Houston Jobs

Every city has its own particular lure and charm, and Houston is no different. With its strong reputation for excellent restaurants, great sports (Houston is, after all the home of the Rockets and the Astros), top class golfing, fine culture and, perhaps most importantly, an affordable cost of living, Houston is a first class city. The job market is also going strong in Houston , with a massive increase in jobs in various industries expected during the current decade (2000-2010.) There has never been a better time to consider Houston in a career and life changing move.

An excellent place to start searching for a new job is with companies listed among the top ten employers in Houston . Teachers and others in the educational profession may want to take a look at the current job openings at the Houston Independent School District which employs more than 31,000 Houston ians. The government is the second largest employer in Houston , boasting over 22,000 employees. Despite previous doubts about whether or not Houston would remain one of its hub cities, Continental Airlines made a comeback and is now the third largest employer in Houston with 16,000 employees. Rounding out the top ten Houston employers are Harris County government, Memorial Hermann Health Care System, the US Postal Service, Kellogg Brown & Root, Kroger Company, HP Compaq Computer Corporation and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

While the Houston job market isn't necessarily getting better, it certainly isn't getting any worse as recent business moves will likely prove. Late in April Exxon began to boost Houston 's economy by sending 300 of its employees from New Orleans to the Gulf Coast city. That was followed by the transferring of 120 NASA employees from California to Houston . Perhaps the biggest boost to the economy may well prove to have been initiated by Universal Compression Holdings who relocated a large portion of their employees from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Houston .

In a report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, from 1990 to 2001, Houston 's employment numbers made a drastic shift at 22.5 percent. While the overall American economy struggles to pull itself out of a slump, Houston 's job market remains steady with an expected increase of jobs within the current decade.