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Economic concerns run high in Arizona

Tim Koors/The Arizona Republic


General Manager Jim Perlow (right)
and son Jim II check a part made at
Jet Products in Phoenix.

Dems focus blame on president

Paul Matthews
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 26, 2004 12:00 AM

Chris Campo has been out of work for 14 months and recently interviewed for an IT job with 400 applicants.

William DeMardes was let go from Honeywell after 23 years and can't get an interview with Wal-Mart.

Susan Connors got a generous severance package when she was laid off from a financial services company 14 months ago, but her budget grew considerably tighter in October when her husband lost his job.

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:shrug: Arizona ain't alone.

the biggest growth in jobs will be in low
paying service jobs and even those will be
wanted by the illegals coming from Mexico
that bush wants so he can keep these jobs
low pay scale.
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Time Magazine Nov 24, 2003
“Where The New Jobs Are”
(Predicted growth between 2000/2010)

Food preparation and serving workers (673,000)
Retail salespeople (510,000)
Cashiers (474,000)
Office clerks, (general) (430,000)
Security guards (391,000)
Waiters and waitresses (364,000)
Truck drivers (346,000)
Nursing aides and orderlies (323,000)
Janitors and cleaners (317,000)
The other six are...

Customer service representatives (631,000)
Registered nurses (561,000)
Computer support specialists (490,000)
Computer software engineers (380,000)
General operations managers (363,000)
Postsecondary teachers (315,000)

Top 10 jobs with the largest projected losses,
2000/2010

Farmers and ranchers (-328,000)
Order clerks (-71,000)
Tellers (-59,000)
Insurance-claim & policy processing clerks (-58,000)
Word processors and typists (-57,000)
Sewing-machine operators (-51,000)
Dishwashers (-42,000)
Switchboard operators & answering services (-41,000)
Loan interviewers and clerks (-38,000)
Computer operators (-33,000)