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Old 02-23-2009, 01:59 PM
 
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My husband is an architect and I am an interior designer and we are planning on relocating to Chicago in a few months. We both work on commercial projects. Any advice from fellow designers out there as to what the job market is like right now??
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Old 02-23-2009, 02:29 PM
 
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Are you joking? If you have a job, keep it! This is not the time to be making career moves. The job market is terrible nationwide in the architecture field.
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Old 02-23-2009, 05:39 PM
 
Location: Lynwood,IL
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Are you joking? If you have a job, keep it! This is not the time to be making career moves. The job market is terrible nationwide in the architecture field.
Really? I wish you the best Lookout Kid.
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Old 02-24-2009, 08:58 AM
 
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Really? I wish you the best Lookout Kid.
Thanks! I'll take any good wishes I can get. I know a LOT of people who have been laid off since last October. My old firm cut it's staff by almost 50% and gave everyone else a pay cut. Yet no one is hiring...
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Old 02-24-2009, 09:04 AM
 
Location: Chicago--Bucktown
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LK, what's the long term outlook for architecture, assuming that this economy mess gets straightened out? It just seems as though there is less and less appreciation for aesthetics in building designs, and most people are just going for the cheapest construction cost period. Although the green building revolution has to be helping.
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Old 02-24-2009, 09:58 AM
 
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The AIA had pretty rosy long-term forecasts for the industry before last October... I have no idea now. The numbers of unemployed are so high that it's a strong downward pressure on wages and benefits. There's fierce competition for every new job. And the architecture schools keep cranking out more wide eyed fresh meat for the grinder every year.
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