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As second semester gets underway and you current seniors begin to think about not only what you want to do (professionally) after graduation but where you want to do it here are some things to think about:

According to CareerBuilder.com — a leading online job search engine — hiring activity is expected to remain strongest in the South and West.

The big winner will be the Mountain states, with a projected job growth of 2.8 percent, a rate twice that of the projected 1.3 percent national average, according to estimates from NPA Data Services in Arlington, Va. The southern part of the East Coast, from Washington, D.C. to Florida, is expected to post the second highest growth rate at 1.9 percent, according to NPA numbers.

While the job market on average will be slightly slower than it was in ‘07, solid growth remains in areas such as health care, IT, education, sales and professional & business services; with health care and education seeing,

a disproportionate share of job growth.

So what does this mean for the jobs in 2008 (and beyond)?

The service industry is the place to be! Says Nestor Terleckyj, president of NPA Data Services in Arlington, Va. , which calculates employment projections,

“When you look at where jobs are created and growing, it’s all services.”

While “services” can mean anything from health care, to consulting, to legal services - in 2007 demand for computer systems design services was up almost 40% and the need for scientific and technical consulting went up almost 66% (according to Bureau statistics).

“What is the job outlook for 2008?” [bankrate]

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