Considering moving to Gilbert, Arizona? If you're not doing so as part of a transfer package offered to electronic design consultants desired by a particular company in Gilbert, you'll need to investigate the sorts of jobs that might be open to you after your move. There's nothing worse than getting your family settled into a new home only to find out that you can't afford your mortgage payments because you haven't found a good enough job. To help you make your plans, we've outlined some typical jobs you might find in Gilbert.
Men
If you have a university or college education and experience working in white collar industry, you'll have a much better chance of finding a job than if you were a casepacker in a factory. The most common jobs for men are office based: 8% of the workforce is in management, 5% in sales supervision, 5% in sales, and a further 5% in engineering. Other popular jobs include equipment mechanics, which is the only skilled trades related job to make the list (e.g. installing or fixing photocopiers) (4%), computers (4%) and office support (4%).
Women
The vast majority of women in Gilbert work in the service industry - nearly 80%. This includes supervisors, government clerks, and personal care workers. Others work in offices doing sales jobs such as vending custom license plate frames. Financial specialties like accounting and insurance are popular, as is health care, legal support work, media and communications, and teaching at post secondary schools. There are very few women in sectors like computers and engineering, so if you have skills in these areas you may get a boost from workplace diversity initiatives.
Workplaces
So where exactly might you find yourself working? If you're not commuting into Phoenix for work, you'll be traveling to one of the local businesses. There are 92 firms that specialize in manufacturing, with the most popular being fabricated metal products like rotary air lock valves. There are 109 companies in wholesale of everything from car parts to food, and 207 retail sales stores. The information industry consists of 26 companies in software, data, and telecommunications. 110 companies are in real estate, while 246 offer scientific or technical services like installing on demand hot water heaters, architecture, design, accounting, or advertising. 146 companies are based around administration. There are 19 schools, 158 health care clinics, 19 arts companies, and 131 accommodation and food services establishments.
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