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In a recent feature, BusinessWeek's Economics Editor Peter Coy reports the nation has 3 million jobs up for grabs. Unfortunately, without retraining, U.S. workers may not be able to fill them. In the May 11 cover story, there are many fields lacking qualified candidates.

Our list of 10 jobs that need filling begins here.


1. Accounting Jobs

Coy says*: Surprising statistic: In the midst of the worst recession in a generation or more, with 13 million people unemployed, there are approximately 3 million jobs that employers are actively recruiting for but so far have been unable to fill. That's more job openings than the entire population of Mississippi.
Sound like good news? It's not. Instead, it's evidence of an emerging structural shift in the U.S. economy that has created serious mismatches between workers and employers. People thrown out of shrinking sectors such as construction, finance, and retail lack the skills and training for openings in growing fields including education, accounting, health care, and government. At the same time, the worst housing bust in decades has left the unemployed frozen in place. They can't move to get work because they can't sell their homes.

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