PLEASE READ-Regarding Job Outlooks

[mith]

If you're here to post a topic asking about job outlooks or future prospects, you probably will not find much information other than personal anecdotes. For data concerning these, it would probably be more helpful to look for the labor statistics provided by the government of the country.

For example, the U.S. government has the Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/home.htm
which publishes the job outlook handbook for the U.S.
http://www.bls.gov/oco.

Other resources:
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/EU/laborstats.htm

Try using google to search for "labor statistics" or "labor outlook"

[kotoreru]

And dont forget to spell it 'labour' if you're from the UK

[dr. dugmore]

thanks.


useful stuff!

[mudphudder]

Very interesting stuff--sad how the job market for PhDs has been hit so hard. I wonder to what extent it is due to too high a volume of PhDs being produced for the job market and academia.

[tiandizao]

useful ，thanks

[Sylver]

I have been applying for PhD's the last couple of months (funded) and they have been writing back saying due to the high volume etc although i'm qualified etcetc and one told me that over 500 people had applied for the one post!

[JorgeLobo]

Government statistics are pretty useless. They adddress what was, not necessarily what is or will be and thy are limited in their information as there is no reporting requirement. Th best way to find opportunties is through networking - e.g. through your prof and his professional network.

[jeack]

I think you said is good ,but I don't agree with you

[swathi447]

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