What do you want to be when you grow up? If you are

 still trying to figure out which career path you

want to follow, examine the following list of occupations 

currently considered the ten hottest careers:



1. Elementary school teachers

2. Accountants and auditors

3. Computer systems analysts

4. Secondary school teachers

5. Computer software engineers

6. Special education teachers

7. Computer programmers

8. Network and computer systems administrators

9. Preschool teachers

10. Dental hygienists



These ten hot careers are expected to have the highest demand for new recruits 

over the next eight years. 



Born to teach?



If you love meeting new people and enjoy interacting with a wide range of 

personalities, teaching may be the right career choice for you. Four of the 

ten hottest careers are in the teaching profession. It doesn’t matter 

if you prefer to work with younger or older students because teachers are needed 

in every age range and category. If you love a challenge, consider working with 

special needs children or adults and become a special education teacher. 

Special education teachers are in very high demand and are one of the top 

five career choices available out of the ten hottest careers. 



Computer savvy?



Considering that five of the ten hottest careers are computer related, 

if you have a knack for logging on and are interested in increasing and 

expanding your computer skills, a career in computers may very well be 

the right choice for you. 



Take some time to analyze the ten hottest careers profiled on this 

page and consider all of the choices carefully. Knowing that there 

is a high and growing demand for qualified people in each of these 

occupations may help you decide to pursue one of these jobs. 



About the Author: Alexandria Haber writes both fiction and 

non-fiction for a variety of people and places. As a result, she 

has had the benefit of gaining a little bit of knowledge about a 

lot of different subjects. While researching this article on the 

hottest careers, she gained a new respect for the education industry.