what is the charlotte job market of the future look like?
Charlotte is a service economy. That means high end services–catering, universities and colleges, dry cleaning, real estate, and some banking at retail levels. No real reason to have service operations there like call center or bank processing really. In the long run, those will move away. I would say that the best option would be light construction, elder-care services, auto cleaning services, and the like that cater to a retired, wealthy, suburban group that is older and has few children.
According to an article at: http://education-portal.com/articles/Charlotte_Career_Outlook:_Overview_of_the_Fastest_Growing_Careers_in_Charlotte,_NC.html The fastest growing careers in Charlotte are found in health care: (medical assistant, dental hygienist, medical records technician, physical therapist, physician’s assistant, respiratory therapist, occupational therapist, cardiovascular technician, home health aide, psychiatric technician, radiation therapist, epidemiologist, pharmacy technician, and registered nurse.) finance ( compensation and benefits specialist, bill and account collector, and financial analyst); the information technology (IT) industry ( network systems and data communications analysts, database administrators, network and computer systems administrators, computer and information systems managers, and computer s
