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These jobs center on the creation and distribution of news and entertainment media. Performing artists, journalists, and writers all fall within this group as well as editors, sound engineers, broadcast specialists, and communication technology personal. These are the creators and the facilitators of what you see and hear online, in print and on TV/Radio. Creativity, understanding the audience, and the urge to see your work represented publicly are valuable assets in these positions.
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How does a pop culture aficionado ascend through the ranks of the media and entertainment industry? Sieu Nguyen, a seasoned New Yorker and a Vietnam native, began his career at Paramount as a production associate. Nguyen spent these formative months …
A communications major is well equipped to become a great asset to any organization in a wide range of roles and industries because of the skills and knowledge they hone during their studies…
First, ask yourself if this is a degree you would enjoy? Not sure? Think about writing a book, publishing your own writing, or proofreading technical manuals. If this doesn’t sound interesting to you, this degree is probably not for you. …
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.