Few industries stood up to the recession the way transportation did. According to new data analysis by CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl., transportation job growth outpaced the national average in the years following the economic downturn. From 2010 to 2013, employment in transportation, including workers who consider themselves self-employed, grew 6.1 percent -- two percentage points above nationwide job growth over this timeframe (4.1 percent).