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What can you do when you think your career is becoming outdated?

There is this neat little article out today at Yahoo Education where they list out 10 careers that you probably haven’t heard about that potentially have a bright future. I like these little surveys.

Basically I know that for a lot of us, going back to school to learn to be a medical transciptionist (like you see on tv late a night) is not possible, but still reading these and hearing about these kinds of jobs is a good thing. If you look at these lists you can see trends - kind of where the market for jobs is going, and can then perhaps you can use that to get an idea of what type of jobs you’ll have in the future and try and migrate yourself towards those types of fields in the future.

Whew … that’s a mouthful! Basically, if you see that jobs are becoming more internet driven, and your not good with the Internet, then you can do several things. Next job change, move towards the type of job you are seeing the world become. So a job that doesn’t require all the Internet skills, but dabbles in it a little so you can get the job, and get your hands into that “new” part a little. Then take classes and learn as you work. Within a year or so you can move to the next job which is heavier in Internet skills - because you are doing that. Then the next one you change to could be entirely Internet and you’ve migrated yourself into a more open career field.

The other way you can use this information is to simply see where things are going and get the education. Whether it is getting books on the subject and reading them yourself (highly recommended) or getting books/lectures on tapes and listening to those on your way to work. Whenever you see training class opportunities in the area, take them. And most importantly, when special projects or opportunities to work in some of the “new” areas arise, take it. Do it. You learn by doing, and by getting better acquainted with things.

Change is nothing new, its been going on for years and years. And it will do you go to experience a little change first hand!

Some of the more interesting ones on the list - Personal Chef. I mean, who’d of thought! How about welders? Welding is a fast growing field? Wow…! And how about becoming a Carbon Management Consultant?