Cassy Clendenen, Marlow Partin and Ellie Bradford, from left, work together on an assignment Tuesday during chemistry lab at Dalton State College.FINDINGS
• There will be 55 million job openings in the national economy through 2020. In Tennessee, there will be 394,000 openings for new jobs and another 695,000 jobs will open as baby boomers retire.• Most Tennessee job growth will come in three fields: management of companies and enterprises, 36 percent; health care and social assistance, 31 percent; and education services, 29 percent.• By 2020, 65 percent of all U.S. jobs will require education and training beyond high school. In this category, Tennessee ranks near the bottom of states, with only 58 percent of jobs here expected to require post-secondary education.• Health care and social assistance will surpass the government by 2020 as the sector with the largest employment in Tennessee, with 405,000 jobs overall.Source: “Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements through 2020,” Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
Even with an improved economy, getting a job is only going to get tougher.
A new national study predicts that jobs in Tennessee and across the nation increasingly will demand more advanced education and training.
Job growth is projected in many high-skilled areas, while jobs in agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting and manufacturing are expected to decline.
In Tennessee, careers in management, education services, health care and social assistance are all poised to see the most growth through 2020, according to the report released today by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.