Career Watch Arkansas 2014 Career Watch Arkansas 2014 | Page 10

Top 20 Occupations for Growth & Decline What’s Hot, What’s Not Growth Personal Care Aides Retail Salespersons Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food Customer Service Representatives Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Registered Nurses Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Home Health Aides General and Operations Managers Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers Accountants and Auditors Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Cashiers Office Clerks, General Cooks, Restaurant Waiters and Waitresses First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers Decline Based on State of Arkansas’ 2013-2015 Short-term Occupational Projections Net Growth Childcare Workers Tellers Bus Drivers, School or Special Client Postal Service Mail Carriers Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Sewing Machine Operators Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Data Entry Keyers Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Driver/Sales Workers Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education Reporters and Correspondents Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators Roustabouts, Oil and Gas Postal Service Clerks Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service Slaughterers and Meat Packers Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks 8 | Career Watch Arkansas