Who has the worst job – one with a low salary, poor outlook, undesirable work environment, and high stress? Is it the person who drives a garbage truck, or a nuclear decontamination technician? It’s neither.
I’ll bet you think it’s you? Actually, it’s me, or more specifically newspaper reporters.
As a former broadcast journalist, I’ve transitioned to an online producer/data journalist. It’s just a notch or two above the newspaper reporter as the worst job. Maybe I should have transitioned to a data scientist, then I’d be at the top of the list and not the bottom.
The study says I have the “worst job” but please be assured, dear loyal readers, I love every second doing what I do. That’s my story and I am sticking to it!
To see where you fit, here’s the story:
For the third year in a row, newspaper reporter came in dead last on CareerCast.com’s 28th annual Jobs Rated report’s 10 worst jobs list. Logger, broadcaster, disc jockey, enlisted military, retail sales, advertising sales, taxi driver, and firefighter round out the 10 least desirable jobs for 2016.
The Jobs Rated report’s 10 best jobs, with data scientist coming in at number one and statistician at number two. Mathematician (#6) and actuary (#10) also require serious math skills.
To determine the 200 best and worst jobs, the Jobs Rated reportanalyzed each job’s environment (emotional, physical and hours worked), income (growth potential and salary), outlook, along with 11 stress factors to determine which professions are among the most and least desirable.
“Declining employment opportunities contributed to the inclusion of many of the 10 worst careers in the 2016 Jobs Rated report,” says Kyle Kensing, Online Content Editor, CareerCast. “Traditional news media is particularly hard hit due to newspapers folding or moving to digital-only, and waning advertising revenue.”
Employment of broadcasters is expected to decline by 9%, or 4,800 total positions, by 2024. Broadcasters seeking a job transition can parlay their skills into a career as a podcaster, online news producer, or data journalist. Print newspaper reporters can transfer their skills to writing for online mediums, public relations, or corporate communications jobs.
You can find the full report HERE
CareerCast.com’s Jobs Rated Report has been published annually since 1988. The report utilizes a wide range of criteria such as income, outlook, environmental factors, stress and physical demands to rank 200 U.S. jobs annually.
Each year the 200 professions included in the report are evaluated for relevance in today’s workforce.
About CareerCast.com
CareerCast.com, created by Adicio, is a job search portal that offers extensive local, niche and national job listings from acrossNorth America; job-hunting, career-management and HR-focused editorial content; and videos and blogs; and provides recruiters with the ability to post jobs directly to more than 800 niche career sites.
SOURCE CareerCast
