Top 10 Hot Jobs in Best American Cities: Gilbert and Scottsdale AZ

I worked with a disabled chronic pain-and-stress patient for several months one year, helping to provide ways of managing a number of stressors as well as chronic arthritis pain in the damp Ohio autumn and winter. In the spring, this lovely woman was able to move to Arizona. Within several weeks, the dryer, warmer climate allowed her to recover to the point that she was able to return to full-time employment. Arizona can be a fantastic place to live during work and retirement years - even if you never retire.

Two suburbs of the Phoenix - Mesa - Scottsdale Metropolitan Area are among Money Magazine's Best 100 Cities to Live in America. Scottsdale and Gilbert are suburbs lying near Highway 101, approximately 30 and 40 miles respectively from city center.Gilbert is also south of the Superstition Freeway or State Route 60.

Owing to Phoenix proximity and aggressive city planning through 2020, Gilbert and Scottsdale are among the fastest-growing cities in the state, and busy college towns. These factors assist cities to be resilient during economic recessions and developmentally explosive in economic upturns. The few places that rival such planning and features include towns like the Salt Lake City Suburbs that are growing as if in a tidal wave of rising economies.

The City of Gilbert is Number 36 (pop. 216,000 in 2010) of the Top 100 Best Cities, while the Scottsdale AZ is Number 71 (pop. 235,000) for work, families, travel, and retirement. Both cities are eastern suburbs of Phoenix, near Tempe, Mesa, Glendale and some other growing suburban locations. Not far distant, Sun City is a particularly fast-growing suburb to the west of Phoenix, a planned community populated by residents in the higher income brackets.

When you look at Gilbert, Arizona for travel plans or job seeking, you notice the word riparian in many articles and related data. Gilbert is focused on protecting water resources in Arizona, especially along the banks of natural waterways, somewhat rare in to Sonoran Desert region. The Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch was developed to provide an advocacy for water conservation and a venue for public appreciation of natural scenery, native plants, wetlands, and wildlife. It features an observatory, several educational walks, and several gardens that need volunteer workers.. See the links to the right for additional information.

The developing Gateway Character Area abuts the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and the ASU Polytechnic Campus. Both of these entities offer entrances at Gilbert, while the bulk of their facilities located in neighboring Mesa AZ. This area part of the closed Williams Air Force Base, which is now a home to educational institutions and other agencies and businesses that will provide jobs in the near future.

Gilbert economic and government authorities project housing for 1,000s of new residents in the Gateway, along with a mall and other retail businesses, an entertainment district, and a comprehensive village-style community.

As a means to finance continued growth and an entrance into international business, the notion of international sister cities for Gilbert has taken root. The concept of Sister Cities was first developed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower 1957. The Gilbert Sister Cities Program is founded in that concept since the 1990s. Gilbert's sister cities began with Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, founded in 1958. Leshan, Sichuan, China as its second sister city. It is over 3,000 years old. The third sister city is Guabuliga, Ghana. It is an agricultural town of 2000 people that Gilbert has named a Friendship City and is willing to aid in growth and economic development. these sister cities are diverse in every way and allow Gilbert multicultural variety and opportunity.

Over 43,300 job listings were available in and around Gilbert in late 2010, posted across all job related Internet sites and gathered by Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com, two top quality job search and trending engines. A large proportion of available jobs are available specifically in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, and Gilbert, Arizona.

1. Physical Therapists
2. Salespeople
3. Project Managers
4. Retail Customer Service and Support Reps
5. Occupational Therapists
6. Business Analysts
7. Account Executives
8. Administrative Assistants
9. Assistant Managers
10. Taco Bell Shift Leaders

Additional High Demand Job Listings

• Store Managers
• Housekeepers
• Shift Supervisors - Manufacturing, Dining/Fast Food Services
• Account Managers

Targeted industries for planned growth in Gilbert and Scottsdale provide some of the largest companies in terms of job postings and hiring:

• Life Science & Healthcare Services: Banner Estrella Medical Center, Mayo Clinic, Soliant Health, Scottsdale Healthcare, St. Joseph's Hospital, Medical Connections
• Staffing Companies: Jobcentral, Kforce, and Ajilon
• Aerospace, Aviation, & Defense: IBM, Aerotek, USAF
• High Technology: IBM, Robert Half International, Intel, Insight
• Banking/Finance and Business Services: Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Charles Schwab, American Express, Wells Fargo
• Retail, Entertainment, Hospitality: Blockbuster, Marriott Hotels, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut

Sustainability and renewable energy comprise another targeted growth industry and water conservation is a large part of this effort.

