Back to Work with a Career Education
The San Diego-Imperial Center of Excellence for Labor Market Research published their Resilient Jobs research study identifying occupations that remain in high demand despite the economic downturn due to COVID-19. These 27 occupations represent hope for the community, offering a wide range of careers that can be trained for at the region’s community colleges and Continuing Education centers.
The 27 Pandemic-Resilient Occupations our Programs Train for are:
- Accounting Specialists
- Bookkeeping, Audit Clerks
- Computer Game Designers
- Computer Occupations
- Computer User Support Specialists
- Computer Systems Analysts
- Construction Managers
- Cybersecurity/Information Security Analysts
- Database Administrators
- Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
- Geographic Information Systems
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- Insurance Sales Agents
- Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- Managers
- Medical Assistants
- Medical Secretaries
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Property, Real Estate and Community Association Managers
- Registered Nurses
- Sales and Related Workers
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical and Executive
- Software Application Developers
- Web Developers
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