Healthcare and Governments are generally the largest employers and recruiters of employees in the Greater Houston Metro Area.

In fact, the Texas Workforce Commission reports that Houston is growing faster in new jobs that the rest of the state of Texas, along with San Antonio. With decreasing unemployment rates in the 21st century, Houston is also a provider of greater number of jobs to those workers that are unemployed.

Simply put, there are more jobs from which to choose and less competition. New commercial complexes in Houston offer an abundance of high-demand jobs and these center include projects such as the latest $75 million office complex in western Houston.

Healthcare services are recruiting Nurses (LPNs and RNs, including Travel Nurses; Health Aides, Medical and Physician's Assistants, and various Therapists and their assistants.

Professional occupations are in high demand in Houston as well, including attorneys and physicians.

Finally, service oriented jobs are on the rise and demanding increasingly more workers as the population and new jobs increase. These positions include food service employees, housekeepers, and janitorial staff.

Indeed.com scans millions of job openings across the nation and compiles them for job-seekers and other interested people. The actual employment listings for Houston in mid-July 2009 included 39,000 openings in the following top jobs:

1. Physical Therapists
2. Assistant Managers - several industries, incude retail and dining
3. Sales Managers
4. Salespersons
5. Teacher & Literacy Coach, Elementary Level
6. Occupational Therapists
7. Project Managers
8. Restaurant / Food Service Supervisors
9. Pizza Hut Delivery Drivers and Inside Staff
10. Customer Service Reps
11. Physician Assistants 

Have you ever wanted to become an archeologist, astronaut, or astronomer?

The higest percentage of job growth in the Houston and Gulf Coast region of Texas are among an intesting list that is different from the rest of Texas and the US. Jobs increasing through 2014 include:

1. Anthropologists and Archeologists
2. College Level Geography Teachers,
3. Archivists
4. Atmospheric and Space Scientists
5. Medical Assistants
6. Radiation Therapists
7. Network Systems/Data Communications Analysts
8. Special Education Teachers for Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary School
9. Physician Assistants - Matches growth in job openings found.
10. Obstetricians and Gynecologists (OB/GYN)
11. Personal & Home Care Aides
12. Mainstream Kindergarten Teachers
13. Cardiovascular Techs
14. Special Education Teachers for Middle School
15. Surgical Technologists
16. Mainstream Elementary School Teachers - The need for literacy coaches is increasing.
17. Instructional Coordinators
18. Agents and Business Mgrs - Artists, Performers, and Athletes.
19. Conservation Scientists
20. Astronomers

The following list contains Houston companies that are 1) the employers of the largest labor pools, but also 2) the earners of the highest revenues for 2008.

This list and potential honorees were analyzed and compiled by the Hearst newspaper, The Houston Chronical in its famous Chronical 100, performed yearly.

1. National Oilwell Varco – A conglomerate oil producer.
2. Transocean – Offshore drilling.
3. McDermott International – Energy.
4. Anadarko Petroleum Co.
5. Chicago Bridge & Iron, since 1885.
6. Noble Corp. – Offshore drilling.
7. Cameron – Oil and gas.
8. FMC Technologies – Oil and Gas.
9. Service Corporation International – Memorials and Crematoriums. Targeting the Hispanic and Asian markets more fully.
10. Schlumberger – Oil field services. the largest such service globally in 2008.

Player, coach, medical-related, clerical, IT, and even concessions and management opportunities may be found in conncetion with Houston professional sports teams at the following links.

• Houston Texans Football
• Houston Astros Baseball
• Houston Rockets Basketball
• Houston Comets Womens Basketball
• Houston Aeros Hockey
• Houston Dynamo Major League Soccer
• Houston Wranglers Tennis
• Energy - WNFL
• Texas Thunder Fastpitch Softball

Sustainability and Jobs

• Citizens' Environmental Coalition » Green Jobs

• Find Horticulture Jobs, Landscape Jobs, Irrigation Jobs

• Job Boards - Green Jobs
• Turning Houston Green One House at a Time

• Rice University
• The University of Houston - University Park
• University of Houstom in Clear Lake, Downtown, Victoria.
• Texas Southern University
• Houston Baptist University
• The University of ST. Thomas
• Sam Houston State University
• Texas A & M University
• Texas Medical Center
• UT-Houston's Health Science Center
• Baylor College of Medicine
• The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Dental Branch, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Medical School, School of Allied Health Sciences, School of Nursing, School of Public Health
• The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
• Texas A & M University's Institute of Biosciences and Technology
• Prairie View A & M University College of Nursing
• Texas Woman's University
• Houston Community College System
• North Harris Montgomery Community Colleges: North Harris College, Kingwood College, Tomball College, Montgomery College
• The San Jacinto College District

• The Bead Shop
• Budget Promotion Inc
• East West Food Store
• J Silver
• Namaste
• White Buffalo
• Zapotec Art-A Southwest Gallery

PLACES TO VISIT

• American Indian Genocide Museum - 3004 Bagby, Houston , Texas. 713-928-2440
• Houston Museum of Natural Science - One Hermann Circle Dr. Houston, TX 77030. (713) 639-4601
• The Menil Collection - 1515 Sul Ross. Houston, TX 77006