{"id":11861,"date":"2009-05-15T16:54:45","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T15:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=11861"},"modified":"2009-05-15T12:55:44","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T11:55:44","slug":"surfing-boards-thought-provoking-hilarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/surfing-boards-thought-provoking-hilarity\/","title":{"rendered":"Surfing the Boards:  Thought-provoking Hilarity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pqRight\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/surfboards-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11891 lazyload\" title=\"surfboards-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/surfboards-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"surfboards-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/surfboards-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/surfboards-1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/surfboards-1.jpg 500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>In a new occasional series, I&#8217;ll be browsing the emerging generation of job search sites to see what kind of\u00a0 career information seekers are finding these days.\u00a0 And my first outing is to CareerCast (&#8220;Your job search portal&#8221;), which has a component called JobsRated.com. \u00a0Using a variety of criteria, they have come up with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careercast.com\/jobs\/content\/JobsRated_Top200Jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Comprehensive Ranking of 200 Different Jobs<\/a>.\u00a0 Each job type (such as &#8220;Software Engineer&#8221; or &#8220;Roofer&#8221;) is explained briefly, and then you can click on a button to see related job listings.<\/p>\n<p>According to their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careercast.com\/jobs\/content\/JobsRated_Methodology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">methodology page<\/a>, the JobsRated evaluations are based on five aspects:\u00a0 Environment, Income, Outlook, Stress and Physical Demands.\u00a0 Several are broken out into multiple factors.\u00a0 Stress, for example, is divided up into 21 factors, and each factor has its own rating scale, ranging from 0-5 through 0-15.\u00a0 Among the stress factors are two I don&#8217;t ordinarily think of in association with jobs, which I now realize is a failure of imagination on my part.\u00a0 They are:\u00a0 &#8220;Own life at risk\u00a0(0-8)&#8221; and &#8220;Life of another at risk\u00a0(0-10).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Competitiveness&#8221; has a scale of 0-15, while items such as &#8220;Lifting,&#8221; &#8220;Confinement,&#8221; and &#8220;Quotas&#8221; have a range of 0-5.\u00a0 Which is confusing at first&#8211;and actually remains confusing.\u00a0 As explained by JobsRated, relative placement of the factor on its scale is based on the amount of X that would typically be present in the job.\u00a0 So firefighters get a maximum number of points on the &#8220;life at risk&#8221; factors, whereas accountants get a minimum number.\u00a0 However, the use of different scales would seem to have a net effect of weighting the factors, in that competitiveness can potentially yield a much higher number of stress points than lifting&#8211;or risking your life.<\/p>\n<p>Plus there seem to be overlaps among Environment factors, Stress factors, and Physical Demands.\u00a0 But let&#8217;s move on.<\/p>\n<p>Ratings on various included factors for each of the aspects are rendered into numerical scores (lower=better), with some manipulations applied along the way.\u00a0 (The factor total of the Stress aspect, for example, is divided by the average number of hours worked weekly.)\u00a0 Then the five aspect scores are summed up to produce the final rankings.\u00a0 Data for the evaluations comes from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau, trade associations, and industry groups.<\/p>\n<p>In the presentation of the list, rated jobs are divided into sets of 20, and an interesting commentary is added to each set. \u00a0For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careercast.com\/jobs\/content\/Top200_page8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">characterizing jobs 141-160:<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Some jobs in the lower half of our 200 rankings still require extensive higher education, such as physician and surgeon, but a larger percentage need only specialized training or, in the case of janitor, waiter\/waitress, and salesperson, basic instruction to master. 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