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Between 1988 and 2000, over 18 million new jobs will be added to the
economy. Employment will rise from 118 million to 136 million. This represents an average
growth for all occupations of 15 percent. Growth will be especially strong for
technicians. professionals, service workers, and managers. On an average, an occupation
that has 100 workers today will have 115 in the year 2000.
You must start now assessing your present situation, formulating goals, and working toward
achieving those goals. You must dedicate time and effort to prepare for your chosen future
career. The forces of changetechnological, economic, social, and politicalare
already reshaping the requirements for successful career planning. This rate of change is
affecting career paths and career roles. For example, Rockwell's aerospace and defense
electronics divisions expanded while its automotive and industrial valve businesses
declined.
The past decades have seen tremendous strides in aerospace technology. Some of these
developments can take you into space, lead you to a laboratory, or put you into an
aircraft streaking along at Mach 4. These things are possible if you take the necessary
steps now in preparing for an aerospace career. The world of aerospace needs your skills,
talents, and vision.
You need to tailor your curriculum to make yourself appealing to a prospective government
or private industry employer. Play to your strengths. If math and science leave you
hopelessly lost, there are numerous business majors that are just as valuable to aerospace
corporations. Read everything you can get your hands on about space. Get some firsthand
knowledge as well. Try to find someone who is already working In the space career you'd
like to follow, and find out what the job Is really like. They may be able to
"network" you into a position if you have the right background.
The business direction is toward an information society consisting of new technologies and
new services, the new products to support them, and revised managerial techniques. This
new society will require from each of you not only a new group of skills but also new
attitudes toward learning and toward understanding and working with each other.
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