What a ride! The first years of the new millennium have been a roller-coaster ride for both employers and employees. The employment peak at the end of the second millennium crumbled along with the dot-com bubble at the end of 2000, giving bosses the balance of power in the modern struggle between employees and corporations, and allowing employers to subject workers to outsourcing, downsizing, increased workloads, pay freezes or rollbacks and all sorts of sorted plans to increase profit margins at the expense of the worker.

Traveling steadily downward since the start of the new millennium the employment roller-coaster reached the proverbial bottom of the track late in 2003. If you were lucky enough to survive the mass layoffs at the beginning of the third millennium, 2003 promised much as the economy took off and corporate profits soared higher. After digging in and taking whatever the 'man' handed you, 2005 brought hope of finding greener employment-pastures upon which to graze, unfortunately jobs were sparse on these glimpsed fields of employment promise.

The roller-coaster ride started upwards in 2005 as worker productivity -- a qualitative and quantitative measure of the amount of labour output of each employee -- surprisingly decreased late in 2005 as many corporations nightmares manifested as lost productivity with many sectors recording their lowest productivity in a decade. What does this decrease in productivity mean? You can only squeeze a finite amount of work out of a human being? That employee financial security, social continuity and personal balance is important to the success of a business? Could the barrel containing new skilled workers be nearly dry? All of the above.

The employment roller-coaster reached the peak near the middle of 2006 as corporations efforts to fill empty job postings in many sectors had corporations beating the employment pastures in futility. And as many dissatisfied employees surveyed the greener pastures from the height advantage provided by the employment peak, many decided to give their take-this-job-and-shove-it-speech and board the employment roller-coaster to see if they could find more rewarding, less disheartening pasture upon which to graze.

Hardly surprising considering the climate around the employment roller-coaster, an unknown mixture of economic factors makes for sunny skies around the employment roller-coaster, making these times one of the best in years for advertising your employment wares on your sleeve and heading down the track to check out other pastures. In industry after industry, from retail to technology to health care to advertising, bottled up demand for skilled employees has been increasing for five years, strengthening employee position and providing impetus to check out greener pastures. In fact, surveys conducted in 2006 by consulting firm Salary.com show that over 65% of workers were looking for greener pastures in 2006 and this year could be even better.

The motive power behind the employment roller-coasters sudden rise isn't easily calculated -- indeed in this time of creeping GDP growth, wholesale layoffs, worldwide violence and threatening dark clouds shrouding the horizon, it seems to be stretching reality a bit to ingest the idea of sunny skies overhead for lean frogs looking to hop off the roller-coaster and onto a greener field to swallow the bigger, healthier, fly -- underlying job creation remains marginal, the lowest at this point in a recovery in the last half-century. But greener pastures in many sectors of the job market have little to do with job growth in this case; instead it is more a result of low unemployment and faltering productivity.

All the employee-needed signs are out, grouped according to generic job descriptions, along the roller-coaster track and are numbered from one to ten in order of anticipated industry sector needs over the next six years. Now is the time to make a map of a possible move to greener pastures along the employment track, and many dissatisfied workers agree as over 2.6 million people left their jobs each month in 2006, about the same level as in the pre-911 economy. And if your reading this you may want to bust-a-move before spring is over and the green employment pastures around the present employment roller-coaster turn from green to brown in the heat of the global economy?

But finding the right niche in the employment market is a time consuming, often frustrating and time sensitive affair. Don't worry we've got your back! Below we have listed the ten hottest job pastures along the track-side of the employment roller-coaster of today, to help you find a new job that lifts your spirit, gives you back the energy in your walk, renews your professional drive and job satisfaction and desire to work you had when you were a bright-eyed first timer to the workplace.

With the retiring baby boomers depleting the ranks of experienced professionals and technology workers in the workplace today, the need for trained replacements has spurred the current growth in hiring in all the job industries listed below. Combine this with the need for more health care professionals to provide retirees with quality care and services, and you have a growth in the elderly-care sector requiring huge resources in skilled workers. All the jobs in the list below have similar forces driving the current trend and expected growth in these jobs.

Well pull the roller-coasters guardrail down and lock yourself in. You better hang onto the hand rails provided, your probably going for a hell of a ride! No matter which pasture along the track you choose to graze on, your ride to greater employment satisfaction is sure to be an adrenalin ride!

Hang on, here we go.

Track 1 - Network systems and data communications analyst.

Job growth is expected to be in the 55 % range through to 2014. Technology continues to expand in many sectors and competent professionals are needed to keep the networks running efficiently and analysis the mountain of data created.

Track 2 - Physicians assistant.

The flood of baby boomers entering the ranks of individuals requiring constant care, the increase in new and old diseases and the constant call for better and more health care services in the united states make this one of the hottest jobs in America. Job growth greater than 50% is expected through to 2014 and beyond.

Track 3 - Computer Software Engineer, applications.

Technology is growing and expanding in our society and industries making the job of Computer Software Engineer, creating applications for the new technologies, one of the hottest fields to find your dream job. Employment growth in this field is expected to reach 50% through to 2014, making this job a real fuzzy peach.

Track 4 - Computer Software Engineer, systems software.

The constant need for technology computer systems software designers makes this job hot beyond the year 2014 as technology is only going to increase and diversify. Expect job growth in the neighbourhood of 43% up until 2014, but percentage could grow depending on conditions within key industries.

Track 5 - Network and computer systems administrator.

All the growth in technology requires administrators to manage the growing network of computer systems, so this field is hot. Job growth above 40% would not be a surprise through to 2014 as computer networks expand beyond our control.

Track 6 - Database Administrator.

The only thing growing quicker than the Internet is the geometrically expanding mountain of data being entered onto databases across the world, after all information is power they say and everybody wants more power? The pressing need for Database Administrators will grow in the neighbourhood of 40% through to 2014, so if you like everything to be organized and everything in it's own place, this job maybe the one for you?

Track 7 - Physical Therapist.

The need for trained physical therapists is growing as you read this passage and is expected to stay in 37% range through to 2014. If you like the thought of helping people, staying fit yourself, and having a rewarding career, this job maybe the employment track for you?

Track 8 - Medical Research Scientist.

Medical science is constantly growing, and the more we learn about human medicine, the less we seem to know, it's no wonder job growth for Medical Research Scientists is expected to reach 34% through to 2014. Could you be the next Pasteur or Curie? Only one way to find out.

Track 9 - Occupational Therapist.

Increased workloads, 60 hour work weeks, repetitive job motions, the elderly working longer... the need for Occupational Therapists is expected to be around 34% through to 2014 and this is a conservative estimate. If you like interacting with people and feeling needed this job may fit the bill?

Track 10 - College, University instructors.

Academic professionals are always in need to teach the knowledge to the next generation of world rockers and shakers. Employment in this field is expected to be above 30% through to 2014, so this employment track is one to keep an eye on if it catches your eye.

Well that's the list of the ten hottest jobs through to 2014. If you don't see anything that interests you, don't worry, plenty of other tracks not covered here for you to check out along the employment roller-coaster, these are just the ones expected to show the greatest growth in employment until 2014 and therefore more potential for job hunting. Stay tuned in coming weeks as we will continue to provide you with additional information to help you on your journey to a better employment environment. We will be bringing you the hottest cities in America to find your new job, the best companies to find your job, and the schools in America teaching the knowledge required to fill these ten hot jobs and much more.

See you next time!