Economists Forecast Four Years Before Sacramento Recovers (Elk Grove, Needles: home, buy)

[Majin]

The IT field has been dead for many years. I saw that sinking ship over 6 years ago when I first started college.

If you were in IT you can easily retrain for some other area in the techology field. IT is dead but there are still many things you can do in tech.

[KC6ZLV]

Security is big right now, but I know people who were employees of XYZ Co, then were laid off to be hired by outsourcing companies. They are now permanently temp contractors without benefits.

[wburg]

Originally Posted by KC6ZLV

Security is big right now, but I know people who were employees of XYZ Co, then were laid off to be hired by outsourcing companies. They are now permanently temp contractors without benefits.

Some comedian will turn this into a joke: in the early 21st century, friends often come with benefits but jobs don't.

[FresnoFacts]

This is not the only forecast with bad news for the Sacramento region.

Sacramento State says things will stay bad in Sacramento at least thru 2010.
Sacramento Business Review - Emerging Trends in Sacramento's Economy

At UOP's Business Forecasting Center, they are saying the 2010 economic "bright spots" (however small) in Northern/Central California will be San Francisco, San Jose and Fresno. That doesn't mean the Fresno area economy will be strong, but rather how much the Sacramento region may continue to struggle this next year.
http://www.news10.net/news/story.asp...=72690&catid=2

Originally Posted by KC6ZLV

I have some ideas in my mind as to the direction to go. I just need to figure out what major or discipline will best apply to it.

I am seeing some economic forecasts that say 2/3s of the new US jobs created in the next few years will require only a high school diploma and a skill or trade. That doesn't bode well for people in, entering or trying to stay in the middle class since they are not talking about good paying factory jobs.

Until there is another true "big new thing" (not a bubble) or the US and California economies can reconstruct themselves to be competitive in the world marketplace I think it is going to be tough for many people.

I feel for you my friend, I've reinvented myself several times in my career to keep making a living. Good luck.

[KC6ZLV]

The next new thing will be outsourced.

The needed skills part is kind of scary. Last summer one of the politicians somewhere in the Northeast actually got up in front of a bunch of reporters and defended his vote for large budget cuts in education by saying saying this country has too many universities, we aren't going to need them, and we need to start closing some. Indeed, there are politicians across the country who are playing this game. It isn't about money. We are spending much more on playing war in the Middle East than we are on education.

Unfortunately, we have a lot of dumbed-down people in this country who think public funding for higher education is a burden on society.

[KC6ZLV]

The Future of Jobs in America

[ElectroPlumber]

Top 10 List
Dixie Sommers, assistant commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, recites a list of the 10 occupations that the BLS expects will provide the greatest number of new jobs over the next decade. These include:
1. Registered nurses
2. Home health aides
3. Customer service representatives
4. Food preparation and serving workers
5. Personal and home care aides
6. Retail salespersons
7. Office clerks
8. Accountants
9. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants
10. Postsecondary teachers
Six of the top seven fastest-growing occupations are low-skill, low-wage jobs.


This is why the U.S. is in a serious decline.

[Majin]

Originally Posted by ElectroPlumber

Top 10 List
Dixie Sommers, assistant commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, recites a list of the 10 occupations that the BLS expects will provide the greatest number of new jobs over the next decade. These include:
1. Registered nurses
2. Home health aides
3. Customer service representatives
4. Food preparation and serving workers
5. Personal and home care aides
6. Retail salespersons
7. Office clerks
8. Accountants
9. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants
10. Postsecondary teachers
Six of the top seven fastest-growing occupations are low-skill, low-wage jobs.


This is why the U.S. is in a serious decline.

Yikes.

I feel sorry for people who are just graduating college, although I know quite a few college grads in the tech field that have landed full time jobs where I work.

[KC6ZLV]

And the working conditions and hours are crappy in half of those listed that take skills.

It also doesn't mention future trends of foreign worker visas. I think within a few years foreign workers are going to dominate the jobs in healthcare in that list.

[ElectroPlumber]

Originally Posted by KC6ZLV

And the working conditions and hours are crappy in half of those listed that take skills.

It also doesn't mention future trends of foreign worker visas. I think within a few years foreign workers are going to dominate the jobs in healthcare in that list.

Yeah, probably so. I've noticed that whenever a good middle-class job starts to pay decent wages, corporations (who also own a lot of hospitals) start bringing in the bleeping HIB's to snuff out the American employment.