Honolulu is one the 25 Top Cities in USA which to find employment. The top jobs accrding to grwth by percent are the following:

• Tour Guides
• Reservation and Ticket Agents
• Baggage Porters, Bellhops
• Educators - Adult Education, GED, and K-12.
• Massage Therapists
• Musicians - Hotels, restaraunts, clubs, others.
• Registered Nurses (RNs) - Travel Nursing is in high demand and pays higher wages and benefits.
• Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) - also LPNs and Med Techs in Travel Nursing.
• Financial Managers

Fast Growth Industries

There are 20+ companies in the Hawaiin Islands that work in archaeology. The State Government also employs large numbers of anthropologists and archaeologists to research the human DNA paths through Hawaii.

Honolulu offers many jobs in aquaculture, which prodices food in the water, without soils. There are more aquaculture workers here than than in any other US state. $30+ million worth of products areproduced int his way -- seaweed, oysters, and prawns.

The comprehensive website http://www.hawaiiaquaculture.org/offers several pages of information and the positive outlook for this industry in the 21st century. The foods raised are sold on the islands and exported to the mainland USA and around the world for a sustainable food resource.

1. IT - Network Systems and Data Analysts, Computer Software Apps Engineers
2. Personal and Home Health Aides
3. Pharmacy Technicians
4. Vet Techs (animal health)
5. Skin Care Specialists - Medical procedures and care.
6. Mental Health Professionals - Counselors, Psych Assistants
7. Manicurists & Pedicurists
8. Art, Drama, and Music Teachers - College and Vocational School Level
9. Social and Human Service Assistants - Required by an aging population, economic downturn of 2008 - 2010, and Welfare Reform measures and processes begun in 1998.
10. Teachers - College and Vocational School Level

These jobs are involved with Healthcare, Social Assistance, and Education. Information Technology(IT) is Number One, but also included in all the other job categories listed.

1. Entertainers and Musicians
2. Computer Techs
3. CDL Drivers, Deisel Drivers
4. Breakfast Cooks
5. Farm Helpers
6. Wastewater Treatment Operators - Grade levels I and II.
7. Drywall and Painting Professionals
8. Apartment Rental Pros
9. Retail Salespersons
10. Road Crew Personnel

Biggest job listers on Indeed: Hawaii Pacific Health, Kaiser Peramente, Accountemps, Genral Dynamics - IT, Booz Allen Hamilton - IT, Office Team, Hilton Hotels Corp.

• Chaminade University
• Hawaii Pacific University
• Honolulu Community College
• Honolulu University
• Transpacific Hawaii College - This website is offered in English, Chinese or Japanese languages.

Community Colleges

• Kapiolani Community College
• Honolulu Community College
• Heald College Schools-Business
• Hawaii Tokai International College
• Transpacific Hawaii College

Famous mystery author, by Earl Derr Biggers was born in Warren, Ohio.

He graduated form Harvard and became a humor writer and turned to mysteries, but wrote just 6 Charlie Chan mystery novels.

The novels were based on a real Honolulu, Chinese detective named Chang Apana, who was quite successful in Hawaii and San Francisco. Mr. Biggers wrote without prejuicial race stereotyping, but the movies put back the stereotypes of Chinese and African Americans that Biggers fought against all of his life.

Charlie Chan lived on Punch Bowl Hill in Honolulu and solved crimes and mysteries there and in the United States. In the movies, which number more than the books, he also traveled to Europe and Egypt with his sons, Number 1 through Number 4, leaving another near-dozen at home.

The book titles are:

• The House Without A Key
• The Chinese Parrot
• Behind That Curtain
• The Black Camel
• Charlie Chan Carries On
• Keeper Of The Keys