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So...you want to work in marketing? It's a good idea to learn about the Best/Worst jobs
Jobs Rated 2012: Ranking 200 Jobs From Best to Worst

How do our Jobs Rated researchers determine which professions rank better than others?
- Overall Score: 176.00
- Income: $88,142.00
- Work Environment:41.000
- Stress:10.420
- Physical Demands:40.00
- Hiring Outlook:25.02
- Overall Score: 226.00
- Income: $88,202.00
- Work Environment:44.860
- Stress:16.020
- Physical Demands:45.86
- Hiring Outlook:27.72
- Overall Score: 281.00
- Income: $99,102.00
- Work Environment:44.000
- Stress:14.020
- Physical Demands:41.00
- Hiring Outlook:19.52
- Overall Score: 289.00
- Income: $68,109.00
- Work Environment:54.550
- Stress:12.090
- Physical Demands:42.55
- Hiring Outlook:35.79
- Overall Score: 300.00
- Income: $104,161.00
- Work Environment:50.000
- Stress:18.610
- Physical Demands:46.00
- Hiring Outlook:22.81
- Overall Score: 311.00
- Income: $67,137.00
- Work Environment:53.130
- Stress:9.370
- Physical Demands:47.13
- Hiring Outlook:37.17
- Overall Score: 318.00
- Income: $72,110.00
- Work Environment:54.130
- Stress:13.100
- Physical Demands:46.13
- Hiring Outlook:33.60
- Overall Score: 343.00
- Income: $87,255.00
- Work Environment:54.000
- Stress:21.550
- Physical Demands:42.00
- Hiring Outlook:25.55
- Overall Score: 370.00
- Income: $78,148.00
- Work Environment:47.390
- Stress:16.480
- Physical Demands:47.39
- Hiring Outlook:22.58
- Overall Score: 392.00
- Income: $99,191.00
- Work Environment:46.860
- Stress:12.910
- Physical Demands:45.86
- Hiring Outlook:16.61
- Overall Score: 397.00
- Income: $67,142.00
- Work Environment:53.130
- Stress:12.420
- Physical Demands:47.13
- Hiring Outlook:23.82
- Overall Score: 421.00
- Income: $95,152.00
- Work Environment:59.940
- Stress:16.520
- Physical Demands:52.94
- Hiring Outlook:33.62
- Overall Score: 438.00
- Income: $76,100.00
- Work Environment:59.130
- Stress:14.000
- Physical Demands:53.13
- Hiring Outlook:39.00
- Overall Score: 476.00
- Income: $112,070.00
- Work Environment:65.290
- Stress:15.700
- Physical Demands:52.29
- Hiring Outlook:24.10
- Overall Score: 484.00
- Income: $76,179.00
- Work Environment:51.000
- Stress:22.790
- Physical Demands:48.00
- Hiring Outlook:21.49
- Overall Score: 506.00
- Income: $114,148.00
- Work Environment:52.060
- Stress:19.480
- Physical Demands:49.06
- Hiring Outlook:17.48
- Overall Score: 510.00
- Income: $53,127.00
- Work Environment:49.800
- Stress:10.270
- Physical Demands:43.80
- Hiring Outlook:18.97
- Overall Score: 517.00
- Income: $73,205.00
- Work Environment:44.760
- Stress:14.050
- Physical Demands:44.76
- Hiring Outlook:15.15
- Overall Score: 518.00
- Income: $67,350.00
- Work Environment:60.940
- Stress:13.500
- Physical Demands:53.94
- Hiring Outlook:30.80
- Overall Score: 532.00
- Income: $72,195.00
- Work Environment:
52.470 - Stress:
18.950 - Physical Demands:
47.47 - Hiring Outlook:
19.05
The Top 200 Jobs of 2012: 21 - 40
Most professions that rank 21 – 40 fall into one of three categories: science-related, historical or technical. A majority of these professions require advanced degrees and are well paid for their services. All experience mid- to low stress levels and aren’t very physically demanding.
