Thursday, December 14, 2006

Disappearing Occupations

An AOL feature lists ten career fields which will be all but gone by 2012. They are:

  • Farmer/rancher
  • Sewing Machine Operators/ Textile Knitting and Weaving
  • Machine Tenders
  • Word Processors and Data-Entry Keyers
  • Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
  • Secretaries (Except Legal, Medical and Executive)
  • Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
  • Computer Operators
  • Telephone Operators
  • Postal Service Mail Sorters and Processing-Machine Operators
  • Travel Agents

Read their reasons for selecting these ten for extinction at the link.