Anyone seeking to predict the hot jobs of the future may want to take a look at a recent report on the Labor Department's spring 2010 "Occupational Outlook Handbook."

The Wall Street Journal found that the hottest job - as reflected in percentage growth predicted by the biannual analysis of 300 jobs in 45 categories - will be biomedical engineer, at 72 percent.

Other fast-growing fields and their percentage growth over the next eight years will be: Network systems analysts (53); home health aides (50), personal and home-care aides (46), and financial examiners (41).

According to the article: "Among other professions, job opportunities for physicians should be "very good," the guide says; health care dominates the list of the fastest-growing jobs, capturing 11 of the top 20 slots. While more attorneys and architects will be needed, competition for these jobs will be intense. Psychologists will be in demand, but growth will be fastest in industrial and organizational psychology."

Read more on the report - along with the rest of the top 10 - here.