The Top 200 Jobs of 2012: 41 - 60
Professions that require math, science or legal knowledge dominate Jobs 41-60. Most of the professions offer mid- to high-level salaries and all share a positive hiring outlook. Lower stress, good work environments, low physical demands: where else would a Loan Officer and a Aerospace Engineer have a common job setting?
The Top 200 Jobs of 2012: 61 - 80
Jobs 61-80 are a good mixture of blue- and white-collar jobs. Most of the jobs offer median-level incomes and decent work environments. Two very different careers, such as a Judge and Heating/Refrigeration Mechanic, rank next to each other. Both jobs have lower stress levels, but a Judge has a better work environment while a Heating/Refrigeration Mechanic has a better job outlook.
The Top 200 Jobs of 2012: 81 - 100
From Electrician to Cosmetologist, the jobs listed from 81-100 run the gamut of professions. The closest grouping are those careers that require a lot of caring and compassion (for example: Funeral Director, Elementary School Teacher, Clergy, Nurse), which all ranked closely together. While the Event Coordinator has the highest job outlook, stress and a challenging work environment keep them lower on the list.
The Top 200 Jobs of 2012: 101 - 120
Higher-stress jobs and poorer job prospects are starting to become more prevalent with Jobs 101-120. At the rank of 109, the Electrical Technician posts the first instance of a negative job outlook. Two of the most stressful jobs rank in this grouping: Airline Pilot appears at 104 while Corporate Executive ranks in at 116.
The Top 200 Jobs of 2012: 121 - 140
With Jobs 121-140, professions with lower stress and higher pay are beginning to fade. With the exception of Air Traffic Controller at $108,207, most of the jobs here are in the $30k to $65k-a-year range with average to high stress levels.
The Top 200 Jobs of 2012: 141 - 160
Jobs that are hands-on rule 141-160. Most of these professions are out in the field (or shop) and not in a cubicle farm. While a few of them may require an advanced degree, such as Military General, for the most part the majority of these jobs require a high school education and some education from a trade school.
The Top 200 Jobs of 2012: 161 - 180
As we sink lower into the ratings of Jobs 161-180, the salaries of these professions drop as well. Farmer, listed at 179, has the highest income of this group with $61,269. Most of the professions in this list earn about $30k to $40k a year. The hiring outlook is also bleaker, with Construction Worker and Ironworker leading the pack at 18.38 and 18.12 respectively.
The Top 200 Jobs of 2012: 181 - 200
As we get to the bottom of our rankings, these professions all have a varied mixture of physical labor, declining job opportunities, lower incomes, poor working conditions and high stress. While not all of them have the physical demands of a firefighter, cushy would not be a word to describe any of these positions. For most of the jobs in this group, the salaries are very low with an even worse hiring outlook. Opportunity to grow in these job is minimal.
The 2012 Jobs Rated rankings serve as a guide for anyone trying to get a clearer picture of employment in an uncertain time. Whether you’re graduating from college, have recently found yourself downsized or just can’t stand the thought of going back to the grind for one more day, our rankings and individual category scores can help you take the guesswork out of your job search. And with facts on your side, you’ll be starting out already ahead of the game.
CareerCast. (2012)
Source URL: http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/2012-ranking-200-jobs-best-worst
Friday, January 28, 2011
100 for 2011. Ideas + Trends + Recommendations
I have compiled 100 of the most important trends, which will represent an opportunity for this New Year. At the end of this research, you'll find the sources from which this information has been taken. Feel free to add any comments, ideas or recommendations that you think that could be missing for this 2011.
Rubén Treviño
1. Reinvent or die: A new business rule.
Branding
2. Protect your brand.
“Your brand is every aspect of how customers interact with your product." ~Jennifer C. Wolfe.
3. Made in China.
Right now, money is in emerging markets. So, there will be an increasing number of "Western brands" to launch new products and brands dedicated to these markets. (Trendwatching.com, 2011)
4. Younique. Personal brand = Brand Me
5. The Infomercial Business
"They're the movie trailer before it hits stores. They are cheap and add exposure.”
~ Matt Robinson, 2010.
