I urge young people and their parents to consider those kinds of work that cannot be out-sourced - the trades, plumbing, electrical work, hairdressing, and in fields which promise growth, such as technicians for solar and wind equipment.
Rashid Fadda, who lives in Nablus and works as a technician for the local electric company, said the power cuts came as a surprise.
Jeffrey sometimes worked as a technician for avant-garde theatre productions.
Scott Symmonds, 40, of Galax, Va., works as a technician for two plants in the area.
Born in Liverpool in 1922, Mr. Hughes began working as a technician for the BBC at age 16.
Her husband, Efanye, works as a technician for A.T. & T. They had three children, ages eight, five, and three.
He is a freelance photographer who works as a technician for the Emergency Medical Service to pay his bills.
As a technician for CBS, Isaias, 51, had been in the center on Feb. 26, 1993, when a bomb went off in the basement.
"The airport was frightening," said Nicola Cozzi, who has worked in Libya for three years as a technician for Sirti, an Italian telecommunications company.
Mr. Bailey, also 28, works in Brooklyn and Queens as a technician for Surgical Services, an Orlando company that provides endoscopy and other medical equipment and support services to hospitals.
