Outside US & Canada?
Students interested in career training in Alaska, should be familiar with the state''s large and growing industries. The tourism industry is Alaska''s second largest employer, catering to the 1.1 million visitors who come to the state each year. Alaska also produces about 20 percent of the nation''s oil.
Other essential industries in Alaska are:
- Avnet
- Phelps Dodge
- Allied Waste Industries
- PetSmart
With so many big companies local to Arizona, students seeking degrees in the state can often find employment close to home. Salary.com estimates that art managers in Phoenix make $74,000 on average, while human resources managers earn about $75,300. No education program can guarantee a particular salary, of course, but gaining skills and knowledge through a degree program can give job applicants the upper hand in competitive markets.
Arizona's statewide unemployment rate was 3.6% in May 2007, a figure significantly lower than the national average. One reason for this is Arizona's booming trade, transportation, and utilities industry, which employs about 523,800 workers statewide.
Cities in the Phoenix metropolitan area are also showing significant growth. The city of Glendale, for example, employs thousands of workers for projects like the University of Phoenix Stadium, Westgate City Center, and the Zanjero Business Park. Glendale expects to have six million square feet of retail and dining space. For residents of the area and workers hoping to find local employment, Glendale is only one on a list of lucrative business areas in Arizona.
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