[...]... total combined score for earnings, growth, and number of openings 250 Best Jobs Through Apprenticeships © JIST Works 5 Introduction Part IV Descriptions of the 250 Best Apprenticeable Jobs This part of the book provides a brief but information-packed description of each of the 250 best apprenticeable jobs that met our criteria for this book The descriptions are presented... each group of lists in Part III 4 250 Best Jobs Through Apprenticeships © JIST Works Introduction Best Jobs Overall: Apprenticeable Jobs with the Highest Pay, Fastest Growth, and Most Openings This group has four lists, and they are the ones that most people want to see first The first list presents all 250 apprenticeable jobs that are included in this book in... Use Apprenticeships? Apprenticeships have been created in a wide range of industries, and each year about four new apprenticeships are registered with the U.S Department of Labor The following diagram shows the number of people in apprenticeships within certain major industry groups in 2003 The diagram is based on figures from 31 states and does not represent the entire 12 250 Best Jobs Through Apprenticeships. .. jobs from our 250 best jobs that fall within 13 of 14 major areas of interest The number of jobs varies by list, and the lists are organized from highest to lowest total combined score for earnings, growth, and number of openings (One of the 14 interest areas is not linked to any apprenticeable jobs, so there are only 13 lists here.) Best Apprenticeable Jobs Based on Number of Years Required Apprenticeships. .. belong to industries that appeal to you Part III The Best Jobs Lists: Jobs You Can Enter Through Apprenticeship For many people, the 35 lists in Part III are the most interesting section of the book Here you can see which apprenticeable jobs are best in terms of high salaries, fast growth, and plentiful job openings You can also see which jobs are best when these factors are combined, and that list... organizations Why We Describe Apprenticeable Jobs, Not Apprenticeships When you look over the best apprenticeable jobs lists in this book or read the descriptions of jobs, keep in mind that these are lists and descriptions of occupations that you can enter through apprenticeship—they are not lists and descriptions of apprenticeships Why did we do this? First of all, because apprenticeships are usually sponsored... job openings These jobs are used in the morespecialized lists that follow and in the descriptions in Part IV Three more lists in this group present the 100 best- paying apprenticeable jobs, the 100 fastest-growing apprenticeable jobs, and the 100 apprenticeable jobs with the most openings Best Apprenticeable Jobs Based on Personality Types This group provides lists of apprenticeable jobs for five of six... these jobs by the percentage of women or men; the other pair orders the corresponding jobs by their total combined score for earnings, growth, and number of openings Most Popular Apprenticeships This group contains a list of the 25 most popular apprenticeships and a list of the 24 jobs linked to these apprenticeships, ordered by their total combined score for earnings, growth, and number of openings 250. .. understand How the Best Apprenticeable Jobs in This Book Were Selected Here is the procedure we followed to select the 250 jobs we included in this book: 1 We began by obtaining from the U.S Department of Labor the most up-to-date list of the apprenticeships registered with them This list totaled 876 2 The U.S Department of Labor also provided a crosswalk that matches these apprenticeships to jobs in their... O*NET database for this entry We went through a process similar to the one we used for Skills (earlier in this list) to determine which entries were most important for each job In this case, however, we listed at least two knowledge areas for each job, even if the ratings for those knowledge areas were lower than the average for all jobs 250 Best Jobs Through Apprenticeships © JIST Works 7 Introduction . 46216-1033 1-800-648-JIST Fax 1-800-JIST-FAX www.jist.com ™ Best Jobs Best Jobs ™ Through Part of JIST’s Best Jobs Series Through Apprenticeships Apprenticeships Best Jobs Through coverfinal2.qxp 2/4/2005 1:58 PM. Shatkin, Ph.D. Also in JIST’s Best Jobs TM Series ) Best Jobs for the 21st Century ) 300 Best Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree ) 200 Best Jobs for College Graduates ) 50 Best Jobs for Your Personality TM frontmatter.qxp. of Baltimore County 250 Apprenticeships 250 250 Michael Farr and Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D. Farr Shatkin 250 Job Descriptions ) 35 Best Jobs Lists, Including Jobs with the Best Pay, Fastest Growth,