As a personal care aide, Marcia Olson spends 35 hours a week cooking, cleaning, giving insulin shots or just spending time with her elderly client.
"Anybody can do this job, but it isn't for everybody," says the 61-year-old Olson, who has been a care aide for 23 years. It's a hard job, but rewarding, she says.
By 2017, about 225,000 more aides like Olson are likely to be needed, making it one of the fastest-growing jobs. But with wages around $10 per hour, it's hard to find good candidates.
It may get even harder. Home health care workers, food service workers, retail salespeople and custodians will account for nearly 1 million of the 2.4 million new, low-skill jobs expected to be added in the U.S. by 2017, according to a USA TODAY analysis of jobs data from Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. and CareerBuilder.
'HERB' wants to help |
But advances in technology mean such workers may be replaced by robots like HERB, the "Home-Exploring Robot Butler" under development at Carnegie-Mellon. HERB is learning to retrieve and deliver objects, prepare simple meals and empty a grocery bag.Read the rest of the story HERE and view the INTERACTIVE GUIDE to WHERE THE JOBS ARE below:
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