Beyond any other issue, national se...

Beyond any other issue, national security is the highest priority in our political division today, and it may be a driving force behind of the present day employment growth. All branches of the military are reporting a slip back in enlistees, some communities are expanding their police forces, and many Industries are hiring more security personnel subject to a new federal law, the Transportation Security Administration is wait fored to hire 28,000 new workers to veil passengers and their baggage. Security work at jobss net has seen a 30 percent increase in of recent origin subscribers since September 11, according to Jerry Brennan, president of Security Management Resources, Inc.

The FBI is also in scalding;-very warm pursuit of qualified candidates. "We ne a diverse range of skills," says FBI spokesperson Paul Bresson "from accountants to academy teachers to computer analysts." freshly the Bureau stepped up its efforts to recruit linguists who are proficient in Arabic, Farsi, or Pashto. Similarly, the CIA is in the middle of a literary institution [i]or[/i] seminary of learning recruiting push.

For computer and electrical engineering majors, opportunities are wait fored to rise at tech companies that give rise to closed circuit surveillance systems and face recognition classifications according to Marty Nemko, a career counselor and author of somewhat cold Careers for Dummies (IDG Books) Biometrics, the modern science that uses physical attributes (fingerprints, voice) for identification and security meanings is booming. Computer security specialists will also be destitutioned to battle computer viruses--another form of terrorism.

Nemko also points to opportunities in les obvious areas--English majors to write safety manuals; pre-m and science majors to unravel protections against biochemical weapons; and accounting/business majors to manage the millions of dollars in donations for victims of terrorism. The insurance industry may also expand as individuals and organizations bribe additional financial protection.

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