Sounds similar to the economic theories of Harry S. Dent, Jr. -- it's all based on birth-rate.
Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: Grabowy, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 9:31 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: OT: The Coming Job Boom > > > My apologies for this OT post. > > There is an article in Business 2.0 magazine, Sept issue, titled The > Coming Job Boom that is very interesting. > > The point of the article is that there will be a labor > shortage by 2010 > because the Baby Boomer generation will be retiring over the next > decade. Obviously, there are critics of these reports but supposedly > this is based on demographics, which is supposed to be more reliable. > The articles quotes that companies like, Cigna, Intel, SAS, Sprint, > Whirlpool, etc. are worried about this problem. > > Now for the tie into this list...there is a chart that depicts the 10 > fastest growing occupations, DBAs are 7th. A 66% increased demand for > DBAs by 2010. Software developers are 1st on the chart, with a 100% > increase in demand by 2010. So for those of us hurting right > now, hang > in there. > > Aside from this article, has anyone else seen articles or reports like > these? > > Below is a link to the article, which requires membership... > > http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,51816,00.html -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
