Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Careers Tips : Highest Paying Careers

By Richard J Gregory


Which are the top 3 highest paying careers in the US?

3. Engineering Manager - 140.000 $ per year
This job requires both engineering and management qualifications and specialists spend from 6 up to 15 years training for this position. One can become an engineering manager with only a bachelor degree, but most people in this field pursue higher education degrees such as MBA's and doctorates. As general duties, engineering managers have to coordinate teams that are responsible with planning, research, design and other vital business tasks.

2. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - 140.000 $ per year
CEO's hold the highest positions in any company. They oversee all the managerial levels and they are directly responsible for the general direction the company is heading. Usually, CEO's are either the actual founders or they get promoted from within the company when the position becomes available. In order to be considered for the position of CEO, any employee should have around 30 years experience working with the company.

1. Surgeon - 180.000 $ per year
Surgeons are the highest paid specialists in the country mostly due to the fact that it takes a lot of time, effort, knowledge and skill to be specialized and trained in this area. Any surgeon spends between 10 and 15 years becoming and expert in his field of specialization (i.e. heart surgery, brain surgery, spine surgery etc). There are very few people who have what it takes (patience, intelligence, dexterity, money, etc) to finish the training and to become a licensed specialist.

What do the highest paying careers have in common?
All the above careers (and many other high paying positions) have some similarities regardless of the field of activity. On the positive side, all of them are very financially rewarding activities that bring some fat checks at the end of every month.

But on the negative side, training for such a position takes a very long time. In order to be considered for one of these highest paying careers, you'd have to at least get a bachelor degree and maybe an MBA or a doctorate. But education is not always enough, because most companies want their most prized managers to have a lot of experience.

Is it possible to reach the same earnings in a shorter amount of time?
For people that can't wait 10 to 15 years to start earning some serious money there are always alternatives. Some of them might be riskier, others might be safer, but all of them require one thing: independent actions.

As long as you are not on a paycheck that comes from a boss, your earnings are directly proportional with you efforts. So the more effort you put in, the more you earn, which means that you have the potential to make even more than the highest paying careers.

Nowadays, one of the easiest ways to get started on the path of financial freedom is by growing a business online. With little or no upfront investment you could be earning the same as any of the high paying careers within few months to a year, provided you put in the required effort of course.

There are numerous cases of people getting rich by developing an online business and even teenagers have been reported to earn millions this way.


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