Where are the STEM Jobs?

Percentage of New STEM Jobs by Sectors Through 2018

STEM represents Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Look at the following statistics and projection about the STEM jobs in U.S.:

• In 2012, the US STEM workforce surpassed 7.4 million workers and it is expected to grow significantly through 2018, to an estimated 8.65 million workers. 
• Science & Engineering occupations are projected to grow at more than double the rate (20.6%) of the overall U.S. labor force (10.1%) through 2018. 
• Currently the manufacturing sector faces a large shortage of employees with STEM skills. Alarmingly, 600,000 manufacturing jobs are going unfilled in spite of current economic conditions.
• Between 2011 and 2015, an estimated 1.7 million jobs will be created in cloud computing in North America.
• Another noteworthy increase in STEM jobs has come courtesy of mobile application (“apps”) technology, which has fostered 311,000 jobs in the “app economy."
• By 2018, the bulk of STEM jobs will be in Computing (71%) followed by Traditional Engineering (16%), Physical Sciences (7%), Life Sciences (4%) and Mathematics (2%). 

For more information, please refer to the one page overview (click here) or the full article (click here).  

Computational Thinking

Dr. Jeannette M. Wing of CMU

The phrase Computational Thinking was brought to the forefront of educational community as a result of an article (Computational Thinking 06) written by an early promoter Dr. Jeannette M. Wing of Carnegie Mellon University. 

Computational thinking represents a set of universally applicable methods and skills everyone, not just computer scientists, can learn and use. It builds on the power and limitation of computing processes, whether they are executed by a human or by a machine. In a world deeply impacted and revolutionized by computer technology, computational thinking has become a fundamental problem-solving skill for everyone.