blog.mint.com — In a downsizing economy, the best return on investment for your career may be to focus on your current job. Still, preparing for your next job or next career can be a wise move. In uncertain times, pursuing your dream job may take the back seat to pursuing a career that is in demand.
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jamesbondjrJan 6, 2009
One job that is really booming is the companies that clean out houses after forclosings, sounds rather inane, but the need is there
bullhunterJan 7, 2009
"Repoman" should do OK
statik99Jan 7, 2009
Until they can't pay the bills and their truck gets repo'd.
Closed AccountJan 7, 2009
I forget if it was 60 Minutes or 20/20 or some other news show but I saw one of them do a profile recently of a guy who works for a liquidator. He's the guy that physically comes into a store like Circuit City and deals with the job of selling off ALL the assets down to the shelves, office furniture, etc. when they go out of business. I'm sure he's working his tail off these days.Here's another one that should be on the list: higher education. I decided to switch gears a little over a year ago and now am on the staff of a university. Although universities are getting hit like everybody else, they're not getting hit anywhere near as badly and are still doing reasonably well overall. My university is actually still hiring, although nowhere near as much as they had planned. They identified a handful of openings that they deem critical and are still looking to fill them, but any other hiring is currently on hold.