With the impending possibility of a recession, most Americans are feeling the pain…at the pump, the grocery store, and now at work.  With rising costs and a sluggish economy, companies within several industries are required to layoff thousands of employees and unemployment rose to nearly 5% just last month.  However, there are a few occupations that remain unaffected and untouched by slow economic growth.

• Teachers - schools all over the country are hiring teachers in order to meet population growth demands.
• Healthcare - namely nurses and physicians’ assistants.
• Accountants -you know the cliche…the only two certain things in life are death and taxes.  So accountant won’t be out of job anytime soon.
• Alternative energy - as America’s dependency on foreign oil worsens, alternative energy is a booming industry despite a slow economy.
• Truck driving jobs - Swift Transportation Company, one of the largest publicly-held trucking companies in the nation, has thousands of Swift jobs available.  Truck drivers transport nearly 75% of everything consumed in the United States, so demand for truckers remains high.

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