21 Most Recession & Depression-Proof Jobs | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 271412 United States 12/28/2008 01:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A few of these have been on the out list for quite a while now. People won't have the money for: Social Workers Aka Mental Health Therapists, we're all crazy now anyway. Sex trade workers.. crack whores are cheaper. Accountants.. who has enough money to need one? Cosmetologist... women are cutting back already. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 574612 United States 12/28/2008 04:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I find it hard that Grocer is not on there people will buy food no matter what, and as prices go up, the stores make more, plus theese are mostly union jobs(meat cutter, baker,etc.) true,food may be confiscated or limited at some future point,but people will still do what it takes to feed a family |
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anonymous User ID: 581146 United States 12/28/2008 06:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If doctor and vetrenarian are on there, then the support staff they rely on will also be necessary - nurses, technicians, lab assistants etc... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 221498laid off peope do not have insurance and will try better to stay well..Dr and hospital and clinic staff are cut from lack of insured patients . |
Hillcrest User ID: 392015 United States 12/28/2008 06:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 9. Government Employee - Arnie just put a hiring freeze on Calif. State employees and is ordering them to take 2 days off without pay a month starting Feb. 2009. 10. Utility/Energy Specialist: Every foreclosed home is a lost electricity or gas account. Less accounts, less staff needed. 11. Scientist: And where will these scientists be schooled? The number of University applications/admissions drop off in a recession. It's already started to happen in Calif. 15. Auto mechanic: 1/3 of the work auto mechanics do is for routine shit: oil changes, tune-ups, replacement of fuel filters, replacing a battery, etc. etc. people will get over their aversion to getting their hands dirty and start learning how to do these things for themselves again. Auto repair is CHEAP if you do it yourself. The cost of parts is nothing if you have the knowledge... most of the $$$$ on your car repair bill is for labor... if anything, its the auto parts stores that will flourish while quite a few mechanics may lose their jobs. Not all, but many. 17. Bartender - Booze sells in a recession, but mainly in the form of cheapo brands of liquor bought at one of the discount "liquor barn" type of stores... not @ a bar charging a couple of bucks for a single beer and upwards of $6.00 for a mixed drink, plus bar tip... nope. 18. Cosmetologist - Nope. When money is tight, women are quite agreeable to doing their own nails and coloring their own hair... what we WILL balk at is going without our favorite lipstick or perfume... so we will still buy it, but we just won't buy it as often. 19. Veterinarian - the L.A. affiliate for CBS (t.v.) just reported a few days ago that many people are starting to abandon their pets due to economic difficulties and the animal shelters are starting to explode. One they forgot: Lawyers. There will be all kinds of frivolous lawsuits for people trying to cash in one way or another. Workers Compensation (industrial law) would be a good field for a lawyer to get into); wrongful termination suits, etc. As for the medical field, the most stable areas would be pediatrics (people will deny their own medical care for their children at the end of the month if there is any cash left over to pay for an office visit or meds) or anything to do with diabetes (endocrinology). Water always wins. :sun: |
ListenUp User ID: 554626 United States 12/28/2008 06:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nursing should be at the top of the list considering there is NOW a Shortage and the baby boomers are exptected to create a continueing shortage. The Bureau of Labor Statistics for the U.S. Department of Labor is projecting that the employment of all NURSING positions will grow between 21 to 35% through the year 2012 due to an increase in the elder population and longer life expectancies. |
Brother Lehman User ID: 68130 Canada 12/28/2008 07:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP , half baked logic on the list. One can't argue with some categories except the list approach is nonsense unless you wanted to say " starting today, these are the professions you should enroll in with a university or trade school to hope to graduate in". One can't simply say - 'hey tomorrow I think I'll become a doctor, yeah, that's it'. Then there is the qualifying question who, for example is going to pay for your education ( doctor at least 250K) Then there is the problem of dedicating yourself to a profession for 4-6 years and only to find out that you are going to be working at McDonalds ie engineer. How many qualified engineers with EXPERIENCE are unemployed right now and with the existing economic crisis, how many more will be on the dole in 2013 when you graduate. If posting inane lists paid serious money, then maybe you might put yourself at #22. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 477332 United States 01/19/2009 02:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Morticians? People are going to bury their dead wherever they can, as in New Orleans after Katrina. With so many foreclosures and bankruptcies, who has money for lawyers? Ditto for accountants. Trains will be replacing trucks and airlines as the main mode of transportation is my guess. Teachers won't work for nothing. Parents will have to start homeschooling. Most non-essential government jobs, as in California, will go away. Only those politicians in Congress, maybe governors, will continue to get taxpayers to pay their salaries or they'll just simply steal it from the Treasury. Sex workers? C'mon. Men will find other outlets (blow-up dolls) or demand more output by their wives or girlfriends. Scientists? Nope, there'll be very little in government grants for them, if any. Social workers? Nope. Alcohol is cheaper - at home - so bartenders are out. Cosmetologists? Nope. Women will do with what they can by themselves. Maybe a haircut now and then. So yes to doctors, nurses, and dentists. Also to optometrists - people will need glasses. Police officers? Soldiers? Maybe - they'll stick around if they can get paid like anyone else. If not, they'll be protecting their own families first. Vets? Nope. People are already abandoning their pets. Utility workers? Yes. But again, they will need to be paid and if people can't pay their utility bills, well, you know where that's going. Bartering will replace money in the long run. Growing what food you can will be like gold. You become the banker. Anyone assuming what jobs will survive in a depression, not recession, must first assume that most people will have very little cash and/or supplies on hand. Oh, one more thing - people who sell WOOD stoves and bicycles will do a booming business. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 635957 United States 03/16/2009 04:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If doctor and vetrenarian are on there, then the support staff they rely on will also be necessary - nurses, technicians, lab assistants etc... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 221498BS. Im one of those techs, and theyve cut our hours, and University of Chicago Medical Center just laid off about 500 people. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 635957 United States 03/16/2009 04:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nursing should be at the top of the list considering there is NOW a Shortage and the baby boomers are exptected to create a continueing shortage. Quoting: ListenUpThe Bureau of Labor Statistics for the U.S. Department of Labor is projecting that the employment of all NURSING positions will grow between 21 to 35% through the year 2012 due to an increase in the elder population and longer life expectancies. Again, BS. If you are an agency nurse, then be prepared to not be called, as you are making far more than your staff RN's at hospitals. If you are a staff RN, look for them to cut hours, not hire new RN's, meaning that if you are lucky enough to get full hours-you'll be doing far more work than you ever have, especially with them cutting down the hours of their auxillary staff. |
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