Top 20 recession-proof jobs

With the US economy in upheaval and its effects slowly influencing hiring strategies in Asia, here are some areas where you may want to polish your job skills.

If you want to stay employed in IT amid the economic uncertainty, look for jobs in software design and development, networking and systems administration, software implementation analysis, testing and quality assurance, database administration and general IT management with cutting-edge mobile IT and Web 2.0 skills.

ComputerWorld article noted that in the top 20 recession proof jobs list, 4 are IT related. They are:

• Software design/development (No. 4)
  
  
• Networking/systems administration (No. 10)
  
  
• Database administration (No. 18)
  
  
• Software implementation analyst (No. 19)
  
  
• Testing/quality assurance (No. 20).

"That general category of IT popped through as the biggest winner" at this time, said Barry Lawrence, a JobFox.com spokesman. "We know our recruiters are dying to get people with those skills. Everybody is trying to improve the ways they do business, to streamline in a tough economy," so companies are seeking workers with these qualifications.

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