “requires only short-term training,” and that field “will grow 50 percent by 2018.”
Nrdc.org/energy/greenjobs provides a primer on clean-energy industries and the biggest players in the field. “Between January and March 2010, 83,000 clean-energy jobs—from farmers to administrative assistants—were created.”
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