3. Environment
Solar powered reflective mirrors, Daggett, California
Green is getting the green light in a nationwide push to make homes and office buildings more energy-efficient and to develop alternative energy sources (solar, wind, nuclear) as well as fuel cell technology.
4. Financial Services
Rising from the ashes of a very bad year, financial services will have a bright future.
5. Government
A business traveler watches as an airport security officer inspects his carry-on luggage.
More than half a million federal employees will retire by 2016, leaving open positions at agencies from the CIA to AmeriCorps to NASA. There will also be opportunities at the state and local levels.