WATCH OUT! - Informercials (also know as: Direct-Response TV marketing) are expected to rise about 30% representing $174 million by 2014. (Yoram Wurmser of Direct Marketing Assn.)
Advertising
6. Effective forms in display advertising.
7. Right touching in which media to use with our customers. (When to use digital, when to use traditional)
8. Direct marketing returns.
9. Overload of social media.
10. Monologue to Dialogue.
11. Convergence between traditional and new media
Innovation Tools
12. Schools embracing IPad as Learning Tool
There is a trend that kids all over United States are going to be in a pilot study
using this technological device.WATCH OUT! - "There is little evidence that kinds learn more, faster or better by using these machines." ~Larry Cuban, a professor emeritus of education at Standford University.
13. MirrorCasting
Allows people to record blog comments, chat posts and video clips about themselves, and can change the content and play it back to them.
14. WiFi Taxis on Japan
15. Web Explorers on TV
Consumer
16 & 17. Generations "Y & G"
"Generation Y has already upset plenty of media business with its unconventional consuming habits. Another sector may be about to get smacked - cable and satellite television." ~ Michael Arndt, NY Times.
Generation G (G for Generosity) engages "Random Acts of Kindness" (R.A.K.)
18. Urbanomics
According to Trendwatching (2011), consumers tend to be more daring, liberal, tolerant, experienced and prone to trying out new products and services.
19. Quality Life Improvement
- 73% of US consumers consider being physically fit important to being ‘well’, with 74% including ‘feeling good about themselves’. (Source: The Hartman Group, August 2010)
- An estimated 500 million people worldwide are expected to be using mobile healthcare applications by 2015. (Source: Reasearch2Guidance, November 2010)
- There were nearly 17,000 health apps available in major app stores in November 2010, with 57% of them being aimed at consumers rather than health care professionals. (Source: Reasearch2Guidance, November 2010)
- The heaviest use of health or medical related apps is by young adults: about 15% of those aged 18 to 29 have such apps, compared to 8% of users aged 30 to 49. (Source: The Pew Internet Project, October 2010)
20 & 21. ‘Social-Lites’ and ‘Twinsumers’
"Twinsumers" people with likes and dislikes and who are hence sources for recommendations on what to buy and what to experience.
"Social-lites" they are all about discovery, actively broadcasting, commenting, sharing and recommeding to their friends and audiences.
22. Online Status Symbols
Online Status Symbols will rise in the next 12 months. What started with Flickr or Facebook sites by showing your number of visitors and friends, now has become an enormous display in online status.
23. Planned Spontaneity
For consumers, knowing where they are and what's / who's around them is the key. This becomes easier with key feature of social networks and web apps like Google's Hotpot, Facebook's Places y Twitter's locator.
24. Digital Dominance
25. Anywhere/Anyplace Shopper Tools
26. The End of Resumes
27. Expect more highly adaptive sense and respond behavior by marketers. (The Rise of Speedbacking)
28. Hispanic/Latino Marketing Hits a Tipping Point.
29. Rise of emerging economies. (Turkey + China + South Afirca + India + Brasil + Vietnam+ Indonesia+ México … etc.) remains one of the key consumerism stories in 2011.
30. Owner-less in consumers.
31. Expansion for Social Media
Products
32. LED Devices in Exhibitors.
33. ECO Superior.
34. Products with healthy benefits.
Strollometer: device that tracks all aspects of a new mother's routine: can check their speed, distance traveled, time spent exercising, average and maximum speeds, and the temperature outside.
Sleep On It: a mobile app that allows users to track their nightly sleeping patterns.
Phillips DirectLife: a small, lightweight, wearable monitor that builds up a detailed record of users' daily activities.
35. Micro-energy.
36. Meat-Substitutes.
Pricing
37. Pricing Pandemonium.
Amazon.com released and iPhone app that has this function by scanning product's barcode. This kind of communication makes consumers constantly connected so they hear about new deals in prices.
