Discovering Data What type of occupation would you like to pursue after graduation? To see what is available, go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website at:

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/.

a. Find four occupations that you think fit the four categories shown in the horizontal axis of Figure 7-11:

nonroutine manual jobs; routine manual jobs; routine cognitive jobs; and nonroutine cognitive jobs.

For each occupation, what is the growth in employment in the United States, and how does it compare with the employment growth since 1990 shown in Figure 7-11?

b. Choose an occupation that you would most like to pursue, and explain why you wish to pursue it.

What is the employment growth for that occupation?

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