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Oh please!! Stop perpetuating the healthcare myth! Many places are short staffing, laying off, you name it. There are staffing firms that won't even place healthcare workers now.
It's like some mantra drummed into the public. Well, get this mantra...Too many people got shown the way to healthcare. Jobs in healthcare are NOT based on kids getting in skateboard accidents. Even nonprofit hospitals have upper management trying to keep the money at the top.
I overheard some nurses today talking about friends of theirs with nursing degrees who are unable to find jobs.
Most people who start businesses have no business starting them (hence the reason they fail). However, if you're one of the few who actually has what it takes and you can afford to take a risk, it's best to go that route.
People who cut hair. Most people need a haircut every few weeks to maybe once a month, depending on how fast your hair grows. It's one job that isn't going to go away.
When you guys find that perfect career that offers 100% job security, be sure to let me know.
I chased the nursing fad for awhile. The classes ahead of me were having a terrible time finding jobs. I left. The class I would have graduated with all told me the same story. Some were lucky to find nurse tech or PCT jobs. Nursing jobs though??? Not so much luck. Starting pay for the few that found something was not impressive, but I think they will have good opportunities down the line. A recent report I read stated that in 2011, the hardest hit professions with regards to wages were nursing, accounting, and the other I can't recall.
I see too many people chasing too few jobs. Many are going for those "golden tickets". That is, the job that one does not have to worry about job security. In this economy, they simply don't exist. Hospitals do mass layoffs like every other sector these days.
What people NEED to be asking... If I had only a few thousand in the bank, what would I still be spending money on??? Answer that for yourself, and think what type of sector that few thousand might be finding it's way to.
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Originally Posted by ryhoyarbie
People who cut hair. Most people need a haircut every few weeks to maybe once a month, depending on how fast your hair grows. It's one job that isn't going to go away.
My Wahl trimmers cost me about $20. Pretty much eliminated any need I had for a barber. And I can feel good about it too... They were made in the good ol U.S.A American's helping Americans
Most people who start businesses have no business starting them (hence the reason they fail). However, if you're one of the few who actually has what it takes and you can afford to take a risk, it's best to go that route.
I had a friend that tried this. Actually, she purchased a business. And I'll admit, she had NO getting into it. 3 kids, struggling to pay mortgage, husband working infrequently, and she had part time work. We all knew it wouldn't work out. We all saw the signs that it wasn't a good deal for her. I give her an awful lot of credit for trying to improve her struggling plot in life, but starting or buying a business is just not for everyone.
At any rate, after the first 4 expensive, and disappointing months, she realized she was way in over her head. I think she managed to sell it for right around what she paid, but she lost quite a bit of money in expenses that she most certainly couldn't afford to loose. Live and learn. Some lessons are more expensive than others.
And might I emphasis... Business today is VERY cutthroat. Your walking into the slaughterhouse trying to compete with the big boys in some sectors. It isn't always that simple to "just start your own business".... Which is why I laugh when you see those stupid one liners from posters blaming everyone for their struggle with the response, "people need to just start their own business"...
I would think anything medical (doctor, dentist, nurse)...hair stylists, transportation, military, road workers, pest control, plumbing. My list could go on, but I'll stop on that note.
People who cut hair. Most people need a haircut every few weeks to maybe once a month, depending on how fast your hair grows. It's one job that isn't going to go away.
Yep, and even unemployed people need haircuts for job interviews. That seems like it'd be a very stable industry, particularly the low end salons like Great Clips, Cost Cutters, and Fantastic Sam's. The stylists that might suffer during a down economy would probably be at the higher end places that do all the fancy stuff with the hair. That's not really a need, more of a luxury.
Weren't you bragging to us about how your job was recession proof a year ago
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