Top Jobs in Carmel - Greatest Place to Stand on California's Highway 1

The City of Carmel sits on Carmel Bay at the Pacific Ocean, off both Highways 1 and 101. and much nearer to Highway 1 in beautiful Monterey County in Central Coastal California.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium here was used as the fictitious Cetacean Insitute, where the humpback whales George and Gracie lived in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. The aquarium gained notoriethy during the filming and the first run of the film. Today, the aquarium is even more popular. Programs and exhibits have expanded to accomodate an increasing tourist and local attendance. Back in 1986, many of us were tying to find the film's Cetacean Institute, before the days of the Interent and free cross-country phone calls. People were frustrated, but media publicity (and a WATTS line) finally caught up to them with the correct information.

Technology certainly changed within 25 years. Today, my basic cell phone plan includes free calls to all of the US and Canada; I can use the Internt and my cell to find out just about anything. Many Star Trek® and other sci-fi notions have become real - cell phones, iPads, Internet, videophones, transporter effect (photons at least in 1996) artificial skin, clearsteel (at least ours is translucent and getting clearer), etc.

Another celebrity that makes Carmel - or Carmel-by-the-Sea - famous is Clint Eastwood, who was elected mayor, also in 1986 and served two years. In news reports, I heard that at the first Carmel City Council Meeting under his administration, a vote was called on approving a specific flavor of ice cream to be placed for sale in the community. Supposedly, he refused to have the measure even discussed, feeling it a waste of council time. However, I found that a law was on the books that ice cream could not be sold or eaten on the public streets of Carmel and that this law was eliminated during his term.

Carmel is such an interesting and colorful place, with lots of history and scenic beauty!

A third feature in Carmel that makes it unique is the Mission San Carlos. Historically important, it is also Number 22 on the list of Greatest Places to Stand in America, chosen by readers of StoodThere.com in 2009. The mission served the residents of Monterey in 1770, then of Carmel after 1771, especially local Native Americans, and offered (what would become the State of) California's first library. Visit the website at Carmel Mission.

Native Americans of the mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo belonged to a number of separate bands within the Costanoan Language Group that contains 8 Indigenous Languages living on the Monterey Peninsula. These Indigenous Peoples helped to build many Catholic Missions in this part of California. Their history is divided into section periods on the following website:

Carmel is adjacent to Pebble Beach to the west, an upscale resort area that is famous among Californians and the world for golf and golf tournaments as well as shopping. However, perhaps the most spectacular feature of the community around Pebble Beach is the scenic route called 17-Mile Drive.

This is a scenic byway next to the Pacific Ocean, full of natural attractions of geography, native plants, and local native wildlife. Some of the examples of plants and wildlife are endangered, threatened, or vulnerable by category and the latter includes the specific species of the 250+-year-old Lone Cypress on 17-Mild Drive. This Monterey Cypress grows only two places in the world - both here in Monterey County, on 17 Mile Drive and at Point Lobos to the south.

GOLF

Pebble Beach itself is famous for golf courses and golf tournaments. Our own Jack Nicklaus from Ohio loves the Pebble Beach course, although Pebble Beach operates four additional courses nearby in California. Each course is part of a resort location with accommodations, dining, and shopping.

SHOPPING

Carmel has been chosen as a top Girlfriend's Getaway by southern Californians. See the website at http://www.carmelcalifornia.com/. If you go to Downtown Carmel for any activity, you can enjoy the free trolley car around town and to Carmel Beach as well as the San Carlos Mission.

Travel and Tourism comprise a large business sector along Highways 1 and 101, especially on the Monterey Peninsula. Individuals and families come here to enjoy a variety of outdoor sports and scenic wanderings, shopping, golf, and an escape from more inclement climates in the US. Carmel and the surrounding communities offer several forested areas, parks, and scenic drives that draw visitors as well as those that relocate to California for work or retirement. Healthcare and the Trucking Industry are other important business concerns here.

Nearby Salinas, California has aggressively applied for and implemented projects with US Stimulus Funding under the Obama Administration, including housing expansions and four major projects for Internet Broadband improvements citywide.

The most high demand jobs for this area of Carmel and Salinas include:

1. Physical Therapists and Assistants
2. Occupational Therapists
3. Pharmacists
4. Public Health Officers
5. Optometrists
6. OB/GYN RN Nurses
7. Internal Medicine Physicians
8. Family Practice Physicians
9. ER RN Nurses
10. Critical Care RN Nurses
11. Clinical Psychologists
12. Speech Language Pathologists
13. Trucking - Company Drivers and Owner Operators
14. Financial Advisors
15. Retail Sales

Major Hiring Companies

1. US Air Force - Healthcare and JAG positions
2. CA State Personnel Board - Jobs in state facilities
3. Soliant Health and Staffing
4. US Army and US Navy
5. Hyatt Hotels
6. HCR Manorcare
7. Monterey Peninsula Unified Schools - Teachers and other jobs
8. Care.com
9. Advanced Learners - Tutors
10. Medical Connections
11. JPMorgan Chase - Financial Products
12. California State University at Monterey Bay - Various positions
13. Monterey Bay Aquarium