Best Remark of the Day "Why doesn't everyone share what type of position they are currently or were last working on. Not looking for company names just the type of position or industry” ~Tom Cook

12:04pmVictor US Census is hiring for Recruiters-the pay is abysmal though...
12:05pmMaureen Sharib We're here to talk abt what industries are hiring...did everyone read the links in this post? (What industries are hiring?)
12:05pmPhoney Bankruptcy Lawyers
12:05pmJulie Faska Engineering & IT are industries that are hiring.
12:05pmTom Cook Healthcare & Pharma would be the obvious ones
12:05pmJohn Burzynski healthcare
12:05pmMaureen Sharib What abt infrastructure?
12:06pmVictor biotech, pharma, healthcare- never enough nurses and allied healthcare professionals
12:06pmToni Buccarelli I've set up Google alerts
12:06pmMarney Reed what about food processors?
12:06pmTom Cook Construction is almost non existent at this point in time
12:06pmMaureen Sharib But they're talking abt roads, water needing repair...
12:07pmPhoney 39 people here. "where are the jobs?" is a pretty popular topic!
12:07pmVictor within legal- intellectual property and patent lawyers
12:07pmNaomi Julie, IT in any specific fields?
12:07pmAileen Gilpin I am very interested in finding out more about what industries are hiring, because I have been a 'banking' desk for 6 years and we all know how that's going. So, I'm all ears.
12:07pmTom Cook hopefully there will be some large upcoming infrastructure projects wit the Obama administration - but right now - no
12:07pmPhoney note: disciplines are not industries....
12:08pmJulie Faska No specific fields mostly in engineering companies.
12:08pmTom Cook Most of my recent projects have been for Sales Rep's
12:08pmMonica Milner I am an HR recruiter, what industries, other than healthcare do you recommend?
12:08pmPhoney one of my best clients (growing even now) supplies "stuff" for "used" cars - so rather than buying new people are keeping their cars an extra year or two right now.
12:09pmMaureen Sharib I saw on the news last night that some of this “bailout money" may just be used for where it's needed -to repair the crumbling infrastructure of this country...roads, bridges, waterways etc -anyone see this?
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