Lost my job right after the election because of the results because my former employer dealt in overseas markets. Our major customers all stopped putting in orders in a bid to wait and see meaning my employer had to cut jobs, lucky me. That company is limping along right now even after the cuts.

New job is less susceptible to those shocks as the big customers are all domestic and there’s always a need for their products. I just looked for jobs in my sector that didn’t depend on overseas markets to stay in business.

That probably doesn’t apply to construction trades though as a whole lot of the materials seem to be imported. Military might not be a bad play, just maybe aim for something not front line grunt and pick up some transferable skills for after exiting