Career Opportunities Inventory
This searchable inventory contains detailed information about in-demand careers in the Greater Hartford region. Use the filter and sort functions to refine the list.
Advertising Sales Assistant
Career Description: Sell or solicit advertising space, time, or media in publications, signage, TV, radio, or Internet establishments or public spaces.
Sector: Marketing
Art Therapists
Career Description: Plan or conduct art therapy sessions or programs to improve clients' physical, cognitive, or emotional well-being.
Salary: $57,310
Necessary Skills: "Social Perceptiveness - Understanding people's reactions. Speaking - Talking to others. Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Judgment and Decision Making - Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one. Reading Comprehension - Reading work- related information. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem. Monitoring - Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements. "
Sector: Healthcare
Auditor and/or Accountant
Career Description: Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.
Salary: $73,560
Necessary Skills: Reading Comprehension - Reading work- related information. Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem. Speaking - Talking to others. Writing - Writing things for co-workers or customers.
Sector: Finance, Insurance
Avionic Technican
Career Description: Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and technicians maintain airplanes and their components to keep flight travel safe and on schedule. Airframe and power plant mechanics repair and maintain most parts of an aircraft, including the engines, landing gear, and brakes. They use special equipment to check for cracks and corrosion in the plane’s exterior, then repair and recheck to ensure soundness. Avionic technicians take care of the plane’s electronic instruments and systems, such as testing navigation and weather radar to keep flights safely en route, or fine-tuning radio communications to keep pilots in touch with the experts on the ground. This is one of the highest paid technical professions.
Salary: $66,440
Necessary Skills: Equipment Maintenance - Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment. Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the right tools. Troubleshooting - Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem. Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working. Quality Control Analysis - Testing how well a product or service works. Communication
Sector: IT, Technology
Biologist
Career Description: Investigate the growth, structure, development, and other characteristics of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, algae, or fungi. Includes medical microbiologists who study the relationship between organisms and disease or the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
Salary: $84,400
Necessary Skills: Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem. Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Science - Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems. Reading Comprehension - Reading work- related information. Writing - Writing things for co-workers or customers. Speaking - Talking to others.
Sector: Science
Carpenter
Career Description: Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood and comparable materials, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; and wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall, and batt or roll insulation. Includes brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways.
Salary: $34,280
Necessary Skills: Problem Sensitivity - Noticing when problems happen. Trunk Strength - Using your lower back and stomach. Visualization - Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed. Near Vision - Seeing details up close.
Chefs and Head Cooks
Career Description: Direct and may participate in the preparation, seasoning, and cooking of salads, soups, fish, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foods. May plan and price menu items, order supplies, and keep records and accounts.
Salary: $53,380
Necessary Skills: Coordination - Changing what is done based on other people's actions. Speaking - Talking to others. Monitoring - Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements. Time Management - Managing your time and the time of other people. Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
Sector: Culinary
Civil Engineer
Career Description: Develop plans for surface transportation projects, according to established engineering standards and state or federal construction policy. Prepare designs, specifications, or estimates for transportation facilities. Plan modifications of existing streets, highways, or freeways to improve traffic flow.
Salary: $88,570
Necessary Skills: Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Complex Problem Solving - Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem. Reading Comprehension - Reading work- related information. Mathematics - Using math to solve problems. Speaking - Talking to others.
Sector: Manufacturing
Commercial Pilot
Career Description: Pilot and navigate the flight of fixed-wing aircraft on nonscheduled air carrier routes, or helicopters. Requires Commercial Pilot certificate. Includes charter pilots with similar certification, and air ambulance and air tour pilots. Excludes regional, national, and international airline pilots.
Salary: $67,070 - $132,850
Necessary Skills: Operation and Control - Using equipment or systems. Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working. Monitoring - Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem. Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
Cooks and Fast Food Services
Career Description: Under the direction of chefs or food service managers, cooks follow recipes to prepare restaurant-sized portions. They measure and mix ingredients to create their assigned menu items, and may garnish them to be served. Items may range from breakfast omelets to salads, steaks and desserts. They keep their work areas and equipment clean, following safe food handling procedures. Cooks use a variety of equipment, including blenders, stoves, grills, many different pans.
Salary: $32,630
Necessary Skills: Oral Comprehension - Listening and understanding what people say.
Sector: Culinary
Customer Service
Career Description: Interact with customers to provide basic or scripted information in response to routine inquiries about products and services. May handle and resolve general complaints. Excludes individuals whose duties are primarily installation, sales, repair, and technical support.
Salary: $28,760 - $45,400
Necessary Skills: Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Speaking - Talking to others. Service Orientation - Looking for ways to help people. Reading Comprehension - Reading work- related information.
Delivery Services
Career Description: Drive a light vehicle, such as a truck or van, with a capacity of less than 26,001 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), primarily to pick up merchandise or packages from a distribution center and deliver. May load and unload vehicle.
Salary: $37,050
Necessary Skills: Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Electrican
Career Description: Install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes. May install or service street lights, intercom systems, or electrical control systems.