38. Group Buying
39. Member Sales
40. Flash Sales
41. Local Discounts
42. Dynamic Pricing
Promotion
43. Media Blending.
“In 2011 will see more than just media optimization, we're all going to get much smarter and more sophisticated with "media blending."~ AdAge.com
44. Social media break (like 'Cigarrette Breaks').
Diverse Sectors
45. Travel and tourism will take off.
46. After recession, there's a craving for affordable luxuries.
47. Online DVD Rental Stores (VOD)
48. Books Online will triple their sales.
49. Traditional video games vs. "social games" (Facebook, Ipod, Iphone, Appstore)
50. Bio-plastics.
51. Enhance of Senior Cares.
52. Online Memorials.
53. On the fly conference calls
54. Green-garages for tuning cars.
Other tendencies
55. Baby Boomers will boom in job opportunities and will stay in workforce.
56. Social Shopping.
57. Home Improvement Sector will improve.
58. Social Commerce will grow.
59. New ways to make exercise with low budgets.
60. Emerging Generosity from China.
61. Reestructure for Companies
62. Younger consumers voluntarily opting in to passively and continuously share their location.
63. New business entering in Social Media like Facebook or TaskRabbit.
64. Mobile apps for group texting.
65. 'Technowaits' in waiting rooms to allow patients to leave the room and go somewhere else to pass the time until it's their turn.
66. 3D Portable Videocameras (Sony)
67. Offering alternatives while product is in repair.
68. Traceability (Apps for food and beverage brands.... manufacturing locations, distribution).
69. The importance of 'Google Strategy' (Generation of display and awareness).
70. Privacy Wars Online.
71. Strategic, not Tactical.
72. Content strategy. (Intrinsic value)
73. The beginning of Social metrics.
74. Video Marketing (Viral Mkt).
75. Mobile Location.
76. Uncover costs savings through technology.
77. Serve customers through technology.
78. Social media begins to look less social.
79. Optimize search engine. (Link placements and contents).
80. Social Commerce will grow.
81. Opt-Out Selling. (Sending products to people)
82. Being connected 24/7
83. Social business.
84. Companies will build a social media policy.
85. Web Experiences.
86. Employee Motivation.
87. Cross-Channel Optimization.
88. Global integration of social media.
89. Don't beat them. Join them. (Google + Facebook + Twitter)
90. Transparent Society.
91. Storytelling.
92. Crowdsourcing.
93. Social media to collect information.
94. Happynomics. (Positive psychology marketing that gives sense).
95. Headhunters using social media.
96. Bloggers. The new intermediate between the company and the client.
97. Female Power.
98. Minisumers (Infant Market).
99. Pink Profits (Gay & Lesbian Market).
100. Real Time.
Bibliography
1. Trendwatching.com
2. NY Times.com
3. Business Week.com
4. Pete Blackshaw. (December, 2010) Book of Tens: 10 Disruptive Trends That Will Shape Our World in 2011.
5. Jonathan Salem Baskin. (October, 2010). Big Ideas for Marketing in 2011.
6. Wang, Jennifer and Ohngren, Kara. The Disrupters: Forces Driving Change in 2011
7. http://www.entrepreneur.com/trends/index.html
8. Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/public/page/espanol-inicio.html
9. Spring Wise. http://www.springwise.com/food_beverage/
10. Caffrey, David. My Predictions on 11 Marketing Trends for 2011. http://www.smartinsights.com/blog/digital-marketing-strategy/2011-digital-marketing-trends/
11. Eric Tsai. (Decembre, 2010). 4 Marketing Trends for 2011. http://www.b2cmarketinginsider.com/online-marketing/4-internet-marketing-trends-for-2011-04120
12. Predicting social media marketing trends for 2011. http://www.eyefortravel.com/news/marketing/predicting-social-media-marketing-trends-2011
13. Harvard Business Review. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2009/11/six_social_media_trends.html
14. Nunes, Paul and Breene, Tim. (January, 2011) Reinvent Your Business Before It’s Too Late. http://hbr.org/2011/01/reinvent-your-business-before-its-too-late/ar/1
15. Searchi Engine Land. http://searchengineland.com/sem-trends-for-2011-what-to-expect-what-to-do-57439
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