In-Demand Occupations and Aligned Academic Supply This section captures the 2024 in-demand occupations across Tennessee and the aligned secondary and postsecondary academic programs. An in-demand occupation is a job that Tennessee employers have a high demand to fill. An occupation is measured as in-demand when two of three measures of demand (job postings, projected job openings, and hires) are above the median relative to other occupations within the region.
Measures for In-Demand Occupational Analysis
An aligned academic program7 is a training program preparing students for careers in an in-demand occupation. The skills and knowledge developed through completion of an aligned academic program are matched with the skills and knowledge required for success in an occupation. These matches are informed by the career clusters framework which organizes occupations and training programs providing common pathways for prospective students to occupations (and vice versa). 8,9,10
7 This report includes registered apprenticeships, high school CTE completers, and postsecondary degree
completers in data for aligned academic programs. There are other training initiatives, like industry certifications, that are not currently captured. 8 For more information see Advance CTE’s website explaining the 16 National Career Clusters Framework here. 9 Tennessee Department of Education’s Career Cluster Framework can be found here. 10 This year’s report combines Business, Finance, Government and Support Services into one cluster and Sales and Marketing into one cluster resulting in 14 career clusters.
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