Top 10 Jobs in Atlanta

The Workforce Investment Act's Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia area is one of the most economically sound and growing cities throughout the American South. In fact, the city is nicknamed Hotlanta and The Capital of the South. The region offers many opportunities for jobs, careers, and business ownership of a long term nature. For new graduates and career changers, Atlanta can present viable solutions to their job seeking goals.

My travels to Atlanta never fail to find healthy customer traffic at the many shopping areas, along the corners of every major street intersection. Anchor stores as well as small shops thrive in abundance. Several globally-recognized companies are headquartered in Atlanta, including Coca-Cola and Turner Broadcasting. Underground Atlanta is a fascinating and entertaining addition to the street level activities. It is a portion of the city that was built below the many train viaducts that carried automobile traffic over the tracks. The Underground is full of dining, shopping, and entertainment possibilities and a vibrant night life. Antiques and upscale home furnishings are high growth retail items in the Atlanta region, and the city enjoys several sales conventions related to these products each year, adding to the excitement of the Underground and the street level festivities.

As one of the original and successful 13 American Colonies, Atlanta continues to be a business and tourist destination for Americans and international visitors because of its historical areas, colleges and universities, gardens, dining establishments, the National Park Service that includes a number of parks and a full-size replica of a slave ship from the 17th century. Some people come to Atlanta specifically to look for work and housing, and a number of job opportunities exist, as well as some of the most affordable housing in America. For these reasons, Atlanta continually stands in the top 25 cities for successful careers and housing options in the country.

Healthcare Careers

Metro Atlanta is the location for many hospitals and medical centers, the Healthcare Industry being major employer in this Workforce Investment Act area. High-growth Atlanta area job titles include medical assistant, dental hygienist, dental assistant, medical records and health information technicians, physician assistant, radiation therapist, home health aide, respiratory therapist, cardiovascular technologist, physical therapist, epidemiologist, and surgical technologist.

Information Technology (IT) Careers

The Healthcare Industry is reliant upon information technology to manage growing patient lists. Atlanta offers many high-tech companies that deal with information processing, analysis, and storage; as well as IT jobs in nearly all major employment fields. High-demand IT job titles include network systems and data communications analyst, computer software engineer, database administrator, computer systems analyst, computer and information systems manager, and network and computer systems administrator.

Hospitality Industry Careers

The Hospitality Industry is high-growth in Atlanta as increasing numbers of professional in the Metro Area turn to service employees to help them with their busy lives. Increasing attendance at the Metro Area conventions and a thriving business travel Industry add to Atlanta business traffic and the need for hospitality workers. Job titles available on an ongoing basis in Atlanta in the hospitality industry include food preparation worker (cook or chef), food server (wait staff), banquet workers, host and hostess, hotel reception and information clerk, and valet and parking lot attendant. Airport jobs are abundant as well, including transportation attendant, baggage screener, and security staff.

The following list represents the business and industry sectors in the Atlanta Motropolitan Area that offer the largest numbers of new jobs in the 21st century through 2014. Percentages of increase projected are shown along with the title of each industrial sector.

It is obvious that since many Administrative and Support Services jobs are themselves inthe Healthcare Industry, then Healthcare takes up much of both the Numer 1 and the Number 2 spots on this list.

1. Administrative & Support Services 86%
2. Ambulatory Healthcare Services 80%
3. Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services 62%
4. Food and Beverage Stores 60%
5. General Merchandise Retail Stores 59%
6. Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 55%
7. Food Services & Drinking Places 54%
8. Specialty Trade Contractors 46%
9. Educational Services 40%
10. Self-Employed & Family Business Staff 18%

Other High-Growth Industries

Industry and Hiring Increase % 2005 - 2006:

• Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing 150 %
• Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing 99%
• Internet Service Providers, Web Search Portals, and Data Processing Services 71%
• Broadcasting (non-Internet) 66 %
• Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores 33 %
• Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores 16 %
• Educational Services 13 %
• Food and Drinking Services 9%
• Food and Beverage Stores 7 %

The University of Georgia is the largest academic facility in Georgia. It was built in Athens, Georgia, about 70 miles from Atlanta. Historically, it is the very first state-chartered university in America, initiated under a public Land Grant and Sea Grant. The University of Georgia, or USG, consistently ranks in the top 25% of best public colleges as recognized by U.S. News & World Report.

This historic university is composed seventeen separate training schools and colleges.

This list of university divisions includes:

• College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
• Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
• Terry College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Environment & Design
• College of Family and Consumer Sciences
• Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
• USG Graduate School
• Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
• USG School of Law
• College of Pharmacy
• College of Public Health
• School of Public and International Affairs
• School of Social Work
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology
• Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences:

1. The Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases (CTEGD)

2. The Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute (BHSI)

3. The Developmental Biology Group (DBG)

4. The Center for Health and Risk Communications (CHRC)

5. The Bioimaging Research Center (BIRC)

Georgia Perimeter College is one of the top American colleges. It is one of the fastest-growing metropolitan community and two-year colleges. In fact, GPC is the third largest school in terms of enrollment in the University System of Georgia.

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Atlanta Technical College

Atlanta Metropolitan College

Morehouse College

Spelman College

Emory University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia State University

Oglethorpe University