Graduate School
What are the two types of graduate degrees?
Masters and doctoral degrees
What is the name of the occupation that evaluates and acquires works of art for inclusion in a collection (often in museums)?
Curator
What is the name of the tool that allows you to search by earnings potential?
BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
True or False: unemployment rate in the U.S. is rising.
False- it's pretty stagnant.
Overall US unemployment has remained in a narrow range of 3.7% to 3.9% since August 2023, according to BLS data. While the unemployment rate changed little, the U.S. labor market added 303,000 jobs in March, which far exceeding the roughly 200,000 economists had predicted.
What is the final or culminating step of a doctoral degree program? *only in grad school 100
Dissertation (often 100-300 pages of your original research)
How many years of training (post-college) does it take to become a fully licensed doctor?
Minimum of 7! 4 years of medical school + 3 to 7 years of fellowship!
What is the main difference between a psychologist/therapist and a psychiatrist?
A psychiatrist is a doctor who can prescribe medications. Therapists/psychologists can offer treatment w/out medication.
What two things can the Reality Check Tool on WOIS help you figure out?
1. How much money you need to support your lifestyle and 2. What careers fit your financial needs
What is currently the highest paid job in the U.S.?
Cardiologist - $353,970 annually
Currently, what is the fastest growing occupation?
1) Wind Turbine Service Technicians
2) Nurse Practitioners
3) Data Scientists
What is the average age of an MBA (Master’s of Business Administration) applicant in the U.S.?
28. Many people choose to pursue this degree after gaining career experience.
Especially in Business and Tech, what are 3 occupations that “PM” can stand for?
Product Manager, Project Manager, and Program Manager
Why might someone use O*Net instead of BLS OOH?
Because O*Net has more occupations (900+) than OOH (500+).
What is Seattle's most in-demand job?
Data Scientist.
Followed by Cybersecurity Analyst (More than 77% of IT decision-makers across the United States and Canada believe their companies are likely to face a data breach within the next three years.) and film and video editors.
Seattle's 10 Most In-Demand Jobs - UW Professional & Continuing Education
True or False: AI will replace most jobs in the tech workforce over the next 10 years.
False. According to projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Lightcast, in the next ten years the tech workforce will grow twice as fast as the overall U.S. workforce.
CompTIA State of the Tech Workforce 2024 vFinal (comptiacdn.azureedge.net)
What is the most anticipated fastest growing occupation in the U.S. in the next decade?
Nurse Practitioner (median salary of $120,680 per year)
What is the primary difference between O*Net and MyNextMove?
MyNextMove is a simplified version of O*Net
(also accepted: better graphics; can search by 3 different umbrella categories)
Tech jobs account for what % of the U.S. workforce?
About 5.9%
What information can you learn on our C&IC page?
Job trends and salaries both nationwide and local
Employment in what sector of occupations is projected to grow the fastest over the next decade?
Healthcare
Employment in healthcare occupations is projected to grow 13% from 2021 to 2031. This should add about two million new jobs. This growth is due to "the need to replace workers who leave their occupations permanently,” according to the BLS.