The networking website LinkedIn has put together a list of the 20 most promising jobs of 2017. These jobs offer high median salaries, numerous openings with annual growth in the number of positions available, and likely career advancement.
Six of the positions, including pharmacist and clinical nurse, are in the medical or health care fields. Another seven, including technical program manager and data engineer, are tech-related jobs. The rest are in generally business-related fields, including taxes and analysis.
None are specific to either the space program or oil & gas, but all appear to be good matches for the Houston area.
The listed positions are:
1. Hospitalist
2. Pharmacist
3. Sales Engineer
4. Site Reliability Engineer
5. Product Manager
6. Financial Analyst
7. Technical Program Manager
8. Program Manager
9. Data Engineer
10. Scrum Master
11. Software Engineer
12. Clinical Nurse
13. Physician Assistant
14. Business Analyst
15. Tax Manager
16. Data Architect
17. Anesthetist
18. Analytics Manager
19. Customer Success Manager
20. Medical Director