In five words or less, how would you rate Pittsburgh's job market? (California: health insurance, universities)

[xyzpdq]

I'll start:

Abysmal. Depressing. Miserable. Anemic. Pathetic.

[Awesomo.2000]

great if you're an engineer

[Awesomo.2000]

Originally Posted by xyzpdq

I'll start:

Abysmal. Depressing. Miserable. Anemic. Pathetic.

1 The
2 country
3 is
4 in-a
5 recession

[dugdogmaster]

July's Job market grew steadily!

[Copanut]

Must be a local graduate.

[xyzpdq]

Originally Posted by COPANUT

Must be a local graduate.

I'm not a local graduate. I'm 42 years old, and I graduated from college in the Midwest.

[Tallysmom]

Originally Posted by xyzpdq

I'll start:

Abysmal. Depressing. Miserable. Anemic. Pathetic.

Who cares? I'll be retired.



Sorry, just had to rib you.

Because as an older worker, you're going to have a hard row to hoe. You're a more expensive employee. With your experience, you get paid more. Health insurance costs more. (Hubby and I are 49, and we pay 720 a month for small group business health insurance), and add to that a 401k?

And you're competing against younger ones that are faster and cheaper.

And whether the powers in charge want to admit it or not, we are in a recession. Time will tell as to whether or not it will last over a year, which makes it a depression -- or how bad it will be. It's spread to Europe....

Don't mean to get you down -- and you very well may have to leave Pittsburgh to find that job....

But guys -- live belows your means and save your money. Don't keep up with the Joneses -- that's all a crock. Learn to invest wisely.... there's no telling who this can happen to, and no telling how long it takes to find another job.

I lived through the fall of the mills in 1980... this is just as ugly on a larger scale.

[hnsq]

national leader: education, health-care, technology

[Katiana]

Time to be the gadfly again!

National leader in education, health-care, technology?

Health care: Probably. Best Hospitals Honor Roll - US News and World Report

Education: I assume you mean college/university education:
National Universities Rankings - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report

Pittsburgh including the entire metro area has 2 universities ranked in the top national universities 100 by USNews. While I have some 'issues" with USN myself, I think the top 100 are roughly correct, just not always in the order they rank them. Other cities with two universities in the top 100: St. Louis, MO; Atlanta, GA; Syracuse, NY: PHiladelphia (bigger than Pgh). Boston and its suburbs are clearly #1 with 9, LA and its burbs have 6 (much larger than Pgh though), DC has 3 plus the U of MD in its burbs. Denver and its burbs have 3.

It is one thing to say that education is a major "industry" in Pittsburgh; it's another thing to say they are a national leader in education.

Technology: Not so much. There was a thread on this forum recently about the robotics research at CMU. Unfortunately, it hasn't translated into too many jobs for anyone other than CMU faculty and their grad students. http://www.city-data.com/forum/pitts...eavable-4.html Rjobotics discussion starts at post #119.

Here are some stats on states with the most high-tech workers:

For the second straight year, Virginia led the nation in concentration of high-tech workers in 2006, with 91 high-tech workers per 1,000 private sector workers. Massachusetts ranked second in 2006, with 87 high-tech workers per 1,000 private sector workers.

Third state in the rankings was Colorado. Texas and California have a lot of high-tech jobs, too.

From: High-tech jobs growing, communication services take a hit | NetworkWorld.com Community

Just trying to keep everyone "balanced".

[Copanut]

Originally Posted by xyzpdq

I'm not a local graduate. I'm 42 years old, and I graduated from college in the Midwest.

when did you get here