10 Best and Worst Jobs for 2009

Jan. 20, 2009
A new report identifies the best and worst jobs for 2009.

The “2009 Jobs Rated Report” by CareerCast.com, a new job portal, factored the environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands, security and stress of 200 occupations. In compiling its rankings, CareerCast.com used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau among other sources

CareerCast.com found that many of the “best” jobs were “well-paying office jobs” while many that were rated the “worst” were “physically demanding, high-risk” occupations.

Here are the 10 best jobs of 2009 as rated by CareerCast.com:

1. Mathematician
2. Actuary
3. Statistician
4. Biologist
5. Software Engineer
6. Computer Systems Analyst
7. Historian
8. Sociologist
9. Industrial Designer
10. Accountant

Here are the 10 worst jobs according to the report:

1. Lumberjack
2. Dairy Farmer
3. Taxi Driver
4. Seaman
5. Emergency Medical Technician
6. Roofer
7. Garbage Collector
8. Welder
9. Roustabout
10. Ironworker

Summer Interns: Why To Get One This Year

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Jan. 16, 2009
Wall Street Journal

Don’t let the subzero temps sweeping the U.S. fool you: Summer really isn’t as far away as it seems. And many small businesses have a special chance this year to snap up talented summer interns that would typically be much harder to snag — but you need to act soon.

The reason: Many large companies are scaling back their summer internship programs due to the bleak economy, so M.B.A. candidates and undergrads have fewer internship opportunities. Many students who might have sought internships with large companies will be more open to working for small and mid-sized companies, says Tom Kozicki, executive director of the MBA Career Center at the University of California in Irvine.