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Here is a list of 2011 -2012 skill shortages from the same EMSI source, listed in order from the <br />largest number (6,356) to the smallest. <br />Sales (6,356 openings) <br />Real estate <br />Business management <br />Distribution/ marketing <br />Finance <br />Health services and sciences <br />Business /commerce <br />General office <br />Cooking culinary/ <br />Accounting business management <br />Public administration <br />Retail management <br />Computer programming <br />Computer science <br />General merchandising and sales <br />Taxation <br />Carpenter <br />Accounting <br />Medical administration <br />Medical assistant /technician <br />Construction <br />Marketing manager <br />Bookkeeper <br />Truck /bus driver <br />Computer systems analyst <br />Health /medical professional <br />Culinary arts <br />Program management <br />Network systems administrator (928) <br />Together, these lists show that most of the jobs in demand require trainable skills or some form <br />of post- secondary education. As we shall see in Section 3, the career pathway model allows for <br />various levels of training and education, begun and ended over short and long terms, and <br />entered to at various points in the skill development cycle. <br />More important, training and education are especially important in Santa Ana, because of the <br />demographics of its current and potential working population. EMSI also lists the "Top Program <br />Completions in the Santa Ana region. This list shows that liberal arts and humanities <br />completions in 2011 (1,480) totaled almost as much as all other categories combined. Those <br />other categories, in order were health professions (651), business programs (325), personal and <br />culinary services (262), followed by visual and performing arts, law enforcement and <br />firefighting, legal studies, computer and information sciences, family and consumer services, <br />and precision production. Not one of these categories matched the degree of any need <br />expressed above. <br />We already have noted the youth of Santa Ana's population and its relatively low level of K -12 <br />and post- secondary completion. The availability of teaching professionals to remedy this <br />concern show that the issue will not be easy to address. Anticipated job openings over the next <br />year according to two to four digit NAICS codes (Anaheim) show an average gain of 4 -6% across <br />most employment categories, with several outliers in the 20% growth range. Meanwhile, <br />teachers, educational administrators, educational technicians, and teachers aids openings are <br />shrinking by 3% to 4 %. If we look at sub - categories, including post - secondary teachers and <br />elementary school teachers we see an even higher percentage of shrinkage. <br />Santa Ana has exceeded its performance goals as established by the State in job education and <br />training to date and intends to continue to do so in the face of these challenges. These <br />challenges do not exist in isolation. They combine with the low per- capita income and the need <br />23 <br />19F -28 <br />