which industry is doin well durin this economic downturn?

• Asecret

  11 Nov 08, 04:28

  as topic...

• parn

  11 Nov 08, 04:35

  Job Agencies.

  Alot of people get retrenched, alot of job hopper changing jobs for higher pay, alot of jobless seeking jobs.

• dragg

  11 Nov 08, 08:18

  lawyer, accountant..

   

• eagle

  11 Nov 08, 08:21

  education, medical, telecommunications

• cherrycola

  11 Nov 08, 08:33

  Originally posted by Asecret:

  as topic...

  
  Counselling, social services....

• seyKai

  11 Nov 08, 09:11

  Churches

  Temples

  TOTO

  4D

• EarlNeo

  11 Nov 08, 09:31

  money lender

• charlize

  11 Nov 08, 09:39

  Problem is, can people who have been laid off get into these industries easily?

• eagle

  11 Nov 08, 09:41

  Originally posted by charlize:

  Problem is, can people who have been laid off get into these industries easily?

  education can

  Quite competitive now... More and more pple coming out to give private tuition.
  Must think of ways to ward off these competitors who might even teach students wrong concepts

• charlize

  11 Nov 08, 09:44

  Originally posted by eagle:

  education can

  Quite competitive now... More and more pple coming out to give private tuition.
  Must think of ways to ward off these competitors who might even teach students wrong concepts

  Sometimes, I get confused even for the primary level Math questions.

   

  Go figure.

• caleb_chiang

  11 Nov 08, 09:45

  Financial Planner... cos everyone want to invest at the lowest price of the market...

• charlize

  11 Nov 08, 09:47

  Originally posted by caleb_chiang:

  Financial Planner... cos everyone want to invest at the lowest price of the market...

  You don't need a financial planner to tell you this.

   

  And even then, financial planners know nuts about the stock market.

   

  Otherwise, they will be stock traders.

• eagle

  11 Nov 08, 09:49

  Originally posted by charlize:

  Sometimes, I get confused even for the primary level Math questions.

   

  Go figure.

  I have heard of a number of tutors going there to watch the students do work only (just find worksheets, bring over see student do). These tutors also not very sure how to do one.

  Just like financial planners, they might even be confused with what they are selling. I have had one trying to sell me Indian equity fund, saying it will rise soon because it has dropped a lot. And when I did my own checks, I saw that it has reached a double top and is going to fall. Really did fall -.-"
  
  

• charlize

  11 Nov 08, 09:55

  Originally posted by eagle:

  I have heard of a number of tutors going there to watch the students do work only (just find worksheets, bring over see student do). These tutors also not very sure how to do one.

  Just like financial planners, they might even be confused with what they are selling. I have had one trying to sell me Indian equity fund, saying it will rise soon because it has dropped a lot. And when I did my own checks, I saw that it has reached a double top and is going to fall. Really did fall -.-"
  

  Enron dropped a lot too last time.

   

  And everybody kept buying because it looked cheap.

• de_middle

  11 Nov 08, 11:47

  forum moderator

• deathmaster

  11 Nov 08, 11:51

  politics.

  no pay rise, but no pay cuts either.

  no retrenchment also.

• caleb_chiang

  11 Nov 08, 11:51

  Originally posted by charlize:

  You don't need a financial planner to tell you this.

   

  And even then, financial planners know nuts about the stock market.

   

  Otherwise, they will be stock traders.

  
  As in you would also invest through financial planners mah... they are also called insurance agents...

• davidche

  11 Nov 08, 11:55

  queen of sgforums. forever hired by jason.

• udontknowme

  11 Nov 08, 11:58

  Originally posted by davidche:

  queen of sgforums. forever hired by jason.

  this one no pay job loh

  but im sure a lot of places could do with some volunteers lah

• youyayu

  11 Nov 08, 14:55

  Hawker

• EarlNeo

  11 Nov 08, 15:10

  Originally posted by youyayu:

  Hawker

  nope.. ppl start cooking and eating in during bad time.

• youyayu

  11 Nov 08, 15:16

  Originally posted by EarlNeo:

  nope.. ppl start cooking and eating in during bad time.

  no mah..

  u see ar

  rich ppl go resturant to eat.

  but when then no money go hawker

   

  poor people no money buy big bulks of food to cook

  so eat outside also

  so overall

  is hawker earning

• eagle

  11 Nov 08, 15:29

  might as well say wet markets and supermarkets

  restaurants, hawkers, or home-cooked food all buy from there

• EarlNeo

  11 Nov 08, 15:33

  Originally posted by youyayu:

  no mah..

  u see ar

  rich ppl go resturant to eat.

  but when then no money go hawker

   

  poor people no money buy big bulks of food to cook

  so eat outside also

  so overall

  is hawker earning

  itis like pyramid, there is more poor ppl then rich ppl. so u do the math. for every 1 rich ppl change from resturant to eat in hawker, 5 poor ppl stay in to cook. So all in all, hawker still lose out.

  Unlike burdget airline, bottom line is those who need to fly, still need to fly. so the lowest level will benefit.

  For food, bottom line is staying home to cook.

• eagle

  11 Nov 08, 15:41

  Originally posted by EarlNeo:

  itis like pyramid, there is more poor ppl then rich ppl. so u do the math. for every 1 rich ppl change from resturant to eat in hawker, 5 poor ppl stay in to cook. So all in all, hawker still lose out.

  Unlike burdget airline, bottom line is those who need to fly, still need to fly. so the lowest level will benefit.

  For food, bottom line is staying home to cook.

  that day our outing, still so many pple go eat buffet