College graduates beginning their careers this spring will find the job market offering a range of unique and highly-rewarding employment opportunities, according to industry research firm IBISWorld. IBISWorld released its top 10 industry picks offering the fastest growing number of jobs and growth in wages. But to find these jobs, graduates will need to do their research.

"Rather than targeting the traditionally popular or "sexy" industries, jobseekers should investigate the industries forecast for strong employment growth, and get ahead of the pack by targeting companies in those sectors now," said George Van Horn, a senior analyst with IBISWorld. "Research really is the key. Last year's top performing industries could be next year's slow movers, so knowledge is certainly power in today's fiercely competitive and ever changing job market. We believe there are 10 stand-out industries that every graduate should investigate this year with VoIP on top of the list."

VoIP To Create Jobs In 2008

The industry leading the way in terms of employment growth over the next few years will be VoIP, according to IBISWorld, with average annualized jobs growth of around 19.4 percent through 2012.

"This is the result of significant revenue growth forecast for the same period, driving more organizations to enter the industry, which in turn will boost employment. And as an emerging telecommunications service," said Mr. Van Horn. "There still is a reasonable way for the sector to go as it gains greater consumer and business acceptance. The outlook is good as household broad-band penetration is still rising, facilitating greater use of digital services and helping improve the call quality of industry services."

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