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Global Educator: Recession-Safe Job
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
With recession fears hovering over us like a forbidding storm cloud, the question plaguing most of us is, How safe is my job? As history has proven, the tables can turn swiftly. One moment, you have a salary and benefits and enjoy relative security; the next, you’re unemployed and overwhelmed by stress and uncertainty.
A recessionary environment proves that some jobs are safer than others. It’s hard to find a healthcare job that will be adversely affected by a recession. The demand is so strong for all skills that no matter what the state of the economy, hospitals, nursing facilities, doctors’ offices and medical organizations will continue to hire a raft of healthcare professionals.
The demand for many IT professionals (developers, networking coordinators), especially project managers, is not likely to change either. But if you also have a teaching or training background, you can take advantage of both skills. Combine both with knowledge of a second or, better yet, third language, and you’re pretty close to building a recession-secure career.
The need for teachers is constant. For several years, there has been a severe shortage of math and science teachers, as well as English-as-a-second-language (ESL) teachers. But there is also a demand for teachers to teach virtually all high-demand professional skills--especially technical…
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