What industry to get into?

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Have you tried going from Automotive to Aerospace?

Some aerospace firms are feeling the pinch, BAE and Rolls Royce (who are both massive) are cutting a few jobs. Generally the whole science/technology/defence/aerospace industry is resilient in times like these however. The company I work for announced big profits and growth just a couple of weeks ago, not bad going at all.

We work on a lot of high level (secret/classified/confidential) as does most the industry, so you need to be British with both parents also British and no mix nationality, so that is a draw back and problem for a lot. That's not just specific to the company I work in, but many others in aerospace so don't bother trying if you don't think the government will grant you access to see materials at that level.

However if that's not a problem, I would suggest Aerospace or just Science/Technology in general. Although the companies are doing well, they are still being cautious and not recruiting a whole lot. However there are jobs if you look, and they should be reasonably secure (hopefully) once you get in.

I suppose more proof of the whole technology thing. One of my brothers lost his job as an architect due to the construction industry problems. However another of my brothers works for a company that makes Sonar/ROVs/Subsea instrumentation etc and due to the number of large contracts they have secured recently they needed CAD designers etc so he managed to get a job there as well.

Proper industry no longer exists in the UK, and hasn't for years. However our expertise does and it is these kind of companies that actually do the hard work designing the stuff that should be relativley safe even during a recession. Airlines want less costs due to economy, best way is fuel effcient aircraft, thus firms designing the aircraft should get their buisness.