Help wanted: pharmacists, engineers and nurses. Believe it or not, even some banks are hiring, at least for their technology teams. While the recession has claimed 4.4 million jobs, the economy has created others, many of them for highly trained and specialized professionals. More than 2 million jobs openings now exist across a range of industries, according to government data.
I was wondering if I would see the pest control industry mentioned in the article, but we're not there. Not glamorous enough? (I do suspect sometimes, based on the antics of some of my customers, that I'm doing one of those fabled "jobs that Americans won't do.")
We should be in the article though because I'm sure that our industry is continuing to grow. Recessions don't mean that people suddenly do not have property to maintain, diseases to avoid, etc. Even the houses that people walk away from, someone will buy those some day and they'll call us for a wood destroying organism inspection, probably followed by treatment for something.
Just in the last week I've heard:
"Help! There are ants in my kitchen! Come kill them!"
"Help! My house is full of black widows! Come kill them!"
"Help! Pigeons! Pigeons everywhere! Come kill them!"
"Help! Mice are eating our multi-million dollar wind farm! Come kill them!"
And just today, a teacher at a middle school where I am working on a big bird repellent project ("Help! Thousands of starlings! Come kill them!") approached me and said:
"Help! My lawn is full of gophers and moles! Come kill them!"
These are all new projects I'm finding with new customers.
Pests don't do recessions. If you need a new line of work, you may want to keep that in mind.
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