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Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Architecture & Construction $21.07 High school diploma or equivalent 26%  projected growth 170  annual job openings

Help plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, or pipelayers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Helpers--Production Workers

Manufacturing $19.18 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 300  annual job openings

Help production workers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Highway Maintenance Workers

Architecture & Construction $24.06 High school diploma or equivalent 7%  projected growth 130  annual job openings

Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway.

History Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $53.92 Doctoral or professional degree 11%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Teach courses in human history and historiography. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Home Appliance Repairers

Manufacturing $23.90 High school diploma or equivalent 2%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop

Hospitality & Tourism $15.39 No formal educational credential 64%  projected growth 2,420  annual job openings

Welcome patrons, seat them at tables or in lounge, and help ensure quality of facilities and service.

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

Hospitality & Tourism $16.76 High school diploma or equivalent 64%  projected growth 790  annual job openings

Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards, transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests' accounts, making and confirming reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping

Business Management & Administration $24.66 Associate's degree 3%  projected growth 140  annual job openings

Compile and keep personnel records. Record data for each employee, such as address, weekly earnings, absences, amount of sales or production, supervisory reports, and date of and reason for termination. May prepare reports for employment records, file employment records, or search employee files and furnish information to authorized persons.

Human Resources Managers

Business Management & Administration $77.60 Bachelor's degree 20%  projected growth 700  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.

Human Resources Specialists

Business Management & Administration $36.28 Bachelor's degree 26%  projected growth 2,600  annual job openings

Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.