Education, health care industries still hiring
Health care jobs
The national Bureau of Labor Statistics announced recently that the unemployment rate hit 7.2 percent in December, the highest it’s been since 1993. Almost 2.6 million people lost their jobs in 2008. That adds up to a total of 11.1 million currently unemployed Americans.
New President Barack Obama is promising positive change for unemployed and underemployed Americans. In a speech Jan. 8, President Obama said his plan “recognizes both the paradox and the promise of this moment-the fact that there are millions of Americans trying to find work even as, all around the country, there’s so much work to be done.”
He proposes to create jobs in construction and engineering: repairing roads and bridges, modernizing federal buildings, and building solar panels and wind turbines. President Obama has also talked about the need to computerize all medical records in five years, creating a huge opportunity for information technology jobs and data entry jobs.
Some industries remain strong and continue to add jobs. If you’re looking for work, consider health care jobs or education jobs. The outlook for government jobs is good too, and we know someone who’s hiring-President Obama himself. We hear the Cabinet jobs have already been taken, but if you’re interested in working for his administration, apply here. The U.S. Census Bureau has also started looking for part-time census takers.
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A very promising picture. IT jobs market does not seem to be effected too much by this recession and that’s great news for the highly skilled IT buffs.
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