Jobs, Unemployment: Health Care Hiring UP
HEALTH CARE CARE HIRING: UP
EVERYONE ELSE: Not so Much
Even Government Cut Jobs(!)
Don’t want to read too much into this but with unemployment pushing 10% and actual unemployment at around 17% (when discouraged and early retirements are factored in), it’s a comfort to know that there is a place one can go to apply for a job–and, more importantly, they’re hiring!
HEALTH CARE
From ‘Troubled’ Healthcare Industry Adding Jobs:
Despite dire warnings from the Democrats that the American healthcare system is in crisis, the healthcare industry actually added 19,000 jobs in September.
That increase stood in stark contrast to the steep decline in all non-farm jobs last month — 263,000 workers were cut from payrolls.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, construction employment in the U.S. fell by 54,000 jobs in September, manufacturing lost 51,000 jobs, retail trade fell by 39,000, and even government employment was down 53,000.
Government employment down?
The last stats I saw, federal employment was UP. Probably state and local government layoffs have caught up and dragged these numbers down.
So, the one industry that’s hiring–even in the teeth of a wicked recession–is the “troubled” industry that we’re assured is in “crisis” and “must be fixed now”.
The conclusion?
There are several, all which will be left to the reader for the moment.
UPDATE @1047 October 4 2009:
Two questions:
1- Will Obama’s planned government control of health care have the same effect as the government’s control of GM and Chrysler?
2- Will the Pittsburgh Steelers be able to hold onto a 28-7 lead over the San Diego Chargers with 13:05 left in the 4th quarter.
Likely answers: Yes x 2.
by Mondo Frazier
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