JIST's best jobs series

Profiles more than 250 best-paying jobs in the United States, covering duties, requirements, earnings, growth, best-paying metropolitan areas and industries, and more; and provides lists of jobs organized by growth, openings, metropolitan area, industry, gender, age, part-time and self-employment, levels of experience and training, interests, and other categories.

Profiles fifty college majors with secure futures, with information on related jobs, earnings, growth, interests, and more.

Provides descriptions of three hundred jobs that do not require a four-year degree, discussing duties, pay, skills, growth, and other aspects of each position, and includes lists that rank jobs by interests, personality types, young workers, and other factors.

A collection of three hundred jobs for people without a four-year degree.

Presents a discussion of jobs that are least influenced by recessions, with seventy-five lists of occupations ranked according to pay, growth, education level, openings, personality type, and other factors, and detailed profiles of various career tracks.

Explains what an apprenticeship is, presents lists of the best apprenticed jobs in health care, information technology, construction, automotive work, and other fields based on a variety of criteria, and provides descriptions of 250 such jobs, covering duties, required skills, personality types, outlook, openings, and earnings.

Presents job descriptions and lists of positions with good pay, fast growth, and a high number of annual openings that don't require a four-year degree, organized according to demographic, education and experience levels, interest, personality type, and more.

Profiles two hundred jobs for people with college degrees, from associate to doctoral and professional, describing each one's duties, required education and skills, earnings, number of openings, outlook, and courses needed to prepare.

Helps people find the best career for their personality, with three hundred job descriptions for six personality types and lists of the best jobs with the best pay, fastest growth and most openings.

Draws on information from government sources to compile a list of the best jobs in today's economy, describing more than 250 occupations that fall into the "best jobs" category as well as information on each job's required skills.