Phoenix #9..on top 10 cities to find a Job (Tucson: real estate, house)

[BoiWonder13]

Some more positive news for Phoenix

Where the Jobs Are: Ten Surprising Places

Link to the site above..

[jacobwilliam77]

Originally Posted by BoiWonder13

Some more positive news for Phoenix

Where the Jobs Are: Ten Surprising Places

Link to the site above..

Still that 2.3% job growth Phoenix has aint really nothing compared to the mid-2000's when Phoenix had an annual job growth rate of like 6-7% and was adding 125,000 jobs a year while having an unemployment rate of 3-4%.

[Howard Roark]

Interesting. Not to rain on the parade, but from the link:
"Federal fiscal policy – continued high levels of military spending and the auto bailout – were a major boon to the area. Local defense contractors like Raytheon and Northrop-Grumman are continuing to do well" - About Fort Wayne, but applies also to defense industry in Phoenix and Tucson. IMO, defense spending is going to draw down the next four years. It has to. Then the next national emergency will boost it perhaps, not sure. I don't even think we can afford to address the next national defense emergency anyway until the $4 trillion spent on the wars since 2000 is paid for.

Bailouts are going to have to go the way of the Do Do bird as well. Phoenix has to prepare to grow its economy without the federal government programs and corporate subsidies. That's the challenge.

Originally Posted by BoiWonder13

Some more positive news for Phoenix

Where the Jobs Are: Ten Surprising Places

Link to the site above..

[shiphead]

Originally Posted by Howard Roark

Interesting. Not to rain on the parade, but from the link:
"Federal fiscal policy – continued high levels of military spending and the auto bailout – were a major boon to the area. Local defense contractors like Raytheon and Northrop-Grumman are continuing to do well" - About Fort Wayne, but applies also to defense industry in Phoenix and Tucson. IMO, defense spending is going to draw down the next four years. It has to. Then the next national emergency will boost it perhaps, not sure. I don't even think we can afford to address the next national defense emergency anyway until the $4 trillion spent on the wars since 2000 is paid for.

Bailouts are going to have to go the way of the Do Do bird as well. Phoenix has to prepare to grow its economy without the federal government programs and corporate subsidies. That's the challenge.

Sweet... My pocket to theirs to someone elses... ?

[Valley Native]

Originally Posted by Howard Roark

Bailouts are going to have to go the way of the Do Do bird as well. Phoenix has to prepare to grow its economy without the federal government programs and corporate subsidies. That's the challenge.

Absolutely right. Phoenix also needs to diversify its economy in order for it to grow and keep growing. No longer can we rely on what worked when this was a small resort city. Real estate, home construction, snowbirds, retirees, and the sunny climate cannot be chief economic indicators any longer. The region needs an increasing presence of national & global corporate HQs. Many large cities our size house the HQs of many Fortune 500 companies, and those cities became prosperous largely because of those reputable firms ... whereas Phoenix only has a small handful of these corporate HQs.

It seems like good news that Phoenix made the list, but what kind of jobs are actually being created? If they are mostly service level, or minimum wage type of positions, that's not very positive news.

[jacobwilliam77]

Originally Posted by Valley Native

It seems like good news that Phoenix made the list, but what kind of jobs are actually being created? If they are mostly service level, or minimum wage type of positions, that's not very positive news.

Phoenix has added 4,900 construction jobs in the past year.

[BoiWonder13]

Originally Posted by Valley Native

It seems like good news that Phoenix made the list, but what kind of jobs are actually being created? If they are mostly service level, or minimum wage type of positions, that's not very positive news.

I understand where you're coming from, but there are a junk load of major cities that are loosing job's instead of gaining, hell Vegas has a nearly 14 percent unemployment rate. Phoenix might not look that good on paper when you compare the type of jobs that are being gained, but those workers being hired will continue to use their costumer service, and money handling skills for future employment opportunities. In all this is good news for both the valley and those who are continuing to look for work in neighboring states that seem to be struggling a little more than we are imo...

[Captain Bill]

Originally Posted by jacobwilliam77

Still that 2.3% job growth Phoenix has aint really nothing compared to the mid-2000's when Phoenix had an annual job growth rate of like 6-7% and was adding 125,000 jobs a year while having an unemployment rate of 3-4%.

Of course, the mid 2000's was a boom time, and then we went through a recession.

Now we're showing signs of recovery. We can't expect to jump immediately back to the same job rate overnight.

It takes time; but all of the data shows improvement, albeit it slower than we would like.

[ImAPepper]

I wish this were true of Phoenix and new nurses. We're finally relocating and, as a new graduate RN, I can't find a job to save my life here.

[sh9730]

ImAPepper,

No expert on your field to be sure, but your post surprises me. We constantly hear about all the health field requirements cannot be filled.

A suggestion would be to try some of the rehab facilities etc.....not as great of jobs, but a foot in the door!