Recession-Proof Jobs

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Jobs are not recession-proof, industries are. For example, nursing is not recession-proof. A nurse in the Healthcare industry has a recession-proof job because Healthcare is recession-proof, not because nursing is recession-proof. If this same person is a "company nurse" in the Textile industry, that person's job is no longer recession-proof.

Here are the recession-proof industries.

Here are the recession-proof cities.

The history of recessions

We've had many recessions over the years and we're probably in one now. Recessions are officially announced by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Here's their report.

Notice in the graph below that employment growth in the 40s and 50s was in the high range of 10% to 15%. From the 50s thru the 80s, the high range was 4% to 5%. In the 90s the highs dropped to 3%; and in the mid 2000s it was 1% to 2%. Also notice that the last two recessions were not as deep as previous recessions.

The take-away: The good times are not as good as they were in the past, and the bad times (so far) are not as bad. The amplitude of the cycles is getting smaller over time ... which bodes well for the future of our current bad economic times.

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