Recession-Proof Jobs
 

This could be a discussion in employment but financially.

Which Jobs would be the best bet?

Tenured-Professor is in my view the safest/steadiest well paying job. imho.

Liquor industry.......in good times people drink.....in bad times people drink more!

Healthcare/pharmaceuticals. Always a safe bet.

trades.... nuff said.. i am currently an autobody tech..... switching gears to construction/reno/service going to bcit for the upgrade.

well i like tools and dont mind getting dirty so trades is where i wanna be.

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fail to thread topic. consturction / reno will end in depression.

Agree...WTF made you think trades are recession proof? Do you even know how many construction workers have been laid off.

risk management. this goes for all you high schooler who haven't decided a career path yet. look into it because there will be high demand for this field of job in the future.

I can't help but laugh when I read your post. Like others have said, do you realize how many construction workers have been laid off? There's slim to none residential projects starting up in Vancouver at the moment. Also, who's got disposable income for home renovations during an economic crisis like this?

I suggest that you stick with your autobody job.

I agree.

In response to the OP,

Police Officers

boy you are clueless

Health care is the one field that isn't affected by recession. CTV news covered the story 2 weeks back.

...whoever posted construction, your totally clueless buddy.

police officers, fire fighters, paramedics, border patrols, icbc workers, dentists, doctors..

i think i have heard that IT and networking/comp sci guys are pretty safe too... but i don't really see why is that.

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yea most public sector jobs are recession-proof. that's the trade off i mean usually you get higher pay in private but the risk of being laid off is also significantly higher.

well i think ever since we computerized and digitized almost everything we do in our lives, technology will remain to be the main driving force for economic growth in the next 50 or 100 years

pretty much any essential service as mentioned above, esp. govt funded ones of course

If things get really bad the army is always taking people in

Where did you hear this? Usually from what I read, the IT guys are the first to be cut.

cable guy. everybody needs cable, internet and phone.

Accounting. Seriously.

Nope. My friend just got laid off.

I wouldn't say it is fully recession proof but it is much better than any other fields. Our company just laid off someone from Accounting.

Canadian Forces.

Job security. Good jobs. Gets the ladies.

I agree. IT guys (particularly in support) are expendable, they don't make money for a company, they only CONSUME.

Yeah, I agree.

I know a few CoV workers that have been laid off.

Quite a few have been laid off in this sector, but I think if you work for Shaw or Rogers, you should be doing OK vs. Telus/Bell.

agree