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Paralegal Assistant Among Top 10 Best Jobs in 2010

By Lynne DeVenny

Or, It Sucks to Be A Roustabout

The paralegal profession ranked a solid number seven on the new CareerCast.com 2010 Jobs Rated Report, right up there with software engineer, computer systems analyst, biologist, accountant - and historian?

All right, that last one seems a little suspicious to me. I know plenty of history majors who to this day still haven't found a job in their field. But apparently "there is great demand for Historians in the defense industry and State Department."

But why does actuary get the number one position?

For starters, the position ranks especially well for its low physical demands and stress levels, finishing 2nd and 3rd, respectively, out of all 200 jobs.

Sounds good to me.

Not that I'd know anything about low stress levels working as a paralegal in a litigation firm. But paralegal assistant is up 10 from last year's Best Jobs list (go, team!)

But whatever you do, don't grow up to be a roustabout, Careercast.com's worst job for 2010.

Picture this as your typical workday: You wake up at 5a.m. (or 5p.m. for the night shift) and head to the dining hall for a breakfast of cafeteria food. Next comes a 12-hour shift working outdoors in either the desert heat, an ocean storm or the bitter cold of an Alaskan winter. There may even be armed groups nearby eager to kidnap you for ransom. As for the work itself, it's backbreaking physical labor with a high risk of injury or death. And when the day is over, you still can't go home because you work in an isolated location that you're able to leave only every two weeks or so. And when it's time to sleep, you head to your shared dorm room and crash until 5a.m., when work starts all over again.

You get all that for an average annual income of $31,133.

I hope prospective employers guarantee the payment of your ransom.

Source: Fox Business

Full post as published by Practical Paralegalism on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).