How to Find a Job with a Degree In Criminal Justice

The number of criminal justice jobs in America is increasing for 2009 - 2012 and has been increasing since July 2005. This increase in jobs in most evident in specific job clusters within the field and these job titles are good for employment opportunities currently and in the future.

This Hub provides a sense of the distribution of criminal justice jobs across America by

1. City or Metro Area
2. The Top 10 High Demand Jobs in Criminal Justice.

Following this two-progened breakdown of job distribution are the most-listed opportunities in several of the highest demand related occupations in the field of Criminal Justice from 2009 - 2012.

High demand criminal-justice related job opportunities are clustered in

• Loss Prevention
• Security
• Forensics
• Homeland Security
• Corrections 

Resources for finding and securing American jobs in Criminal Justice are presented at the end of this Hub.

A detailed discussion of various jobs in the field of Criminal Justice is provided at Careers in Criminology.

Looking at two of the largest online job search engines for America, SimplyHired and Indeed, the following job citles were those that appeared most often in a search of "criminal justice":

1. Lawyers
2. Paralegal Specialists and Legal Assistants
3. Educational Recruiters - for criminal justice programs.
4. Security positions with the New York State Department of Criminal Justice
5. Adjunct Computer Networking Instructors - focus on security
6. Loss Prevention Managers
7. Criminal Justice Instructors - Full instructors.
8. Store Detectives & Loss Prevention Detectives
9. Security Officers
10. Correctional Officers

Over 20,000 jobs in loss prevention were available in America on September 12, 2009 on the largest Internet employment sites. This may be a good entry level position form which you can work up to positions of greater pay and more responsibility.

Loss prevention employment needs are listed in the greatest numbers by the following companies:

1. Office Max
2. Kmart Corporation
3. Ross Stores
4. Sears
5. WalMart
6. CVS Pharmacy
7. TJX Companies
8. Nike
9. Macy's
10. Kohl's
11. Ann Taylor
12. The TJX Companies, Inc.
13. Chico`s FAS, Inc
14. AAFES
15. CVS Caremark

The major cities for these jobs include:

NYC, Houston TX, San Francisco, Las Vegas NV, Atlanta GA, San Antonio TX, Seattle WA, DallasTX, Los Angeles, Columbus, OH, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Philadelphia PA, and Orlando and Miami FL.

The Top 10 Security Jobs listed below are found in the same cities as the Top Loss Prevention Jobs above.

1. Security Officers and Guards
2. Transportation Security Officer (TSO)
3. Government Jobs in Security
4. Retail Personal Bankers
5. Police Officer - Military Police
6. Security Guards/Security Officers/Security Positions
7. Police Officers
8. Correctional Officers
9. Pass & ID Clerks
10. Weapons Handlers

Largest Hiring Companies:

1. Allied Barton Security Service
2. Northrop Grumman
3. Army National Guard
4. Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
5. Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration
6. Federal Government Jobs
7. Lockheed Martin
8. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
9. SAIC - science
10. General Dynamics - IT
11. CACI - computers
12. Fifth Third Bank
13. US Army - Office of the Secretary

The Top 10 Cities for jobs in forensics and related positions are:

1. Washington DC
2. Reston, Arlington, and Fort Belvoir VA
3. NYC
4. Carlsbad CA
5. Chicago
6. Atlanta GA
7. Houston TX
8. McLean VA
9. Los Angeles and San Francisco
10. Indianapolis IN

If you are interested in a government related criminal justice job, the following is a list of

15 High Demand Job Titles in Homeland Security

1. Transportation Security Officer (TSO)
2. Sr Systems Engineer Ii
3. Software Engineer - Requires Polygraph Screening
4. Senior Business Development Manager And Dod & Government Progs
5. OPM Investigator
6. Information Technology Specialist
7. Sr Analyst, Systems
8. Systems Engineer - Requires Polygraph
9. Systems Integrator - Requires Polygraph
10. Mis - Info Tech / Telecommunications
11. Sr Software Engineer I
12. Intelligence Assistant
13. Project Manager
14. Program Manager
15. Sr Analyst, Functional

This positions are located in these large metro areas:

1. Chantilly, Arlington, McLean, Herndon, Fairfax, and Reston VA
2. Washington DC
3. Columbia, Silver Spring, Baltimore, Fort Meade, and Rockville MD
4. Aurora CO
5. San Diego CA

1. Customer Service Representatives and Associates
2. Controls Technicians
3. Dispatching
4. Optometrist
5. Corrections and Probation Officers
6. Center Directors
7. Front Desk Clerks
8. Product Demonstrators & Team Leaders - corrections and defense products 
9. SAP Basis Architect - Senior Consultant
10. Software Developers
11. Case Managers
12. Case Work Assistants
13. Federal Financial Analysts
14. Healthcare Workers
15. Social Services Counselors

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