Want a job? Try nursing, high-tech

[Adsos Letter]

Source: Seattle Times
By Lornet Turnbull
Seattle Times staff reporter

As the economy plunges and jobs disappear across the country at a rate of almost half a million a month, there are still employers in Washington state looking to hire people at all skill levels and pay grades — particularly in the health-care and high-tech industries.

So maybe there isn't work at the post office.

But in this plummeting economy, with jobs disappearing across the country at a rate of almost half a million a month, there are still employers in Washington state looking for people — at all different skill levels and pay grades.

WorkSource, the statewide employment database, lists nearly 15,000 jobs on its Web site: from a retail supervisor at Goodwill, a coffee bar barista at the Hyatt to several positions Microsoft posted in the days after it announced major layoffs.

Many job openings are in the health-care and high-tech industries — registered nurses and pharmacists, software engineers and programmers.

But other industries are hiring, too — from wireless companies and retailers to the federal government.

Amazon.com lists nearly 350 positions nationwide, most of them in Seattle. T-Mobile has more than 1,800 openings nationwide, and Whole Foods, 800.

"There are actually many industries still hiring," said Matt Youngquist, a Bellevue career coach experiencing a surge in business these days. "There's just a lot more competition for the jobs."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008694323_findwork01m.html?syndication=rss

[w4rma]

1. How many of those jobs are just being put in the papers so that they can hire a visa worker? (nt)

[Hannah Bell]

2. yes, come to seattle, compete with the people microsoft just laid off,

& the rippling layoffs to follow.

we'll all get rich taking each other's temperatures & reading each other's x-rays.

[Adsos Letter]

3. actually...my understanding is that x-ray reading is being outsourced to India...

in many cases. I hope President Obama puts the kabosh on the H1b visa program real quick-like.

[midnight]

4. Your understanding is right about

x-ray reading being outsourced to India. This has been going on for years.