Area has surge in jobs Census gives a hefty boost to the count (Houston: hotels)

[Wonderful Jellal]

A surge in temporary federal Census Bureau jobs coupled with new leisure and hospitality positions helped local employers create 20,200 new jobs during May.
The data, released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission, marks the biggest one-month April to May increase of the past decade, said Joel Wagher, labor market analyst for Workforce Solutions, which manages job services and training for the 13-county Houston-Galveston Gulf Coast region.
Nearly half of the increase — 47 percent - stems from the temporary census workers, he said. While those government jobs eventually will disappear, Wagher noted that 22 percent of the new positions were in restaurants, hotels and entertainment venues - a sector that typically doesn't grow this early in the year or so robustly during slow economic times.

Hospitality, census jobs lift local employment | Business | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

[Alphalogica]

This will also increasingly bring into question the "value" of a college degree, but that's for another thread.

[Wonderful Jellal]

Originally Posted by Alphalogica

This will also increasingly bring into question the "value" of a college degree, but that's for another thread.

No, say me.What do you mean ?

[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by Alphalogica

This will also increasingly bring into question the "value" of a college degree, but that's for another thread.

I think it will be the majors that will be in question. For example, Liberal Arts degree holders will take a nose dive.

Anyways, I'm sick of seeing politicians on both sides using the Census either for their gain or to dampen the mood. Everybody knew exactly what the Census would bring job wise.

[Alphalogica]

Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv

I think it will be the majors that will be in question. For example, Liberal Arts degree holders will take a nose dive.

Anyways, I'm sick of seeing politicians on both sides using the Census either for their gain or to dampen the mood. Everybody knew exactly what the Census would bring job wise.

I would make the argument that many hard science/technical majors are taking a hit. They are called "outsourcing to India" and "H1B visas" and "automation."

Virtually all jobs that you go to college and get a degree for can be done over the Internet and consequently by someone in a foreign country. Social work and teaching may be notable exceptions. And guess what? Communications and computer technology are constantly getting better/cheaper/easier to use. (teleconferencing, unlimited cell phone plans, Skype, Wi-Fi, 4G Internet, etc, etc.)

On the other hand, it's a little difficult to outsource police officers and plumbers. (Jobs that don't require a college education).

[RCH99]

^ what does it mean to the professional student that stays in school for 7, 8, or 9 years accumulating one degree after another, yet hasn't laid 6" of rubber in the real world? What's he going to do?

[Alphalogica]

Originally Posted by RCH99

^ what does it mean to the professional student that stays in school for 7, 8, or 9 years accumulating one degree after another, yet hasn't laid 6" of rubber in the real world? What's he going to do?

If you are talking about me, I do have 4 years of active military experience did considerable time in Iraq. (Would forward you my DD-214 for proof). I was also a reservist in a Houston area Army Reserve unit -- the 451 CA in Pasadena (Good people). I would call that laying 6" of rubber.

I am a college student, but unlike many, I'm not badly in debt to pay for it (thanks to government benefits, dividends earned on Iraq investments, and my parents) and I have something to fall back on (enlisted military/law enforcement/go back in as an Officer, etc).

Thanks to my Iraq savings and investments I made with it, I have more money than a lot of my friends I went to high school with especially in this economy where many of them can't find jobs. (and I went to Clements) Making money at age 18 and being smart with it does wonders.

[ktulu7]

Originally Posted by Alphalogica

If you are talking about me, I do have 4 years of active military experience did considerable time in Iraq. (Would forward you my DD-214 for proof). I was also a reservist in a Houston area Army Reserve unit -- the 451 CA in Pasadena (Good people). I would call that laying 6" of rubber.

I am a college student, but unlike many, I'm not badly in debt to pay for it (thanks to government benefits, dividends earned on Iraq investments, and my parents) and I have something to fall back on (enlisted military/law enforcement/go back in as an Officer, etc).

Thanks to my Iraq savings and investments I made with it, I have more money than a lot of my friends I went to high school with especially in this economy where many of them can't find jobs. (and I went to Clements) Making money at age 18 and being smart with it does wonders.

Thank you for your service, buddy!