If the job numbers coming out of Long Island are any indication, then healthcare’s reputation as a “recession-proof” industry is well warranted.
As reported by Newsday on Feb. 2 ("Health care seen as recession-proof job sector"), figures from New York’s Department of Labor show Long Island adding 2,500 education and health service jobs in the 2008 calendar year, even as other sectors suffered serious losses, with trade, transportation and utilities shedding 6,700 jobs and professional and business services shedding 4,700 jobs.
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We seem to be hiring just as many people as always. I have seen several new places open up.
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