The Modern
American Workforce is an employment bazaar, where employers select skilled and
unskilled workers as needed. This new workforce is highly diverse, with skills
ranging from high-tech to day laborers. In this workforce marketplace,
temporary help is the growth industry and the traditional concept of a job for
life is fast becoming a thing of the past.
According, to
the US Labor Department, the average person that enters the job market today
can anticipate changing jobs eight times within their lifetime. Individuals
with no skills can expect to double that amount. Therefore, individuals who
are entering the workforce today and want to acquire and/or maintain a
middle-class lifestyle, need a primary career they can get from a college or
other institutions of higher learning. Plus a secondary career occupation, they
can learn in there spare-time which prepares them for self-employment or an
independent business venture.
The Bureau of
Labor Statistics compiled the 2010 jobs projection, and the report stated that
the fastest growth rate would occur in occupations that require a
postsecondary education such as a vocational certificate, or an associate
degree. Most new jobs, the report concludes will be created in occupations
that require only work-related training (on-the-job training or work
experience in a related occupation), even though these occupations are
projected to grow more slowly, on average. They will account for about 7 out
of 10 jobs in the future. One conclusion can be drawn from this report high-tech
jobs will not come back in sufficient numbers to create another economic boom.
In today's
fast past global marketplace a dual track career is necessary because it can
provide individuals with secondary career choices or business skills, which
will be essential to live and work successfully in modern America. Dual track
career skills prepares individuals to work for themselves, others, and/or have
others to work for them. Secondary career skills can be acquired from
secondary schools, and trade group business fields.