DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know how important evaluation is and will be in the future? Read on....

Many public sector officials have come up to me during my workshops and asked me what are the prospects for evaluation in the future. My response to them was always that evaluation is something that they would do well to focus on as it is very important. In fact, I have often urged my trainees from many countries to consider doing their Masters or PhD in evaluation or in their professional work development plan.

Well, a colleague forwarded this interesting article and I wanted to share it with MES members and all other network members. Please read on and if you wish to change your minds about your career, please dont hesitate! Cheers!

13 Promising Careers in the next Decade

By Marty Nemko, Contributing Columnist, Kiplinger.com January 2010

Few decisions are more important than choosing a career. And especially in these uncertain and changing times, no decision may be more difficult.

U.S. companies, saddled with increasingly onerous costs of employing people, are downsizing, cutting employees’ hours, hiring temps, automating jobs and sending work offshore. Meanwhile, technology is redefining existing jobs and demanding new skills from an aging workforce, and new competition for jobs looms in the form of 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants likely to get legalized in the years ahead. Perhaps most potent, the U.S. is experiencing the largest transfer of gross domestic product from the private sector to the government sector in history -- and shifting jobs along with it.

In these roiling times, what are smart career choices? Of course, the best career for one person can be the worst for another, but I believe these 13 are particularly worthy of attention. From among thousands of occupations, I selected the 13 that rank best overall..."

One of the careers listed by Marty is:

Program evaluator
Is Head Start really worth the taxpayer dollars? Is it wise to train lab technicians online? What should the next-generation teen-pregnancy-prevention program look like? Program evaluators address such questions.

So, for those considering a change in career, do consider evaluation!

Aru Rasappan
Hon. Secretary