D. Finding LMI for Emerging Occupations
How can a person find labour market information about emerging fields
that are not yet coded and captured by government occupational classification
systems, such as new media or Internet security, organic farming or
bioethics? This obviously takes more investigation and analysis. Depending
on availability, either the public library or the Internet can be good
starting places. Both may have reviews of newspaper and magazine articles
on the subject while the Internet often has additional information from
associations, sector councils and specialists in the field who write
for the Internet and educational institutions.
The World of Work: Overview and Trends in the Job Futures
package specifically calls attention to sectors and occupations that
are completely new or already in existence but undergoing significant
changes or experiencing high growth. A brief description of a few emerging
occupations, such as Web master or cyberjournalist are given as examples,
and there is a table of emerging sectors and sample occupations organized
by level of education. This can be a good starting point for choosing
emerging occupations to further investigate.
The following is an example of information on an emerging field - new
media - that can be gleaned from an investigation that includes the
library, newspapers, personal interviews and information on the Internet.
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