Recession Proof Industries

GBA

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Hence the reason why there are 'tonnes of jobs'!

Obviously, smart ass! But there are still tonnes of jobs in the general social care field!

stovelid

Hairdressers.

[Jackass]

Professional Footballer (or anything related to professional sport), Priest, Nun, Fireman, Garda, Nurse, Doctor, Teacher, Civil Servant, Accountant, Journalist, Fisherman, Farmer (assuming other factors such as production costs are at a normal level and government policy and subsidies are reasonable)...loads of things!!

Pythia

What two things are certain in life? Death and Taxes. Go for something around that!

G3-Nut

seamus wrote: »

You can't go wrong in the army either.

Even after society collapses, you'd make a decent living as a mercenary.

actually the defence forces have halted recruitment until 2011 because of the recession...they still take applications and enter into the system but recruitment is on a pause

Tonka

experiMental wrote: »

Civil Defence - engineering and utilities
Also, gold mining. Have any of you heard that story of gold found in Monaghan?

Im a mining engineer. that story was a big blurb to boost share prices. that deposit as it stands today will not be economic to develope.

Ireland is one of the biggest miners of zinc concentrate in Europe with the 3 mines Tara, Lisheen, Galmoy Zinc prices have hit a at least a 6 yr low and operations are been scaled back.

The plaster board factory in Kingscourt and associated gypsum mine have reduced operations to day shift only.

Tonka

Wall of Death motorcyclists

.. as in Eat the Peach.

cooperguy

Medical Devices/Pharmaceticals

All the big job announcements in the last while have been from that industry. Hell Abbott and Boston Scientific have had ads on the radio and everything in the last 2 weeks.

Off the top of my head Cook have announced 400 new jobs, Zimmer opened a new factory with 500 jobs Abbott announced a couple of hundred jobs all in the last while. There is more I cant think of now though.

Unfortunatly trying to find a graduate job is still hard though:(

The_Conductor

Full time posts in the Revenue Commissioners........

nyarlothothep

Politics

The_Conductor

nyarlothothep wrote: »

Politics

It might be recession proof- but there is always the outside chance that a disgruntled member of the public may shoot you or intimidate members of your immediate family........ I hate the lot of them.........

peanuthead

so long as theres children teachers will be needed

pau8lieskins

Pythia wrote: »

What two things are certain in life? Death and Taxes. Go for something around that!

So some kinda of cross between an Undertaker/Grave Digger and the Revenue Commission.

Alter-Ego

Pimp.

Ugly people with money still need to get laid.

TripleAce

Most office jobs can be outsourced, so even if you won't have 100% of the companies out there outsourcing these jobs, you will always have a reduction of available jobs and therefore increased unemployment.

Ie.: today you have 100 accountants and 100 companies out there looking for accountants, tomorrow you may have 100 accountants and only 80 companies looking for accountants as the other 20 outsourced it elsewhere - so I don't think any "office job" can't be done remotely nowadays, especially in big multinationals.

As somebody mentioned, Undertakers are bullet-proof

ladowack

knightmare wrote: »

Tony Soprano said it best, there are 2 businesses recession proof. Our business & show business! Or something along those lines..

t'was Silvio and he said "certain parts of the entertainment industry and.... our thing...."

She Devil

Dionysus wrote: »

Very good thread. I especially liked the suggestion that movies, entertainment etc do well in recessions. It was Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) who famously went against the common view of Greek society as idyllic. Rather Nietzsche proposed, in The Birth of Tragedy, that the life of the average Greek was full of suffering and short and that they dealt with this hardship by immersing themselves in drama, and especially tragedy. That was their escapism, their comfort, the thing that made their own life more bearable. It was from the misery of their life that the great art of ancient Greece emerged.

So, you could be on the right track with this idea.



PS: For those of you who have still not read Nietzche, try him out. He is easily the most interesting philosopher in writing of the past 1000 years.

I prefer Mein Kampf, least he got sh** done, no recession there!!!

LoanShark

Three business that do well in a recession..

PUB,CHURCH,TAKE AWAY to be exact Pizza



Pub=We will always need to socialise and now even more.

Church= Weather you believe in God or Bhudda you will go back to ask for help..and then you nabbed for the collection plate.

Take Away Pizza= A 20' Pizza five/six slices, you are precieved to be gettin more for your money..

CiaranC

TripleAce wrote: »

Most office jobs can be outsourced, so even if you won't have 100% of the companies out there outsourcing these jobs, you will always have a reduction of available jobs and therefore increased unemployment.

Ie.: today you have 100 accountants and 100 companies out there looking for accountants, tomorrow you may have 100 accountants and only 80 companies looking for accountants as the other 20 outsourced it elsewhere

Uhh, Then go work for the outsourcers then...

deleriumtremens

LoanShark wrote: »

Pub=We will always need to socialise and now even more

Yep...the govt makes drink so dear that we get depressed and have no choice but to drink ourselves into oblivion.

JJJJNR

Computer work, owning a van, and being able to cook.

Having these three will always guarantee someone needs you

The_Conductor

JJJJNR wrote: »

Computer work, owning a van, and being able to cook.

Having these three will always guarantee someone needs you

Just because someone needs you- does not guarantee they are willing to pay for your services........ The number of people looking for free IT services- after their son Jimmy has all but wrecked the family computer and it reeking with viruses and keyloggers, someone with a car or a van to help them go shopping Newry (thinking they can pay in lieu with a bottle of whiskey), or wanting some home cooking done for a bottle of wine- cannot be underestimated.

Lifeskills do not necessarily translate into bankable income- but they certainly are handy........

JJJJNR

yeah within reason theres nothing like a bit of barter - will fix a PC for a slab of beer etc etc!

The_Conductor

JJJJNR wrote: »

yeah within reason theres nothing like a bit of barter - will fix a PC for a slab of beer etc etc!

Bartering doesn't pay my credit card bill though