America's Best and Worst Jobs for 2010
2010年美国最佳\最差职业预测
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关键词:ranking, jobs, actuary, roustabout
Millions of Americans are still looking for work, and with the new year comes a new ranking of America’s best and worst jobs to have in 2010. And I’ll bet that the job titles at both ends of the list might surprise you. According to CareerCast.com the best job to have this year is an 1)actuary. Now what exactly do actuaries do? Well, they evaluate financial risk for insurance companies, the government, and consulting firms. They make about $85,000 a year and they’re in high demand. Computer-related jobs come in second and third—software engineer and computer systems 2)analyst. Biologist is next, bringing in more than 70 3)grand a year on average. And historian rounds out the top five with income of more than $60,000 a year.
Now, these rankings are based on more than just income. CareerCast.com rates actuary the highest because the job causes little stress, the working environment is good, physical demands are low, and it has a good pay and also a positive hiring outlook. The highest paying job, a surgeon, ranked toward the bottom of the list because it received poor evaluations on the other criteria.
So the top five enjoy the best work lives, but who’s at the other end of the scale?
The biggest loser in 2010 is a 4)roustabout. Now a roustabout is someone who mainly works on oil 5)rigs and that job 6)edged out last year’s biggest loser, a 7)lumberjack. Ironworker, dairy farmer and 8)welder 9)round out the bottom five, which all have average salaries in the low $30,000 range.
目前美国的求职大军已达数百万。新年伊始,全美2010年最佳及最差职业排行榜也出炉了。我敢肯定位居两极的那些工种会让你大吃一惊。根据求职网站CareerCast.com的信息,今年的最佳职位是精算师。精算师究竟是做什么的呢?嗯,他们为保险公司、政府以及咨询公司评估财务风险。他们的年收入约8.5万美元,并且现在人才奇缺;与计算机有关的职业——软件工程师和电脑系统分析员——名列二、三位;生物学家排第四位,他们的平均年收入超过七万美元;历史学家以超过六万美元的年收入名列第五位。
这些排名依据的不仅仅是收入。CareerCast.com网站把精算师摆在首位是因为这份工作压力小、工作环境好、体力消耗低、收入高,并且就业前景良好。而收入最高的外科医生排名靠后,因为它在其他的评估标准方面得分太低。
了解过了最佳五大职业,那么最差的五大是什么呢?
2010年的最差职业是钻机工。钻机工主要在油田的钻探平台工作,它把去年的最差工种——伐木工挤到了次席。这两项工种连同钢铁工人、奶农和焊工位列倒数五强。这五种工作的年收入均只有大约三万美元。
