Technology is the job sector of the future. In fact - is has been for over a decade, giving it a history, a present, and a future. More and more young people are finding themselves at least peripherally involved with web collaboration tools and other technological advances when they enter the workforce. If you're lucky enough to have trained in this field, you'll find job opportunities await you almost anywhere you choose to move. Here's an overview of what you may find in Akron.

Once known as the "Rubber Capitol of the World" for its prowess in manufacturing, specifically of rubber tires, Akron, Ohio has moved on with the times, but not entirely left its rubber roots behind. However, instead of stamping out tires in a factory, Akron companies now focus on polymers that can be combined with designed metal connections to form the delicate insides of high technology devices. Chemists and engineers are the primary beneficiaries of this changeover.

This switchover has earned Akron a new moniker - "Polymer Valley" - and a ranking on recent Newsweek magazine listings for "high tech havens" or cities that are important to the technology industry. The polymers connection has spawned further interest in using Akron as a technology research hub. Aeronautics companies have been among the first to jump on the band wagon, with companies such as Lockheed Martin scoring huge defense contracts for their electronic circuit design specialists to work on.

This isn't much of a stretch for Akron's workforce, seeing as how the Goodyear blimp has been a part of the city's landscape for decades. It only makes sense that they would move into payload bearing airships as an investment in the future. Anyone with training in aeronautical engineering, computer systems, and physics would be a good fit here rather than a recent graduate of the School of Internet Marketing in Toronto.

The University has been a key driving force in the city's technological workforce development, providing research projects and new workers through its College of Polymer Science and affiliated University Technology Park. A course of study here would be an interesting alternative to training with a graphic design firm in Toronto and could lead you to a career designing aircraft instruments and biomedical products.

You have, perhaps, less chance of finding a job in Akron in general (unemployment is over 10%) but if your training is in technology, you'll have better luck than other members of the workforce.