Careers and the Job Market Which sentence BEST states a central idea of the
passage?
Technology, the economy, politics, and geography
affect the job market.
The job market often seems like a strangely
weighted seesaw, with some jobs flying high
and others sinking to the ground before
rebounding. A host of factors, including
technology, the economy, politics, and even
geography, affects this constant up and
down-and uneven-movement.
Surveys and statistics enable people to predict job
industry trends.
Employment trends include higher education
requirements and more emphasis on teamwork.
No matter how unpredictable the job market
may seem to the ordinary bystander, there is
a science of forecasting the employment
future. It is often based on results from
surveys that ask companies about their hiring
practices and projections. Among the
employment trends cited in one job market
forecast in 2015 were the ramping up of small
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media jobs
may be limited in the future.
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