Where the Jobs Are Plenty, And the Competition is Few

Posted on | May 7, 2009 | No Comments

No job can compete with “the world’s greatest job”–island-sitting blogger–but that job has been filled.  There were 34,000 applicants and they all lost to a Brit named Ben.  But, don’t fret.  There may yet be a great job out there for you.  I can’t promise you’ll get paid six figures to snorkel, but I can promise you won’t be competing with 34,000 other applicants.

These jobs are plentiful, but the competition for these jobs is few.  The following is a list of jobs with the largest number of vacancies and the smallest number of unemployed people vying for them.  They are listed in order from fewest competitors to largest number of competitors per job opening.  As you might imagine, jobs that require the least education or experience are the most competitive.  A ratio of 0.4 means there is fewer than one unemployed person per job opening.

Low-Competition Jobs

COMPETITIVENESS	JOBS	# VACANCIES
0.4	Physicians Dentists and hygenists Chiropractors Dietitians and nutritionists Therapists Optometrists, opticians, ophthalmologists Technicians, technologists and related	541,500
0.5	Computer scientists Software engineers Systems analysts Mathematicians Actuaries and statisticians Operations Researchers	394,100
0.7	Agriculture and food scientists Biologists, microbiologists, zoologists, biophysicists and biochemists Medical scientists and epidemiologists Physical, space and environmental scientists, astronomers, physicists, hydrologists Sociologists, psychologists, market researchers, urban planners, economists, anthropologists and archaeologists	69,000
1.1	Architects Engineers	131,100
1.8	Accountants Auditors Financial analysts Human Resources Purchasing agents Business managers and agents	186,200

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