In-Demand Careers
Job security is not about being employed. It is about being employable. What will the United States and industry need as a workforce in 10, 15 or 20 years? We will need men and women who can imagine and conduct scientific research, setting the stage for new technologies. These individuals will be the new breed of scientists and mathematicians, holding transdisciplinary degrees. Engineering and design teams will take their research and transform it into tomorrow’s technologies and products. Entrepreneurs, congressman, doctors, lawyers, nurses, teachers and everyone else in society will use these new technologies to transform how we live together.
Today’s students will be “in-demand” if they pursue careers across these areas: aerospace engineering, behavioral sciences, biosciences, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil engineering, clinical medicine, cognitive and neural science, computational sciences, digital arts, ecology and environment, electrical engineering, energy technologies, geosciences, interactive entertainment, immunology, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, microbiology, molecular biology and genetics, naval architecture, nanotechnology, neuroscience, ocean engineering, oceanography, pharmacology, plant and animal science, physics, and space and planetary sciences.
Chance favors the prepared mind. We live in a knowledge-innovation economy. The modern demand is for people who can create knowledge and continually learn and adapt to environments of imperfect information, information overload, uncertainty, and increasing complexity.
We recognize that it is very difficult for high school and college students to imagine what it is like to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Popular media doesn’t help. TV and movies offer a view into “fantasy jobs” designed for prime-time viewing: lawyers, doctors, police officers, etc. Yet, there are thrilling careers that flow from being proficient in science, technology, engineering and math. Our goal is to help bring these in-demand careers to life.