A larger number of job listings cluster around Scottsdale in October 2010: over 48,900 within a radius of 25 miles of the center of this suburb. The most frequently listed job titles are the following set, similar to those in Gilbert. However, the area closer to Scottsdale also requires Software Engineers, Area Supervisors, and Dental Assistants. The bulk of jobs are available in the same cities as jobs near Gilbert, but also includes the community of Glendale, Arizona.

1. Physical Therapists
2. Salespeople
3. Project Managers
4. Occupational Therapists
5. Account Executives
6. Assistant Managers
7. Business Analysts
8. Retail Customer Service and Support Reps
9. Account Managers
10. Software Engineers

Additional High Demand Jobs

• Administrative Assistants
• Store Managers
• Area Supervisors
• Dental Assistants
• Shift Supervisors - Manufacturing, Dining/Fast Food Services

Most of the Top 25 expected increases in new jobs in Arizona projected from 2006 - 2016 by the US Government are College Level Teaching Positions. These positions do not appear in the actual job listings for Gilbert and Scottsdale areas during Autumn 2010.

1. Environmental Science Teachers, College
2. Graduate Teaching Assistants, College
3. Health Specialties Teachers, Collegey
4. Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
5. Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers
6. Pharmacy Technicians
7. Chemistry Teachers, College
8. Economics Teachers, College
9. Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, College
10. Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, College
11. Audio and Video Equipment Technicians
12. Postsecondary Teachers
13. Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts
14. Physics Teachers, College
15. Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, College
16. Biological Science Teachers, College
17. Dental Hygienists
18. Vocational Education Teachers, College
19. Personal and Home Care Aides
20. Health Educators
21. Computer Science Teachers, College
22. Social Science Research Assistants, College and private business
23. Home Health Aides
24. Dental Assistants
25. English Language and Literature Teachers, College

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Scottsdale bills itself as the most Western Town in the West and to promote this title, the city supports a large venue called WestWorld, just north of town. It is all about the Wild West of the American past and the preservation of US western culture and activities in the 2010s. Just a few of the features that WestWorld incorporates include:

• The Giant Multipurpose Tent - As of 2010, this is the largest clear-span tent on the North American Continent with 120,000 sq. ft. of venue space and 89 feet of height. Events held here include regional classic car shows and auctions, the Festival of the West, gem shows, home and garden shows, trade shows, and additional events.
• Brett's Barn – Over 8,000sq. ft. of western party barn floor with an outdoor deck and a stage for parties, weddings, meetings, dances and other events. Idyllic, the local view is that of the Sonoran Desert and the McDowell Mountains.
• The Equidome – A large equine arena for horse shows and related events.Horse Stalls are also available for rent in WestWorld for short-term boarding, with bedding and feed available for purchase.
• Wendell Arena – An arena for ranching and farming shows, rodeos, jumpers, dressage, and others.
• WestWorld also includes other Arenas, a Polo Field, Riding Trails, a Golf Course, and RV Hookups with water and electricity. Additional features include historic structures in commemoration of Arizona’s past, especially its early settlers and earlier Native Americans. Improvements and additions to WestWorld are ongoing.

• Arizona State University- This is a leading American research university with 4 campuses.
• ASU Polytechnic - At the entrance to the Gateway Character Area.
• Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC)
• DeVry Institute of Technology and Keller Graduate School of Management
• East Valley Institute of Technology
• Maricopa Community Colleges - Maricopa Community Colleges include 10 colleges, 2 skill centers, and several educational satellites throughout the Greater Phoenix Area. Mesa Community College is 3 miles from Gilbert.
• Northern Arizona University
• Ottawa University
• Phoenix International School Of Law
• Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management
• University of Phoenix
• Western International University
  

Advanced Secondary Education
The Arizona Gakuen (Japanese Saturday School) - By coincidence or design, this school honors the Japanese-Americans interned in Arizona during WWII. It is a Saturday School much like Greek School in Greek-American communities and Korean Schools in cities with large Korean-American communities. The weekly Japanese School lessons provide immersion education for K-12 students in Japanese Language and Culture.