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by Katie George, Kat

With our (United States) economy in a terrible state I find myself, family, and friends asking the same question time and time again, which careers are still a good choice during these bad times?
Obviously, being a realtor as with most sales related positions are definitely on the bottom of the list. In my opinion, the health and medical fields are still as solid as they have always been. As unfortunate as it sounds, everyone is always going to suffer from illness or old age. Studying and building your career in the medical field is almost fail proof when it comes to career longevity.
Of course, medical technology will continue to advance as it has been, however, there will always be a high demand for nurses, doctors, or even medical administrative staff to run medical facilities. Another great part about the medical industry is the fact that it's extremely broad. There are literally thousands of positions in different medical fields, ranging all the way from emergency room and trauma nursing and surgeons to retirement home medical assistants.
Another strong career field is I.T. and just about any form of technology. As most people know, technology isn't going anywhere. The only fallback about choosing the field for your career is the fact that you need to stay on your toes and progressively study. Technology is volatile, it's always advancing. It's very similar to the medical field because of this necessary continual study pattern. Usually you need to attend classes once or twice a year to keep your certifications and licenses.
There are plenty of other career fields that are still very stable; the two I have mentioned above are just the most obvious. Do some research and find out what jobs are high demand in your immediate area. If you're not adverse to re-locating you may even want to do a country wide search to figure out exactly what is the hottest field.

We hear the terms “Globalization “and “Outsourcing “more and more.

It is a two edged sword.

One the one side you may find that the price of goods at your local Wal-Mart is much less and that this is a good thing.

A second large color TV set that 20 years ago would be of out your purchasing range may be now easily affordable.

However that TV or whatever is seldom manufactured in the good old United States. “Assembled in Mexico of Foreign Components “is the closest geographically you will ever see. The location of production is usually some Asian country that you wish you may one day visit on an exotic, expensive holiday.

The standards of US technology – in this case US made Zenith, RCA or other forgotten names which have not been sold to foreign producers as badges are long gone. Along with the loss is the loss of good paying jobs which set the standards of pay and benefits for all us American workers.

As well when you pick up the phone to American Express regarding some charges on your credit card, bank account or service it is almost always a person half way around the world in India that you are negotiating with to forgive your charges.

China as well is not far off in the service industry. It is not generally appreciated that with its large population that with only a small percentage of the population needs to speak English for the numbers to be large. Indeed it is often stated with China's population that there are more English speaking citizens of China than North Americans.

The question of outsourcing is a good thing or a bad thing.

One the one hand it is a good thing as prices of goods have decreased.

However we are living in a gold plated jaded age.

The jobs that are being exported were both a basis of the North American way of life as well as stated the basic bell weather standards for our salaries and benefits.

Remember that in life as in economics that everything is ultimately based on “supply and demand “...

It is often quoted that a recession is “When your neighbor losses their job “. A “Depression is when you lose your job'>

American jobs are being exported in a major way seldom if ever to return.

As a result there will lots of competition for the remaining positions resulting in demand by employers and acquiescence by employees for lower wages, benefits and standards of employment.

It may wonderful to be able to afford to buy that new large screen TV at Wal-Mart.

However will your grandchildren have jobs and income that will afford them to do the same in the future?

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