Salary: $33,840
Necessary Skills: Troubleshooting - Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work. Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the right tools. Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Judgment and Decision Making - Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
Filmaking
Career Description: Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May work with a producer or director to organize images for final production. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.
Salary: $67,250
Necessary Skills: Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem. Reading Comprehension - Reading work- related information.
Sector: Arts
Game Designer
Career Description: Game design is the art of applying design and aesthetics to create a game for entertainment or for educational, exercise, or experimental purposes. Increasingly, elements and principles of game design are also applied to other interactions, in the form of gamification.
Salary: $77,200
Necessary Skills: Programming - Writing computer programs. Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem. Complex Problem Solving - Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it. Reading Comprehension - Reading work- related information.
Sector: IT, Technology
Graphic Designer
Career Description: Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects. Graphic Designers typically do: Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type, Confer with clients to discuss and determine layout design, Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts, based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.
Salary: $53,380
Necessary Skills: Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Speaking - Talking to others. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.Near Vision - Seeing details up close. Originality - Creating new and original ideas. Fluency of Ideas - Coming up with lots of ideas. Oral Comprehension - Listening and understanding what people say. Oral Expression - Communicating by speaking. Written Comprehension - Reading and understanding what is written.
Sector: IT, Technology
Marketing Specialist
Career Description: Plan, direct, or coordinate marketing policies and programs, such as determining the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors, and identify potential customers. Develop pricing strategies with the goal of maximizing the firm's profits or share of the market while ensuring the firm's customers are satisfied. Oversee product development or monitor trends that indicate the need for new products and services.
Salary: $142,170
Necessary Skills: Writing - Writing things for co-workers or customers. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem. Reading Comprehension - Reading work- related information. Speaking - Talking to others. Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Complex Problem Solving - Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Sector: Marketing
Massage Therapist
Career Description: Perform therapeutic massages of soft tissues and joints. May assist in the assessment of range of motion and muscle strength, or propose client therapy plans.
Salary: $43,620
Necessary Skills: Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Speaking - Talking to others. Oral Comprehension - Listening and understanding what people say. Oral Expression - Communicating by speaking.
Sector: Healthcare
Mechanic
Career Description: Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in maintaining gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components. Includes workers who perform customized van conversions.
Salary: $40,520
Necessary Skills: Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the right tools. Troubleshooting - Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work. Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working. Equipment Maintenance - Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment. Operation and Control - Using equipment or systems.
Mechanical Engineer
Career Description: Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, engines, machines, and other mechanically functioning equipment. Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of equipment such as centralized heat, gas, water, and steam systems.
Salary: $90,160
Necessary Skills: Troubleshooting - Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work. Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the right tools. Equipment Maintenance - Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment. Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working. Operation and Control - Using equipment or systems.
Sector: Manufacturing
Midwife / Midwifery
Career Description: Midwives work with their patients once their pregnancy is confirmed, from prenatal care, through labor and delivery, and even for a time after the baby is born. They are particularly skilled at providing comfort, relaxation, and reassurance during labor. Midwives counsel women on nutrition during and after pregnancy, teach patients and family members what to expect both physically and emotionally from pregnancy and birth, and how to care for a newborn.
Salary: $51,840
Necessary Skills: Inductive Reasoning - Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information. Deductive Reasoning - Using rules to solve problems. Problem Sensitivity - Noticing when problems happen. Oral Comprehension - Listening and understanding what people say. Oral Expression - Communicating by speaking. Social Perceptiveness - Understanding people's reactions. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem. Monitoring - Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements. Judgment and Decision Making - Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one. Speaking - Talking to others.
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Therapist
Career Description: Provide therapy to patients with visual impairments to improve their functioning in daily life activities. May train patients in activities such as computer use, communication skills, or home management skills.
Salary: $86,280
Necessary Skills: Service Orientation - Looking for ways to help people. Monitoring - Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements. Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Reading Comprehension - Reading work- related information. Judgment and Decision Making – Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one. Instructing - Teaching people how to do something. Writing - Writing things for co-workers or customers. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem. Social Perceptiveness - Understanding people's reactions. Speaking - Talking to others.
Sector: Healthcare
Public Relations Specialist
Career Description: Promote or create an intended public image for individuals, groups, or organizations. May write or select material for release to various communications media. May specialize in using social media.
Salary: $118,430
Necessary Skills: Communication. Social media skills. Research. Time management. Creativity.
Sector: Marketing
Web Developer
Career Description: Develop and implement websites, web applications, application databases, and interactive web interfaces. Evaluate code to ensure that it is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers and devices. Optimize website performance, scalability, and server-side code and processes. May develop website infrastructure and integrate websites with other computer applications.
Salary: $84,020 - $140,470
Necessary Skills: Programming - Writing computer programs. Active Listening - Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions. Critical Thinking - Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem. Complex Problem Solving - Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it. Reading Comprehension - Reading work- related information.
Sector: IT, Technology