Top 10 In-Demand Jobs in the US (2020): From Business Development Manager to Front-End Engineer
Join me, Marina from San Francisco, as we dive into the most in-demand jobs of 2020 and explore the skills, salaries, and job satisfaction behind top positions like Business Development Manager, Strategy Manager, and Front-end Engineer.
- * Marina from San Francisco, California discusses the most in-demand jobs in the United States in 2020.
- * The ranking is based on median base salary, number of job openings, and overall job satisfaction.
- * Job #10: Business Development Manager
- + Role involves finding new opportunities for a company.
- + Also known as B2B sales person.
- + Daily tasks include attending networking events, visiting other companies, learning about their needs, creating portfolios, and connecting them with the sales team when they are ready to make a purc
- + Required skills: love for talking to people, good networking skills, excitement about the product.
- + Median base salary: $78,840.
- + Current job openings: 6,560.
- + Ideal education: bachelor's in business or economics.
- * Job #9: Strategy Manager
- + Role involves analyzing incoming data and market trends to come up with strategies for a company.
- + Daily tasks include reporting to the CEO or founders, being good with data, using software to analyze big amounts of data, being a market expert, setting realistic goals for the company, and creatin
- + Required skills: good with data, knowledge of current trends in the market, ability to come up with realistic goals.
- + Median base salary: $133,000.
- + Current job openings: 3,515.
- + Ideal education: bachelor's in economics or mathematics.
- * Job #8: Speech-Language Pathologist
- + Role involves helping people with speaking disabilities develop their speaking skills.
- + Daily tasks include working with hospitals and clinicians to conduct research, working directly with patients, and having over 29,000 openings right now.
- + Required education: master's degree in a related field like speech pathology.
- * Job #7: Software Engineer
- + Role involves writing code and creating algorithms for apps.
- + Daily tasks include creating websites, surveys, automated email campaigns, and more.
- + Required skills: interest and passion in software engineering, ability to write complex code and create algorithms.
- + Median base salary: over $100,000.
- + Current job openings: over 50,000.
- + Ideal education: bachelor's in software engineering, mathematics, or IT.
- * Job #6: Not mentioned in the video, but Marina mentions that social media and creating content for YouTube are in high demand and will probably continue to be in the next ten years.
- + Role involves structuring information in a way that makes sense for the company.
- + Daily tasks include working with large amounts of data, finding correlations, and driving conclusions.
- + Required skills: ability to analyze data, knowledge of statistics and computer science.
- + Median base salary: $107,000.
- + Current job openings: over 6,000.
- + Ideal education: bachelor's in mathematics, statistics, or computer science.
- + Role involves using Java to create applications for desktop and mobile devices.
- + Daily tasks include working with algorithms and programs for client-based services and websites.
- + Required skills: knowledge of Java, passion for maths, physics, IT, or data.
- + Median base salary: $102,000.
- + Current job openings: 16,000.
- + Ideal education: bachelor's in IT or related field.
- * Job #3: Front-End Engineer
- + Role involves creating the user interface and experience for websites and applications.
- + Daily tasks include connecting the front-end to the back-end, creating designs, and ensuring ease of use.
- + Required skills: knowledge of computer science and engineering, ability to create good-looking and easy-to-use interfaces.
- + Median base salary: $105,000.
- + Current job openings: over 13,000.
- + Ideal education: bachelor's in computer science and engineering.
- * Marina encourages viewers to pursue a bachelor's in IT or related field, take an online course, or take a class in economics to become a product manager or strategy manager. She also encourages view
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