Show your child the path to a great career.
With so many choices, it might be hard for your child to pinpoint exactly what career option to pursue. The following Career Guides outline the business and management, technology, healthcare technology, and media arts careers predicted to grow exponentially in the near future. Use them to open your teenager's eyes to the vast career possibilities that exist in the world and help them identify career paths that match their interests and abilities. Each Career Guide includes:
- Growth statistics about specific career fields
- Descriptions of in-demand occupations within those fields
- Relevant educational degree required for career entry
- Business and Management Career Guide
- Electronics and Engineering Technology Career Guide
- Game and Simulation Programming Career Guide
- Healthcare Management and Technology Career Guide
- Information Systems Career Guide
- Networking and Information Security Career Guide
- Web and Media Design and Development Career Guide
DeVry University's Business and Management Career Guide
In today's competitive business environment, new products, services and ideas are popping up worldwide. And employment opportunities for business professionals is expected to grow faster than average for all occupations through 2014 as industry and government will increasingly rely on qualified specialists to improve their organizations' performance. Get on board to a successful business career. Learn more
DeVry University's Electronics and Engineering Technology Career Guide
Technology has changed the way we work, the way we play, nearly everything we do and how we do it. Take your passion for the power of electronics and computer-based technologies and turn it into a career that can help change the way the world works. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, career opportunities for electronics experts are projected to skyrocket through 2014. Learn more
DeVry University's Game and Simulation Programming Career Guide
In the U.S. alone, console game sales are predicted to increase from $8.6 billion in revenue in 2007 to $11.7 billion in 2010. Online games, which generate $6.6 billion in 2007, will jump to $14.4 billion in 2010.* And today, with more people of all ages playing, this field is predicted to thrive for years to come. Career opportunities in simulation programming also exist in law enforcement and the military. You can turn this phenomenal tech growth into a major career move. > Learn more
*PricewaterhouseCoopersDeVry University's Healthcare Management and Technology Career Guide
Turn an interest in healthcare into a high-tech career. Healthcare is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the country - with the creation of approximately 3 million new jobs projected between 2006 and 2016.* Job opportunities in this burgeoning field cater to professionals with a wide variety of skills and interests. > Learn more
*Bureau of Labor StatisticsDeVry University's Information Systems Career Guide
A fascination with computer games, programs and search engines could lead you straight into some of the hottest career fields ever. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Information Systems experts - who know that the power of the computer is what keeps today's business competitive in the global marketplace - are projected to be among the top 20 fastest growing occupations through 2012. > Learn more
DeVry's Networking and Information Security Career Guide
Every time you use your cell phone, send an email, watch MTV, upload your own podcast or download someone else's, you're tapping into the power of extensive high-tech networks. These powerful systems bridge virtually every aspect of personal and business communications. Learn how you can get connected to one of the country's fastest growing careers - career opportunities for network and data communications analysts are expected to grow at a rate of 53%, making this the fastest growing occupation in America.*
In addition, information security issues appear front and center in our daily news. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects above average growth in all security-related fields through 2014. Because of this heightened awareness and the ever growing need for security experts, preparing for a challenging career in the information security field opens the door to career opportunities worldwide - not only in government and the military, but in business and industry as well. > Learn more
*Bureau of Labor Statistics
DeVry's Web and Media Design and Development Career Guide
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that, in 2006, Americans spent over $100 billion at online stores – up 26% from the previous year. To keep pace with rapid Internet growth, career opportunities for web graphic designers, already abundant at all levels, will dramatically increase. Whether you're interested in animation or instructional design, the path to tomorrow’s careers in web graphic design begins with the right training today. > Learn more
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