Looking for a planning job in the United States, but disappointed because the American Planning Association Jobs Online page is down? Check out Cyburbia's large list of planning job sites The list includes links to planning-related job listings at APA state and division sites, other planning organizations, municipal leagues, and other Web sites, as well as planning job listing pages in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Hong Kong, and Singapore. In the meantime, let's hope the APA Jobs Online section becomes live again shortly.

The economy is beginning a slow climb out of the abyss, but the construction sector is in the gutter and will be for quite some time. Even when it starts to grow again, it won't be like it was during the boom years. Municipal budgets are eviscerated and are projected to only get worse for the next couple of years, as if there was such a thing as 'worse' than didn't involve cuts to essential government services. New grads can no longer break into the field and existing planners cannot advance in their careers. The urban planning job market has become a machine whose gears no longer turn, having become locked and fused together.

I wanted to start a thread to discuss the various options available to us. What avenues of success have people found? I know a couple of Cyburbians have found new planning gigs as of late. If there are any lurkers who have left the profession temporarily or for good, what fields are you in now, and how did you make the transition? For those of you weathering the storm in your planning gigs, what kind of projects are you working on at your office to keep planning relevant in the community, stave off stagnation, and keep yourself above water?

I know this'll generates some good discussion.

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