career stability – As major tech companies cut jobs tied to AI and automation, economists point to healthcare roles and skilled trades as steadier bets—while leisure and hospitality, and some tech pathways, carry more uncertainty for job seekers.
For people hunting for work—or trying to pivot careers—job offers aren’t the only question. The bigger one is whether the kind of work you’re chasing can hold steady when the economy wobbles.
The mood in the job market may be improving, but economists say the stability picture is uneven. It’s especially tough for job seekers aiming at the tech- and media-heavy information sector, where major tech companies have laid off workers due to AI and automation.
Loujaina Abdelwahed, the head of economic research at Revelio Labs, frames the divide in blunt terms: “It doesn’t matter how the economy is doing. We will always need doctors. We always need nurses.”
From there, the job-market outlook sharpens into two broad stories: which careers tend to keep hiring, and which ones swing more when businesses feel uncertainty.
job market healthcare jobs skilled trades tech layoffs AI automation leisure and hospitality career security
Tech is dead lol.
I feel like healthcare people always say that but then my cousin got laid off from a clinic last year. Idk, seems like it depends where you are. Trades definitely seem more “real” though.
So basically if you learn a trade you’ll be fine even if the economy wobbles? Makes sense. But “tech pathways” sounds like they’re blaming AI for everything… like maybe employers just don’t want to pay anymore. Also I thought jobs were improving? Confusing.
Healthcare and trades safer than tech… okay but nurses still have to deal with burnout and hospitals always “restructuring.” Meanwhile leisure and hospitality is obviously rough, but I’m not sure why they keep acting like automation doesn’t hit food/hotels too. Also the headline says tech companies cut jobs tied to AI, but my friend says it was just “budget cuts” not automation. Either way I guess I should’ve been a welder I dunno.