Kaplan and Newsweek's 
Careers 2000 Special Issue
Reveals Top 20 Cities for Job Hunters
Atlanta and Southern California Will Lead the Nation in Number of New Jobs in Next Century

New York -- Atlanta will lead all U.S. cities in job creation over the next 25 years with 1.8 million new positions, according to a report in Careers 2000, a special issue published by Kaplan and Newsweek magazine on newsstands, Monday, March 29. Among states with the highest number of new jobs, California overwhelmingly tops the nation with nearly 5 million new jobs predicted, most of which will be located in the southern region. Phoenix and Houston tied for second with 1.5 million jobs followed by Dallas, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., San Diego, Orange County, Seattle, Denver, Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Boston, Chicago, Austin-San Marcos (TX), Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Riverside (CA), and Sacramento.

According to the report, hot careers identified within Health/Medicine include: physical therapy, primary care, and health care managers; Law: geriatric law, health law, and intellectual property; Business: venture capitalism, international trade, finance, and marketing; Technology: network specialists, programmers, Web masters, and computer security; Media/Entertainment: new media, PR managers, and technology journalists; and Education: secondary-school teachers, special ed, and adult education.

Careers 2000 is a special issue and resource guide designed to provide career guidance and reveal emerging employment trends for the new millennium. First-person accounts and interviews with employment experts and professionals give readers an in-depth look at the evolving fields of medicine, business, and law and the fast-changing fields of technology, entertainment and new media industries. The guide also includes an extensive directory of nearly 1,000 graduate programs and practice questions for the GMAT, LSAT, GRE and MCAT exam.

Also included in the section, The Job Market at a Glance:

Salary averages by individual field

Demographic job market information

Where the Jobs Will Be, including projected personal income per capita gains by state

Fastest growing fields in which you need an advanced degree

The guide goes on sale Monday, March 29, on newsstands and in bookstores nationwide with a cover price of $5.95. It can also be ordered by calling toll-free 1-800-KAP-ITEM. The guide will be promoted through direct response ads in Newsweek.

Kaplan and Newsweek are subsidiaries of The Washington Post Company.

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