Which industries/sectors are doing well and which aren't?

martyp

I'm trying to figure out where the most secure jobs are in the current situation. What does everyone think? Like draw a table of areas that are going downhill and which if any are booming?
I think ones that are suffering are:
Manufacturing (less demand for products/being moved abroad)
Many retail outlets (competition with increasing internet shopping or cheaper products abroad. Supermarkets outcompeting specialised stores)
Estate agents/housing? (people buying/selling/moving less)
Call centres (being moved abroad)
Councils (according to current press)
Pubs/bars (mostly private as many people buy cheaper booze and stay at home)
Fast food? (Are people eating out less?)

I'm wondering if the following areas are ones that are either surviving well or booming:-
Services (things that will always be needed, healthcare, car mechanics/breakdown services, electrical repairs, companies that require face to face discussion with people like CABs or solicitors etc.)
Utilities?
Internet based companies (play.com, amazon, ebuyer etc)
Supermarkets

I'm wondering if the mobile phone sector is suffering now as it seemed only a few years ago there'd be a shop representing every mobile provider in each high street.

Interesting to know what places might be the safest to go to or what others think...

londondealer

Join the police service!!

Petlamb

Become an undertaker?

I dont personally see the mobile sector doing too badly tbh -there is ongoing expansion in many mobile firms and its odd imo, people seem to be able to economise more willingly on things other than their phone... lol.

martyp

Vampiric_Addiction wrote: »

people seem to be able to economise more willingly on things other than their phone... lol.

Not me though Last month I succeeded in making no chargeable calls and just paid line rental (£13). Kept the same phone last year so took a discount on my line rental instead. I think I made the best choice now.

milliejo

solicitors are really suffering - virtually every firm has already /is making redundancies and quite a few are going under altogether & there are no jobs available for the ones that are made redundant.

greenwheels007

I think the big supermarkets is pretty safe.
Good value trades will be ok.
Not sure about the Police recommendation, they will bear the brunt of civil unrest in the summer - And maybe there will be nore than the 80's style petrol bombs and dustbin lids to reckon with!

bing0

I would say that debt collectors are doing well at present.I bet some dont have enough hours in the day to make a handsome living.

bing0

milliejo wrote: »

solicitors are really suffering - virtually every firm has already /is making redundancies and quite a few are going under altogether & there are no jobs available for the ones that are made redundant.

I'd beg to differ that Matrimonial solicitors arnt doing well ! What with the current climate,all the people who tied the knot initially seem to be finding ways of untying the bow !:eek:

mysterytoyou

Travel & Tourism is suffering.

arunadasi

My daughter is going to be applying for university this month. She has always wanted to do Interior Decorating/Design and she is good at it (chooses everything fo rmy home!) but I am a but worried that it might be a dying profession. I think she should comsider Textile Design instead.

k_bagpuss

I work in the on trade (pubs, bars, restaurants etc) and generally things are grim. I was made redundant from a national drinks wholesaler in Oct 08. Scottish Courage have just put 500 of the sales people under consultation. Moet aren't renewing any of their temporary contracts. Inbev have a recruitment freeze on. The pub trade in general are having an awful time at the moment.

Luckily I got another job fairly quickly, still in the on trade but for essentially a brokerage firm for brands so thinks on our side of the business are looking ok for the moment