Firefighter Ranks as Most Demanding Job, Says CareerCast.com Study

CARLSBAD, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- What do firefighters, surgeons and
senior corporate executives have in common? More than you may think. They are
among the nation's most demanding jobs, according to a new CareerCast.com
study released today.

While firefighter reigns supreme as the most all-around demanding job, surgeon
and senior corporate executive rank second and third, followed by police
officer. Considering that firefighters regularly work long hours in hazardous,
life-threatening situations and have the most physical demands of any of our
top jobs, their landslide first place finish is no surprise, but police
officers often endure the same sort of demands yet they ranked fourth. What
gives? While police officers ranked higher for the physical demands of their
job, their average work week and stress scores were considerably lower than
that of a surgeon or a senior corporate executive.

Also on the list of the most demanding, high-risk blue-collar occupations are
roustabouts (oil pipeline and oil rigger workers) and sailors. Other
white-collar employees who work the longest hours and have the most on-the-job
stress include general practice physicians and psychiatrists.

"Obviously the physical demands of any blue-collar job are much higher than
any white-collar position," said Tony Lee, publisher of CareerCast.com. "But
when you factor in the average work week and the stress most white-collar
employees endure, it evens the playing field considerably. And although blue-
and white-collar workers may feel lucky to be employed in today's economy, if
the stress gets to be too much for them to handle, they can burn out quickly."

The most demanding jobs lists were compiled using Department of Labor data and
CareerCast.com's exclusive Jobs Rated data. The length of the average
workweek, stress scores and physical demands of blue- and white-collar jobs
were assessed and then ranked for each occupation.

To read the full report or for more information, visit www.CareerCast.com.

About CareerCast.com
CareerCast.com, created by Adicio, is a job search portal that offers
extensive local, niche and national job listings from across North America, as
well as job-hunting, career-management and HR-focused editorial content,
videos and blogs, and provides recruiters with the ability to post jobs
directly to more than 500 niche career sites.

SOURCE CareerCast.com

Beth Brody of Brody PR, +1-609-397-3737, beth@brodypr.com, for CareerCast.com