It’s Getting Hot In Here, So Get A Recession-Proof Job

Earlier this year, did you find yourself working at The Sharper Image? How about helping customers at Linens-N-Things? Or baking cookies at Mrs. Fields? I hope none of the above are true.

The retail industry got blind-sided this year, lost tons of money and had to lay off many fine employees. While selling cookies or dangerous ionic breezes are certainly not recession-proof, here are a list of the 20 most recession-proof professions (according to Jobfox):

1) Sales Representative/Business Development
2) Software Design/Development
3) Nursing
4) Accounting and Finance Executive
5) Accounting Staff
6) Networking/Systems Administration
7) Administrative Assistant
Business Analysis: Software Implementation
9) Business Analysis: Research
10) Finance Staff
11) Project Management
12) Testing/Quality Assurance
13) Product Management
14) Database Administration
15) Account/Customer Support
16) Technology Executive
17) Electrical Engineering
18) Sales Executive
19) Mechanical Engineering
20) Government Contracts Administration

If you felt the brunt of this year’s retail slump, go ahead and try your luck at Yahoo! Hot Jobs to see if you can find a recession-proof job for 2009.