The jobs Americans want

Everyone has decided to give up. According to the statistics from Google, here is where they may potentially be traveling.

You have almost certainly been familiar with the term "the Great Resignation," which describes the unprecedented number of individuals who resigned their employment as a direct result of the outbreak. This trend has more recently been nicknamed the Great Reshuffling to further show how, in addition to quitting the workforce completely, a great number of Americans are simply transferring to new occupations in other industries. However, it has been difficult to determine just which vocations and careers they want to pursue.

The information that people are searching for on Google could hold the key to finding out how the workforce is evolving. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does keep track of which sectors are increasing employment; however, the government does not identify whether workers are transitioning into those professions or are merely transferring positions within those fields.

However, recent data from Google Trends, which analyzes shifts in what people are looking for online, provides a credible picture of where some individuals who switch occupations could be going. The list of vocations that will get the most "how to become" searches in 2021 looks like a synopsis of some big pandemic patterns. These significant pandemic tendencies include home-buying, vacation (or the lack thereof), and an emphasis on mental health that is desperately required. The majority of the occupations on the list are ones that entail assisting other people, provide a decent wage, and give individuals the opportunity to be their own boss.

Jobs for which "how to become" searches were the most popular on Google in 2021

real estate agent

flight attendant

notary

therapist

pilot

firefighter

personal trainer

psychiatrist

physiotherapist (physical)

electrician

The list of the top 10 most popular searches looks quite a little different now than it did in the three years before to the outbreak.

In those days, it included professions such as being a model, an Uber driver, a chemist, an actress, or a nurse practitioner. Although they were on the list before the pandemic and last year, their continued presence after so much transition suggests that they have staying power. Personal trainer, physical therapist, psychiatrist, and real estate agent (though previously people were more likely to search "realtor") were on the list. In the year 2021, the number of people searching for information on "how to become" a flight attendant, pilot, notary, or therapist was more than it had ever been. This January witnessed the biggest number of searches ever conducted on the topic of how to become a real estate agent.

Since many of the trendy careers give a lot of bang for your buck — that is, money for the time spent training — it makes sense to make a move in your career to pursue one of these jobs. When compared to, for example, positions that need particular four-year degrees, the barrier to entry for jobs such as real estate agent, flight attendant, or notary is quite low. Additionally, searches for career training on Google are seeing an uptick in interest in real estate and electrician training programs.

It makes perfect sense to establish the connection between the rush to acquire properties during the epidemic and interest in careers such as that of real estate brokers, notaries, and electricians. Incredible demand caused housing prices to skyrocket, which in turn increased the demand for professionals such as real estate agents, notaries public, and electricians, who could charge higher rates because of the increased demand. These professionals could help you find a house, assist you with the paperwork associated with purchasing a house, and assist you in making repairs to a house.

In other words, the trend of real estate jobs seems to have a strong connection to reality.

According to Julia Pollak, chief economist of the employment portal ZipRecruiter, "the number of individuals earning realtor's licenses and joining realtors' organizations has gone considerably up since the epidemic." It is "both a reflection of a white-hot property market and the Great Resignation, individuals leaving their employment and establishing their own enterprises," as stated in the article.

People who have had time during the epidemic to reevaluate how they wanted to work may find that these occupations provide desirable traits such as flexible working hours and the opportunity to be their own boss. Both of these attributes are highly sought after.

The uptick in people's interest in working as airline pilots and flight attendants correlates with an increase in overall travel as well as some degree of disarray within the airline business.

Because many airlines gave their personnel early retirement incentives during the beginning of the pandemic, when few people were traveling, airlines do not have enough pilots or flight attendants to staff the rising travel business. This is causing a shortage in the workforce for the travel industry. In addition, a number of low-cost airlines have entered the market since the beginning of the epidemic, which has resulted in an even higher need for flight crews. Because of this, airlines are making investments in greater training and boosting compensation, both of which may appeal to an individual who has experienced a pandemic-related epiphany about their career and is looking for something new. It is important to note that the positions of pilots and flight attendants are often unionized, which indicates that workers in these occupations likely have higher opportunities for monetary progression and stability than those in occupations that are not organized.

The surge in demand for mental health services during the epidemic has led to an increase in the number of people interested in working as therapists and psychiatrists. Many people in the United States who have been suffering with an increase in psychological distress over the course of the previous two years have also found themselves on lengthy waitlists to get treatment, and providers have been finding it difficult to keep up with the demand for their services. It is apparent that these occupations need a little bit more training than some of the others on the list, but they offer essential assistance for patients and a sense of purpose for practitioners that may not be present in other kinds of work.

There are also other data sources that provide hints as to where job searchers and those who have left their jobs may possibly be moving. Payscale, a company that specializes in compensation software, published a study at the tail end of 2018 that highlighted the hottest careers of 2021 based on the increase in the number of individuals exploring how much those positions pay. However, beauty consultants, data engineers, recruiters, and retail employees topped its list. The list was compiled by the company. In the meanwhile, the employment portal Indeed has been monitoring the rise in the number of job ads, and it has discovered that the fields of human resources, software development, manufacturing, and loading and stocking are the most in demand. It should come as no surprise that there is no correlation between the quantity of job postings and the level of interest in those positions (it might mean the opposite).

The epidemic has had a devastating impact on both people's lives and their ability to make a living. On the other hand, it enabled a great number of Americans to get the space, time, and perspective they need in order to choose how they should use the little amount of time they had on this planet. That meant that some people wanted to find a way to work from home so that they could spend more time with their families and spend less time commuting. For other people, this meant making the decision to go into business for themselves and becoming their own boss. For many others, it simply meant discovering new purpose in their job. It remains to be seen whether the employment that they are now looking for will allow them to accomplish those aims.